Written by the team behind software that has run rental fleets of 10 to 13,000+ vehicles for over 20 years.
Eight practical steps from licensing and fleet setup to pricing, booking channels and launch.
A checklist of what a rental system has to do before it is worth running your business on — and why each one shows up in your margin.
Six steps to picking a rental system you will not be replacing in two years — including the questions that separate a good demo from a good product.
The four pricing models you will be quoted, the costs that hide outside the monthly figure, and how to work out which is cheaper for your fleet.
Fleet management is where a rental business makes or loses its money. This guide covers the disciplines that keep vehicles earning — utilisation, lifecycle, maintenance, damage and tracking — and the numbers that tell you whether it is working.
Broker channels fill the seats your own website cannot reach — but only once availability syncs automatically. This guide covers which brokers to approach, how to get a supplier agreement, and how the technical connection runs over Carhire Manager Web's OpenTravel-standard SOAP and REST API.
Growing a rental business means selling through more channels without adding more admin. This guide covers the three channels that scale — broker and partner connections over the REST API, a booking engine embedded on partner websites, and the agent portal — and how to run them from one back office.
Leasing a car for two years is a different business from renting one for a weekend — different contracts, billing, servicing and relationships. This guide explains what vehicle leasing software actually does, how it differs from daily rental systems, and what to check before you buy.
The fleet gets all the attention, but it is rarely the line that sinks a new rental business — underestimating insurance, deposits, software and the quiet months before bookings arrive is. This guide breaks down what starting a car rental company actually costs, line by line, and where new operators get the numbers wrong.
Prohire and Coastr are two of the best-known car and van hire systems in the UK. Both are good products — but they are built for different operators than Carhire Manager Web. This comparison sets out, from each vendor's own public information, where each one fits so you can shortlist the right system for your business.
