Currencies

Chauffeur Taxi Booking System supports all world currencies. You can use a single base currency or optionally enable additional currencies and convert prices using exchange rates.

Setting the Base Currency

Navigate to ‘Settings’ -> ‘Chauffeur Booking System’ -> ‘General’ -> ‘Main’ and select the required currency using the ‘Currency’ option.

All price values configured in the plugin are entered in the base currency, and booking form prices are displayed in this currency by default.

Using Additional Currencies

To support additional currencies in a booking form, navigate to ‘Chauffeur Booking System’ -> ‘Booking Forms’, edit the required form, and go to ‘General’ -> ‘Prices’. Select the required currencies using the ‘Currencies’ option.

Prices in additional currencies are calculated from the base currency using the configured exchange rates.

Setting Exchange Rates

Navigate to ‘Settings’ -> ‘Chauffeur Booking System’ -> ‘Exchange rates’ and enter the exchange rate for each additional currency you want to use.

The exchange rate is used as a multiplier of the price in the base currency.

Importing Exchange Rates with Fixer.io

Exchange rates can be entered manually. Alternatively, you can import them using Fixer.io.

After obtaining a Fixer.io API key, navigate to ‘Settings’ -> ‘Chauffeur Booking System’ -> ‘General’ -> ‘Main’ and enter it in the ‘Fixer.io API Key’ field.

Then go to ‘Settings’ -> ‘Chauffeur Booking System’ -> ‘Exchange rates’, select ‘Fixer.io’ as the provider, and click ‘Import exchange rates’.

If an import error occurs, check ‘Settings’ -> ‘Chauffeur Booking System’ -> ‘Log manager’ -> ‘Fixer.io’.

Displaying the Booking Form in a Specific Currency

If additional currencies are configured for a booking form, you can open the form in a specific currency by adding the ‘currency’ parameter to the page URL.

?currency=CURRENCY_CODE

For example:

https://yourdomain.com/booking-form/?currency=GBP

You can also set the currency directly in the booking form shortcode:

[chbs_booking_form booking_form_id="FORM_ID" currency="CURRENCY_CODE"]

For example:

[chbs_booking_form booking_form_id="2151" currency="GBP"]

The booking form will then display prices converted from the base currency using the exchange rate configured for the selected currency.

Customizing Currency Display

Navigate to ‘Chauffeur Booking System’ -> ‘Currencies’ and click ‘Add New’ to customize how a selected currency is displayed.

You can configure:

• Currency symbol
• Position of the currency symbol
• Spacing between the currency symbol and value
• Decimal separator
• Number of decimal places
• Thousands separator

Need More Control Over Currencies?

If you want customers to switch currencies directly in the booking form, Chauffeur Taxi Booking System can be extended with the Currency Switcher Add-on. It adds a currency selector to the booking form and updates displayed prices without reloading the page.