Cars module
Car rental booking software with fleet, transfers and car APIs
Rent cars and sell airport transfers from your own fleet and from suppliers: branch availability, one-way rentals, daily and seasonal pricing, extras, driver assignment and automated vouchers.
- Fleet and branches
- One-way rentals and transfers
- Daily and seasonal pricing
- Car and transfer APIs
The cars module
A complete car rental system in one admin
Load your own vehicles and branches, let partner fleets manage their cars and rates, and add rental and transfer suppliers through APIs. Customers search by location and date, choose a car or a transfer, add extras, pay and receive a voucher, while your team runs the fleet from one dashboard.
- Add branches and your fleet, or connect car and transfer APIs
- Set vehicle categories, extras, driver age and rental rules
- Price by day, season, rental length and branch, with markups
- Take payment online, at pick-up or from the agent wallet
- Confirm automatically and email the voucher and invoice
- Pick-up location
- Dubai Airport (DXB), Terminal 3
- Drop-off location
- Dubai Marina branch
- Pick-up
- 12 Nov, 10:00
- Return
- 16 Nov, 10:00
- Driver age
- 30 to 65
Search and vehicles
Live cars, rates and rental terms on every result
Your own fleet and API suppliers in one list, with the details drivers compare before they book.
- ECOToyota Corolla or similarCompact · Automatic · 5 seats$34per day
- SUVNissan X-Trail or similarSUV · Automatic · 7 seats$58per day
- LUXMercedes-Benz E-ClassPremium · Automatic · 5 seats$96per day
Branch availability
Each vehicle is booked by date and time at its branch, so the same car is never sold twice.
Fleet and categories
Makes, models, categories, transmission, seats, bags and fuel policy per vehicle.
Daily and seasonal pricing
Day, weekend, season and rental-length rates per category and branch.
One-way and locations
Airport, city and hotel pick-up points, with one-way and out-of-hours fees.
Extras and cover
Child seats, GPS, additional drivers and insurance options added at checkout.
Coupons and promotions
Discount codes, early-booking deals and long-rental rates.
Booking lifecycle
From fleet to drop-off, automated
The same flow for your own cars, partner fleets and API suppliers, so your team works one process.
List
Add branches, vehicles, extras and rental rules, or map API content.
Price
Set daily and seasonal rates, fees, markups and promotions.
Search
Customers compare cars and transfers by location, date and time.
Book
Driver details, extras, payment and the reservation in one step.
Assign
Allocate a vehicle, and a driver for transfers, to each booking.
Manage
Amendments, cancellations, refunds and reports from the admin.
Inventory
Your fleet, partner fleets and car APIs
Combine three sources of cars and transfers in one search, each with its own rules and markups.
Your own fleet
Load the vehicles you own or lease, with your own branches, rates and rules.
Partner fleets
Local rental companies and transfer operators log in to manage their cars, rates and bookings.
Rental and transfer APIs
Add live cars and transfers from suppliers such as CarTrawler and Mozio with your own credentials.
Car and transfer suppliers you can connect:
KiwiTaxi
CarTrawler
Discover Cars
Mozio
Back office
Run your rental fleet from one dashboard
Vehicles, branches, drivers, agents and money in the same admin as every other product you sell.
Markups and commissions
Per vehicle category, supplier, branch or channel, as fixed amounts or percentages.
Roles and access
Admin, supplier, agent and customer accounts with their own permissions.
Drivers and assignments
Driver profiles and a driver allocated to each transfer or chauffeured booking.
B2B agent rates
Separate rates and commissions for agents in the B2B portal.
Vouchers and invoices
Generated and emailed automatically for every confirmed rental or transfer.
Reports
Bookings, revenue, fleet use per branch and supplier payables, ready to export.
Compare
A basic car booking script vs a car rental system
A simple script lists cars and takes a request. This is what a full system adds.
| Capability | Basic script | PHPTRAVELS |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | Basic scriptOne calendar, no branches | PHPTRAVELSLive availability per vehicle and branch |
| Pricing | Basic scriptOne flat daily price | PHPTRAVELSDay, weekend, season and rental-length rules with markups |
| Locations | Basic scriptSame branch pick-up and return only | PHPTRAVELSOne-way rentals, airport points and fees |
| Transfers | Basic scriptNot supported | PHPTRAVELSAirport and point-to-point transfers with drivers |
| Suppliers | Basic scriptYour own cars only | PHPTRAVELSPartner fleets and car and transfer APIs in one search |
| Agents | Basic scriptPublic site only | PHPTRAVELSB2B portal with agent rates, commissions and wallet |
| Other products | Basic scriptCars only | PHPTRAVELSCars next to flights, hotels and tours in one checkout |
Use cases
Built for the way you rent and transfer
Rental companies
Several branches, your own fleet and direct online bookings without broker commissions.
OTAs and agencies
Cars and transfers from suppliers sold next to flights, hotels and tours.
Transfer operators
Airport and city transfers with vehicle types, drivers and fixed route prices.
Why PHPTRAVELS
Yours to run, change and grow
Source code included
Self-hosted under a commercial licence, so you can adapt every screen.
Unlimited vehicles
Add as many cars, branches, drivers and suppliers as your business needs.
24 languages
Sell in your markets' languages and currencies, including right-to-left.
B2C and B2B
One installation for your public site and your agent portal.
FAQ
Car rental booking software questions
What rental companies, agencies and transfer operators ask before launching car sales.
Talk to salesSoftware that lets customers search cars by pick-up location and date, check live availability, add extras, pay and receive a voucher online, while your team manages the fleet, branches, rates, suppliers and reservations from one admin.
Yes. Point-to-point and airport transfers are sold from the same site as multi-day rentals, with vehicle types, fixed route prices and a driver assigned to each booking.
Yes. Customers can pick up at one branch or airport and return at another, and your one-way and out-of-hours fees are added to the price automatically.
Rates are set per vehicle category and branch, by day, weekend, season and rental length, then your markups by category, supplier, branch or channel are applied automatically.
Yes. Suppliers such as CarTrawler and Discover Cars for rentals, and Mozio and KiwiTaxi for transfers, can be connected with your own credentials, and their results appear in the same search as your fleet.
Each vehicle is booked by date and time at its branch, so it closes as soon as it is rented, and API cars are rechecked before payment.
Yes. Agents book rentals and transfers in the B2B portal with their own rates, commissions and wallet balance, from the same installation.
Yes. Every plan includes the full source code under a commercial licence and you host it yourself, so your developers can change the module.