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Jobs booked in advance, and paid in advance.

Airport runs, patient journeys and regular customers are the best-paid work — and the work that gets booked ahead. Here's how to win it direct.

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In short

Online booking with a fixed price and immediate payment, an AI receptionist that takes enquiries while you drive, empty running counted in the schedule, and a base of regulars who come back to you with no commission.

Typical serviceDurationDeposit
Airport run45 minpaid online
Station run30 minpaid online
Hire by the hourby the hourpaid online
Long distancequoted30%
Patient journey1 hrcovered
An example setup. Your durations and your amounts are your own, agreed when we install it.
01

The 4.30am run, booked a week out

Nobody flags down a taxi in the street for a 6am flight: that journey is booked several days ahead, by phone or online, and the customer wants written confirmation with a fixed price.

Your booking page lists your services with the price worked out from the distance and the time of day. The customer books, pays, and gets their confirmation. You start the week knowing what's in it.

  • Fixed price from distance, time of day and surcharges
  • Written confirmation sent to the customer
  • Payment taken at booking
02

Enquiries taken while you drive

With a passenger on board you don't pick up. And an airport enquiry that isn't called back within the hour is gone: the customer rings the next driver to get an answer.

The AI receptionist takes the enquiry, works out the price, checks you're free and confirms. Jobs outside your area or your hours are turned down politely, with no call back from you.

A real example

Three calls during a morning job: two runs booked and paid for, one out-of-area enquiry declined with an explanation.

03

Empty running counted in

The empty run back is unpaid working time, and it's what decides whether a day pays. Taking two jobs too close together means arriving late for the second.

Every job counts its own duration and its empty run back. The diary only shows slots you can genuinely keep, with your rest time and the hours you're available.

  • Empty running and rest time counted
  • Areas covered can change with the hour
  • Minimum notice before a booking
04

Regulars and business accounts

Your best customers are the ones who come back: an executive who flies twice a month, a hotel booking for its guests, a clinic for its patients. They're worth far more than a one-off fare.

Each customer keeps their usual journeys and books in two taps. Businesses have an account with monthly invoicing and automatic chasers. Reviews are asked for after the journey, which is what gets you found by the next customer.

“My morning runs are booked and paid for in advance. On Sunday evening I know what my week is worth.”

Illustrative example · private hire driver, Rennes area

Common questions

Then online booking is there to add the pre-booked work, which is the best paid: airport runs, long distance, business accounts. It replaces nothing you already do.

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