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How to Use Pickups and Dropoffs

Learn how to create and manage pickups, dropoffs, and routes, and configure how they behave across products, options, and individual tours.

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Pickups and dropoffs allow customers to select where they would like to join and leave your tour.

Learn how to:

  • Create pickup and dropoff points

  • Organise them into routes

  • Configure pickup and dropoff behaviour at the product, option, and tour level

This ensures your transfer logistics are clearly structured and fully aligned with how your tours operate.


Create Pickups

Create and configure pickup points that form a route along which customers can join your tour.

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Learn how to create pickups.


Create Dropoffs

Set up dropoff points where you customers can conclude their tour. Like pickups, dropoff points can form a single route.

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Learn how to create dropoffs.


Create Routes

Routes are collections of pickup and dropoff points arranged in the order in which the driver picks up or drops off customers.

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Learn how to create and use routes.


Pickups and Dropoffs with Point to Point Products

Point to Point products are designed for transfer services operating between two locations, with scheduled stops along the way with pickup and drop-off points.

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Learn how to add pickups and dropoffs to Point to Point products.


Product Settings

Configure how pickups and dropoffs behave at the product, option and tour levels.

Product Detail > Pickups, Transfers & Meetings

Enable the use of pickups and dropoffs on your products by configuring the below settings in the Pickups, Transfers & Meetings section of the product detail.

Field

Description

Pickup Required

Pickup is automatically enabled, and the customer must select a pickup point from the available options to complete the booking.

Allow Custom Pickup

Customers can choose whether they want a pickup; they can select from predefined options or set a custom pickup date and time, and provide their room number if staying at a hotel.

Custom Pickup Required

Customers must specify their own preferred pickup date and time, and provide their room number if staying at a hotel.

Default Pickup

The pickup point is preselected for the customer. If 'Allow Custom Pickup' is enabled, the customer can change the pickup point.

Dropoff Required

Dropoff is automatically enabled, and the customer must select a dropoff point from the available options to complete the booking.

Allow Custom Dropoff

Customers can choose whether they want a dropoff; they can select from predefined options or set a custom dropoff date and time, and provide their room number if staying at a hotel.

Custom Dropoff Required

Customers must specify their own preferred dropoff date and time, and provide their room number if staying at a hotel.

Default Dropoff

The dropoff point is preselected for the customer. If 'Allow Custom Dropoff' is enabled, the customer can change the dropoff point.

Hotel Search

Allow customers search their hotel and the nearest pickup or dropoff point is assigned.

Address Search

Allow customers search an address and the nearest pickup or dropoff point is assigned.


Options

If your product has options, enable the bellow settings as appropriate to allow the use of pickups and dropoffs.

Field

Description

Pickup Allowed

Customers can choose whether they want a pickup.

Pickup Required

Pickup is automatically enabled, and the customer must select a pickup point from the available options to complete the booking.

Default Pickup

The pickup point is preselected for the customer. If 'Allow Custom Pickup' is enabled, the customer can change the pickup point.

Dropoff Allowed

Customers can choose whether they want a dropoff.

Dropoff Required

Dropoff is automatically enabled, and the customer must select a dropoff point from the available options to complete the booking.

Default Dropoff

The dropoff point is preselected for the customer. If 'Allow Custom Dropoff' is enabled, the customer can change the dropoff point.


Tours

Enable the bellow settings as appropriate for individual tour times.

Field

Description

Pickup Available

Customers can choose whether they want a pickup.

Default Pickup

The pickup point is preselected for the customer. If 'Allow Custom Pickup' is enabled, the customer can change the pickup point.

Dropoff Available

Customers can choose whether they want a dropoff.

Default Dropoff

The dropoff point is preselected for the customer. If 'Allow Custom Dropoff' is enabled, the customer can change the dropoff point.

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