Fixed fare routes between 2 predefined destinations - Points of Interest (a point with pre-defined coordinates) or Zones (any Address that belongs in a pre-defined Zone - area on the map):
You can first create your Points of Interest in Dashboard > Points of Interest section. Assign Points of Interest to POI Categories, as there are many common settings that the system will use for all POIs that belong to the same POI category.
After you are done with Points of Interest, please go to Dashboard > Fixed Fare routes. Here you will see a list of all Fixed fare routes that you have already created. Click on New to create a new Fixed fare route.
Fields that you will see:
Title - friendly title of your Fixed fare route, which is just for you at the back end to identify special routes quicker.
Pick up Type: POI/Zones
If POI is selected:
Pick up POI: drop-down will allow you to choose the pick-up destination.
Note: Create new POI button has been added here for convenience. If you haven't created a specific Point of interest that you wish to use, you can do that by clicking on Create new POI button. All Point of Interest options will be available, and once created, the POI will also be available for editing in the Points of Interest section.
If Zone is selected:
Pick up Zone: You can type in the desired Zone title. The system will look it up and ask you to select the correct country first (same Zone names can exist in different countries), and after you select a country, the system will show you a list with matching Zone titles. When you select a Zone from the list, a Map pop-up with the zone highlighted in Red will appear. Just verify that this is the Zone you are interested in.
Note: If you think the borders of the Zone are not correct, you can click on the Edit button in the pop-up window - you will be taken to the Zone Edit screen where you can adjust the borders (don't forget to Save after you are done editing). When you come back to the Fixed fare route, click on the X button to close the pop-up and type in the desired Zone again and verify its borders in the new pop-up.
If the Zone is correct, just click on the X button.
You can do that both for Pick up and Drop off fields, or you can do POI to/from Zone Fixed fare routes.
Drop off Type: POI/Zones
If POI is selected:
Drop off POI: drop-down is for the drop-off destination. Create new POI button as described above.
If Zone is selected:
Drop off Zone: Type in the desired Zone in the search. Select the Country and the Zone from the list of Zones. Verify its borders in the pop-up and click X.
Published Yes/No.
Separate price for each car: Yes/No. If you select No, then you will be able to set Price for all cars set "Use for Fixed routes: Yes". If you select Yes, all your cars set to Use for Fixed routes will appear in a Car table. Here you can set their own Prices.
Note: If the price for a vehicle is set to 0 (zero), this vehicle/car will not be shown as available for this Fixed fare route.
Click on Save & Close, and your Fixed fare route will be created and available at the front end in the Fixed fare routes tab.
A few more things to note:
- If no Fixed fare routes are published, the front end Tab will not be visible (if Design 1 is used).
- You can create Points of Interest without assigning them to Pick up or Drop off, and still use them for Fixed fare routes (POI will not be shown in the Address search tab).
You can change the "Fixed fare routes" text at the front end to whatever suits you in Dashboard > Translations > English. - You can assign Points of Interest to different languages that you use on your website. Only assigned to the specific language, Points of Interest will be shown at the front end upon language selection by your users.
- Addresses within a Zone will be found by the system automatically, and the Fixed fare prices will be used regardless of the price that might be calculated for Address to Address (price per distance). Read more about Zones here.
- To create similar Fixed fare routes more quickly, use the "Duplicate" button in the toolbar. To create Reverse Fixed fare route, use the "Copy reverse" button.
You can change the price of your Fixed fares in batches.
Select the routes that you would like to change and click on the Batch price change button in the top toolbar.
Select the Increase or Decrease option and then By % or By value. Type in the amount and click the "Submit" button. The selected Fixed fare routes will be increased/decreased by the value you have typed.
Note: If the Separate prices for each car in the Fixed fare route screen is set to "Yes", then all prices for all cars will be increased/decreased by the value. It is best that you use % if you change multiple car prices at once.
The change in price cannot be reversed, and you will have to use the opposite increase/decrease function to change the price again.