If you run a premium chauffeur or transfer business, you know that where a ride starts or ends often matters as much as when. That’s exactly what the Geofence feature in the Chauffeur Taxi Booking System delivers, giving you precise control over pricing and availability using custom map zones. Think city-specific rates, airport surcharges, “VIP hotel” restrictions, or ring-based pricing the farther a client is from your base. Few booking tools offer comparable control. It’s a practical feature for operators who want their system to match how they actually do business.

Who Benefits from Geofencing?

• Multi-city operators: Maintain separate price tables for Rome, Naples, or any city you serve without duplicate forms or workarounds.
• Airport specialists: Add a transparent fixed airport fee with a clean, rules-based setup.
• Premium fleets: Offer (or hide) certain vehicles only in selected hotel or resort zones.
• City services with travel rings: Increase rates step-by-step for distant zones around your depot.

How It Works (In Plain English)

You draw one or more areas on a map. Each area gets a clear name, like “Airport Zone” or “Depot Ring 2.” Then you attach these areas to rules:

• Availability Rules: decide what is available in a zone (vehicles, extras, payments, form constraints).
• Pricing Rules: decide how much things cost in a zone (separate price tables, surcharges, etc.).

When a customer types an address (the form supports autosuggestion), the plugin checks your zones in real time and applies the right rules with no manual sorting or post-processing.

Real-World Scenarios You Can Set Up Today

• Airport surcharge: Create an “Airport” geofence and add a Pricing Rule with an Initial Fee (e.g., +$10) whenever pickup or drop-off is inside that area.
• City-by-city pricing: Separate price tables for each city in a single booking flow for a consistent user experience.
• Premium hotel zone: In an Availability Rule, hide all vehicles except your flagship limo for pickups from a beachfront hotel area.
• Distance rings: Draw rings around your base and increase prices gradually as the distance from your base grows.

Smart Controls That Go Beyond Price

Geofencing is not just about money. In Availability Rules you can:

• Exclude specific vehicles or extras in sensitive zones.
• Disable certain payment methods where they don’t apply.
• Override form constraints like booking period or minimum order value per zone.

Custom Actions When a Customer Chooses a Vehicle

You can even go beyond pricing and availability by changing what happens when a customer chooses a vehicle. With the Custom Vehicle Selection option, this action can take them somewhere completely different — for example, to a contact form for special arrangements, a dedicated page with custom rates, or even a polite message explaining that the service isn’t available in their area. It’s a flexible way to adapt the booking flow to your specific business rules.

Why Clients Love It (and You Will Too)

• Clarity: Customers see the correct options and prices for their location, which reduces misunderstandings and support requests.
• Control: Define your business rules once and let the system apply them automatically.
• Scalability: Add new zones, cities or rules as your business expands, without rebuilding your forms.

Quick Start

1. Create zones: draw them on the map, name them clearly (e.g., “Airport Zone,” “Ring 1”).
2. Add an Availability Rule: restrict vehicles/extras or tweak payments/constraints for a zone.
3. Add a Pricing Rule: apply a dedicated price table or attach an Initial Fee for surcharges.
4. Test with real addresses: the autosuggestion will trigger your rules instantly.
5. Iterate: refine names or split cities as your operations evolve.

Frequently Asked

Can I combine pickup and drop-off zones? Yes—rules can match pickup, drop-off, or both. You can also select multiple zones in a single rule.

Do I need separate forms per city? No. One form can handle multiple cities via geofence-driven rules.

Can I set different types of prices for a zone? Yes. In a Pricing Rule you can set a fixed price, distance-based price, duration-based price, or combine these with an Initial Fee. You can also define prices based on the number of passengers, apply a delivery or pickup fee, and even adjust rates depending on the selected payment method. This flexibility makes it easy to tailor pricing for specific areas such as airports, city centers, or long-distance zones.

Wrap-Up

Geofencing makes your Chauffeur booking flow location-aware: the right vehicles, the right rules and the right price every time. If you want your online bookings to reflect how your business works on the ground, this is the feature that makes it happen.