Step by step, to plan your next trip itinerary.
In the past 12 years, I had many clients own transportation business, such as Limousine, Minibus, Limo Bus, Party Bus, Coach Bus, and many more. Building the entire project from scratch wasn’t an issue. The only task that I do feel that it needs more intention is making a reservation form. And as a Web Developer, I do always focus on the user experience.
Next, I decided to check many other transportation websites’ forms. Unfortunately, they all look alike, and I’m not happy with that! The only issue that bothers me is setting up an easy itinerary trip step by step without a single confusion.
Here are the most widely used inputs
One way trip
First, you enter the departure address, followed by the destination.
Round trip
Same as a one-way trip, you check radio box saying round trip.
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So, this should be fine. It’s like you are using an UBER or Lyft app. Well, not exactly. Most of the travel agencies have a complicated itinerary with many stops, waiting time, and maybe the return address not the same as the original pick-up. Don’t forget about the shuttle service!
Solution
As shown above, there are only four inputs.
The departure with a date and time, the destination also with a date and time. Once, We fill all the required inputs! Your screen will look like this:
To charter a bus, We have entered our departure and destination address which is, the Hyatt Hotel in Rosslyn, Arlington, VA. To the White House in Washington, DC. As you can see on the map, there are two pinned locations along with their direction. This itinerary can be a one-way trip by clicking on the “No stops” button! Let’s try the next stop.
Our next and last stop is Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. At 03:10 PM, We decided to leave the White House. After 5 hours of exploring the nearby tourist attractions.
In the end, We need to make sure to add our necessary information and needs after clicking on the “No stops” button. Once all the fields are set! Next, is submitting the form.
Email template
The transportation company will receive the following email:
Charter a Bus
If you are booking a trip for a group of people and not sure which company to hire, there’s a website called BusFirms.com that gives a choice to send your trip itinerary to many companies at the same time and get the best prices!
