Comments on: Review of Taxi Booking Despatch systems

By: john collins

john collins — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:52:20 +0000

hi, had a demo today not at all sure we need such a hitec system, we have tried cb radio but driver error put a end to this.we run 10cars, is there a low cost system that works?.

By: Rick.Seymour

Rick.Seymour — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:53:08 +0000

With company of 10 cars I would actually recommend staying on voice
radio, as a even semi decent operator can handle 30 drivers at once.
I would recommend a computerised booking system though to speed up and
improve office efficiency.
My favourite system was Mercury by Excel. Autocab would be good if you
want to maintain your voice radio and then migrate to data radio.
Ultimately don’t upgrade for the sake of upgrading. Get your office
staff in to see what other efficiencies can be made. Keep them
involved in the process as they will be using the software 24/7.

By: Rick.Seymour

Rick.Seymour — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:52:16 +0000

I haven’t seen the Auriga system although what I have heard has been really positive.

By: Hussain

Hussain — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:36:05 +0000

Hi Rick,
I run a amall firm with 10 cars. Could you advice me which is the best sytem for me. I thought of going with Autocabs but im not too sure. Also is it wise to start of a dispatch system with pda’s as currently all my drivers are used to using cb radios.
thanks

By: joe

joe — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:19:22 +0000

hi have you view the evo system? The company is auriga systems base in the uk. http://www.auriga.co.uk.

By: john collins

john collins — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:42:19 +0000

Hi Rick,
I have just taken over a small taxi company in XXXX. Currently we have 7 cars and hope to move up to 10 in 2mths.Have you researched the Taxibook DDS system.I believe their systems are widely used in Scandanavia.i intend installing one of them in our office,Do you reccomend them? john collins

By: Simon

Simon — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:47:35 +0000

Mercury 9exel Management ) i dont recomemmd anyone good system but too much hassle system breakdown whle backing up itself. Not rialable but end of day Cheap Solution. for starter as exel management advertised Mercury 2 which is far better than Cordic cPAQ. i had personally saw that system but when its gonna come in the market God knows. Cordic good System but too pricy Help ppl only care about what support package you are on if you are 9 to 5 and call them 18:00 they want you 2 wait till 9 in the morning so anyone going for it plz check and everything is Expensive and pricy..

By: Prahlad

Prahlad — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:31:35 +0000

I would suggest you to try To-N-Fro Taxi Booking Software.

Cheers
Prahlad

By: Frank Gardner

Frank Gardner — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:49:19 +0000

I had a booking system through eprivate hire / tobias it spent most of its time offline with errors and data conections. never really got off the ground, i’m now trying to recover the monies invested into there system, i think its great that these reviews are available… i wish i had read them first.

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:44:42 +0000

I dont think you have given a very fair account of Autocab it has over 600 Companies using the software and has been developed around it’s users also it’s data terminals are very robust and easy to use.