What does the Taxi Web Design Web Based Taxi Booking System solution include?

The Web Based Taxi Booking System solution ships as part of Taxi Web Design's one flat Enterprise plan from $8,500 — no per-trip commission, no per-driver seat fee, source code ownership included. You get a fully branded passenger app, driver app, dispatcher console and online booking website, plus native workflows for hourly charter, garage-to-garage billing, FBO airport pickups, corporate house-account terms, standing orders and GNet-style farm-in/farm-out. Setup is measured in days, with DVSA-compliant PHV audit trails and IRS-ready reporting for US fleets. Read the details below or book a demo to see it running on your fleet.

Runs in any browser · no installation

Web-based taxi booking system for operators who want to own every booking

Take bookings on your own website, price them instantly, collect payment, allocate a driver and report on it all — from one cloud platform that opens in a browser on any device.

Web-based taxi booking system shown on a laptop and smartphone with live fare estimate

Quick answer: what is a web-based taxi booking system?

A web-based taxi booking system is browser-hosted software that lets passengers book a ride from your own website while dispatchers manage jobs, drivers and payments from any device — no installation, no servers to maintain. Taxi Web Design's system combines a branded booking page, live fare calculation, card or account payment, automatic driver allocation, GPS tracking and reporting in one cloud platform. It suits taxi, private hire, limo and chauffeur operators running 1–50 vehicles, launches in days from $399 one-time plus $10 per month, and never charges commission on the journeys you book.

Responsive web-based taxi booking system running on desktop, tablet and mobile — One responsive booking engine across desktop, tablet and mobile.

Dispatcher receiving an online taxi booking in the dispatch console with a live vehicle map — Every online booking lands straight in the dispatch console with a live map.

What the system does

One platform covering the whole journey — from the moment a passenger searches for a fare to the moment you reconcile the payment.

Address & airport autocomplete

Verified pickup and drop-off lookup, saved favourite addresses, terminal shortcuts and postcode search reduce mis-typed jobs and driver call-backs.

Live fare calculation

Distance, duration, zone-to-zone fixed fares, hourly charter, night and holiday multipliers, luggage and child-seat extras — all driven by your own tariff table.

Online payment & accounts

Card, wallet, deposit, pre-authorisation, corporate pay-on-account with invoicing, or cash to driver. Money settles directly into your merchant account.

Advance & recurring bookings

Same-day, scheduled and repeating journeys such as school runs, hospital appointments and weekly corporate commutes, with automated reminders.

Dispatcher console

Browser-based job board with nearest-driver allocation, manual override, driver status, no-show handling and live map — usable from a laptop or tablet anywhere.

Driver workflow

Job offers, turn-by-turn navigation, waiting-time timers, arrival and completion status, and end-of-shift earnings visible to the driver in real time.

Reporting that drives decisions

Revenue by source, conversion of quotes to bookings, busiest hours, driver utilisation, repeat-customer rate and unfulfilled demand by area.

Compliance & data ownership

Auditable booking records for licensing inspections, GDPR-ready data handling, SSL throughout, and full export of your customer database at any time.

Why operators move online

The commercial case is rarely about technology — it is about answered enquiries, protected margin and fewer disputes.

Capture bookings out of hours

Roughly a third of transfer bookings are made outside office hours. A web-based system takes and confirms them while the phone is unanswered.

Cut the cost of the phone line

Every online booking is one call your team does not take. Operators typically move 40–60% of routine bookings online within the first quarter.

Stop paying commission

Marketplace apps take a slice of every job. A booking system on your own domain converts your existing customers at zero commission.

Fewer disputes and no-shows

Prepaid fares, written confirmations and timestamped waiting-time rules remove most fare arguments before they start.

