In a world that is going digital at every touchpoint, we sure have come very far from the primitive and conventional methods of operations and management. Digitization and Automation is the need of the hour.
The Taxi Booking Companies have identified this and bought a revolutionary change by introducing the Taxi Booking Softwares. Being a slave to this software for some time now, it seems highly daunting to even imagine a manual operation to manage and run the companies.
Let us read more about Taxi Booking Software and discuss their merits as we proceed.
Taxi Booking Software is basically an online and automated system that helps taxi businesses to successfully manage large fleets, allocation of taxis, payments modes, etc.
We have discussed few key benefits of such software and how they have helped passengers and potential customers and revolutionized the industry to meet the demands.
Benefits to Passengers and Customers:
· Transparency
· Dynamic Routes
· Enhanced Safety
· Ease of Accessibility
· Estimation of Fare and Time
Transparency:– The Booking Software is online and easily accessible for customers. The online portals are more trusted as passengers can track the rides themselves and company can provide insights on the same. Passengers may also regulate and plan their travels in advance. Reduces the calls and interactions with the customer care as everything is available on the portal
Dynamic Routes:– Taxi Booking Softwares offers Route Optimization and Dynamic Routes which helps in choosing the shortest route to the destination thus saving time. These softwares are also helpful as they help in maintaining and reducing costs per trip.
Enhanced Safety: The Softwares enables the user to share their ride details with their friends and relatives thus keeping track of where they are heading. Further, its the duty of the company to provide drivers post running their background checks for safe trips. With features like real-time tracking, geo-fencing, etc., the admin can monitor the entire activity from a single place.
Ease of Accessibility:– In the conventional methods, it was pretty difficult for the passengers to find rides in remote areas or at odd hours thus making the commute a difficult process. With this software, the rides are available round the clock and passengers can check the availability before heading out from their spaces. The software are user friendly and are available in multiple languages for the diverse audience
Estimation of Fare and Time:– Passengers are sometimes skeptical of choosing their way of commute. The estimated fare and the ride time enables passengers to make an informed choice and thus side-stepping from the post-ride fare-related disagreements.
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Key Benefits to the Company
Fleet Management
Increased ROI
Better Payment Services
Increased Marketing
Increased Visibility
Auto Pilot Mode
Fleet Management:– It is easier for the company to locate their taxis and the need of passengers and allocate their drivers accordingly. Through data analysis, companies can look at the sectors where the demands are higher and accordingly allocate their services to meet the same
Increased ROI:– Increase in ROI i.e. Return on Investment. Establishing software is expensive, however, the amount of customers it targets is way more than the investment. Companies can easily take a chance of investing a good software for better results in the long run.
Better Payment Services:– The daily hassle of paying in cash and not having enough change both with the passenger and driver is a hassle. With the world turning toward digital methods, the software includes both the online and offline mode of payment which is easy, effective, and helps in maintaining records of the transactions
Increased Marketing:- Softwares are easy to market on the web. There are a plethora of options in order to market their software, application (if any) and the company targeting the audience and generating traffic towards it. The conventional method of marketing with pamphlets and hoardings are still in continuation, however, are expensive and may delay the response from the audience.
Increased Visibility:- As more and more people are using mobile phones today, it is very handy for passengers to have an application in their phones for on-demand cab services which automatically leads to increased visibility to the customers as they always have it on their phones.
AutoPilot Mode:– The cab companies have to no longer search for customers. They can just wait in the safe spaces of their cars and wait for the customers to enter their destinations and pickups.
The shift from the manual dispatch of taxis to the software system has been phenomenal. While the conventional methods resorted to taking account of address, phone number, pick and drop locations manually; there were great chances of getting things messed up and the whole journey or experience can turn out to be a fiasco.
Such Softwares have been very important in the corporate world as they help in
· Point to point commute
· Cheaper Fares
· Unplanned and one day on site visits
· Flexible Billings (especially for Corporates)
· Bulk Bookings for excursions and Trips
Read more about Taxi Booking Software and its undeniable role in the economy, community, and generation of Jobs.
Economy- As people have been more accepting to taxi booking software, the industry has risen ever since. Contributing to the transport industry, the trends show the boost in the industry specifically for the Asia – Pacific Region for which this is new and better.
Generation of Job- People from all walks of life are now participating and looking for this industry as a job opportunity as it is promising and safe. People can rent cars and get themselves registered on such software and earn their livelihoods.
People can work both part-time and full-time, enabling them to get extra coins for enhanced survival. The job offers each year provided by the pre-existing taxi dispatch companies are mind-boggling and may reach 50,000 jobs annually.
Community- The companies are now working towards green initiatives thus, generating less waste and Carbon Dioxide. The companies are bringing eco-friendly cars into play.
The demand for cars for taxis has also given the opportunity to the automobile sectors to produce cars accommodating the passenger’s needs and at the same time cost-effective for the lease by companies.
We hope that you now have a fair idea of what is the importance of Taxi Booking Software and how it has changed the lives of people around it. Not everyone is able to afford a card as it is still a luxury than a necessity in most people’s lives. However, commuting via taxis is now within reach of every person.
About The Author :-
Hermit Chawla is an MD at AIS Technolabs which is a Web/App design and Development Company, helping global businesses to grow by Global Clients. He loves to share his thoughts on Web & App Development, Clone App Development, and Game Development.
