Adding a Passenger to a Booking in PoolCar

You can add passengers to bookings in PoolCar. The below process outlines how this is set up.

 

In Sysadmin Main Menu > Application Settings > Passengers

  1. Enable the setting Booking form should show passenger manifest table by selecting Yes

  2. Enable whether passengers should Auto accept the request - Yes or No

  3. Select visible fields

    1. Cost Centre

    2. Customer Number

    3. Email

    4. Odometer

    5. Total Distance - No or Yes

    6. Total Time - No or Yes

The number of passenger spaces will reflect the number of seats that the vehicle has available as per the Vehicle of Asset register.

 

If you select No in the Auto accept request setting, the passenger will be sent an email asking for them to Accept or Decline the seat.

 

There is also an option at the bottom of the invitation email, to add the booking (.ics) to their calendar.

When the passenger accepts the seat, the booking holder will be sent an email confirming acceptance.

 

 

Passengers' details will be saved the first time they are added as a Passenger to a booking and will be available from then to select from the Dropdown

You can Bulk Import Passengers, if you have a large list of passengers to add. This is done via Sysadmin Menu > Uploaders

 

The template is available to download from the PoolCar website, or you can download from here:

The required fields are Passenger Name, Email Address and Phone Number