Web-based system vs desktop software vs marketplace apps

	Web-based (Taxi Web Design)	Desktop dispatch software	Marketplace app
Where it runs	Any browser — desktop, tablet, phone	Installed desktop software	Third-party marketplace app
Who owns the customer	You	You	The marketplace
Commission per job	None	None	10–25% typical
Setup cost	$399 one-time	$3,000–$15,000	Free, paid per job
Ongoing cost	$10 / month	Licence + IT maintenance	Commission on every ride
Time to launch	3–5 working days	4–12 weeks	Instant, but not your brand

Desktop and marketplace figures are typical market ranges for comparison; your own vendor quotes may differ.

Simple, published pricing

One setup fee, one small monthly fee, and never a commission on the journeys you book.

Web Booker

Best for 1–15 vehicles

$399setup

then $10 / month

Branded booking page on your domain
Live fare calculator & airport rules
Card payments via Stripe or Wise
Email & SMS confirmations
Dispatch handoff and driver allocation

Premium

Best for Growing fleets

$699setup

then $30 / month

Everything in Web Booker
Premium multi-page website design
Hourly, wedding & corporate modules
Advanced fare rules and promo codes
Multi-page SEO and priority support

Global

Best for International & airport work

$1,299setup

then $40 / month

Everything in Premium
Automatic local currency + live FX
20+ languages incl. RTL layouts
Localized emails and hreflang SEO
Multi-currency Stripe/Wise checkout

Need branded passenger and driver apps, farm-in/farm-out and source code ownership? See the Enterprise plan from $8,500.

Built for these operators

Airport transfer firms Corporate transport Private hire operators Limo & chauffeur companies City taxi fleets $399 Web Booker overview

See your own tariff running in a live booking system

Send us your rates and service area and we'll load them into a demo booker so you can test real quotes for your own routes before you commit to anything.

Live demo with your tariff loaded
Fixed written quote — no hidden fees
Launch in 3–5 working days
Zero commission, cancel monthly

Booking system FAQ

Web-based taxi booking system: your questions answered

Cost, setup time, payments, fare rules, data ownership and how it fits alongside your current website.

It is booking and dispatch software that runs entirely in a web browser. Passengers book from your website, dispatchers manage jobs from any laptop or tablet, and drivers receive work on their phones. Nothing is installed on your office computers and there are no servers for you to maintain or back up.

Desktop software is tied to specific machines in one office, needs manual updates and usually cannot take online bookings without extra modules. A web-based system is available anywhere with internet, updates automatically, and includes the passenger-facing booking flow as part of the same product.

Yes — that is the main advantage. The booking flow is a mobile-optimised web page, so passengers who arrive from Google, your Google Business Profile, WhatsApp or a QR code in the vehicle can complete a booking in under a minute without visiting an app store.

You load your tariff once: base fare, per-mile or per-kilometre rate, per-minute rate, waiting time, zone-to-zone fixed prices, airport surcharges, night and holiday multipliers, and any extras. The system prices each journey live from routing data, so the quote a passenger sees is the fare you intend to charge.

Yes. Airport bookings support terminal selection, flight numbers, free-waiting windows and meet-and-greet options. Corporate clients get named accounts, cost centres, booker permissions, monthly consolidated invoices and agreed rate cards separate from your public tariff.

Card payments and wallets run through Stripe, bank transfer through Wise, and corporate clients can be billed on account. You decide per journey type whether to take full prepayment, a deposit, a pre-authorisation, or nothing at all until the driver completes the job.

Yes on our Global plan ($1,299 setup + $40/month), which adds automatic local currency detection with live FX conversion, 20+ site languages including right-to-left layouts, localized confirmation emails and hreflang SEO — designed for operators serving inbound international travellers.

The Web Booker plan is $399 one-time plus $10 per month with no commission. Premium is $699 + $30/month for extra modules and SEO, and the Global plan is $1,299 + $40/month. Most operators are live in 3–5 working days once we have the tariff, service area, vehicle classes, logo and payment account.

No. The booking system embeds into most existing sites with a single snippet or a linked booking page on your own domain. If your current site is dated, we can also design a new booking-first website as part of the setup at no additional monthly cost.

You do. Passenger records, booking history, quotes and payment references belong to your business and can be exported in full at any time. We do not resell your data, market to your passengers, or place any third-party branding in the booking flow.