Hourly + as-directed vehicle hire · Edinburgh

Hourly + as-directed taxi hire dispatch in Edinburgh — block-hours, fixed driver, transparent meter.

Taxi dispatch system calibrated for hourly hire work in Edinburgh. TfL and council-licensed PHV ready. Block-hour bookings, as-directed driver, transparent billing.

Hourly (or 'as-directed') hire is the model where a rider books a vehicle for a fixed block of hours and directs the driver to multiple destinations during the block. The dispatch system has to lock the vehicle out of auto-dispatch for the booked window, surface a clear hourly meter to the rider, and bill the actual block consumed plus any overage.

Key takeaways

Block-hour bookings, as-directed driver, transparent billing.
Built for Edinburgh hourly hire work — live dispatch, driver app and pricing in one console.
Migrate an existing Edinburgh base to TaxiCloud without losing your hourly hire workflow.

What makes hourly hire dispatch in Edinburgh hard?

Hourly hire fails when the vehicle is auto-dispatched to a passing on-demand trip mid-block. The Aurora console locks the vehicle out of auto-dispatch for the entire booked window; the driver app shows the hourly meter and elapsed block-time so both driver and rider see the same number.

How does TaxiCloud run hourly hire dispatch in Edinburgh?

Pricing supports per-block-hour rates, overage rates, and waiting-time surcharges. Receipts itemise the block, overage, and any add-ons (parking, tolls).

How do you migrate Edinburgh hourly hire dispatch to TaxiCloud?

Corporate accounts that use hourly hire heavily (production crews, executive day-rate work, event-day shuttles) configure default block sizes and overage thresholds at the account record.

FAQ

Hourly hire taxi dispatch Edinburgh — questions answered.

Is the vehicle locked out of auto-dispatch during a block?: Yes. The booked window blocks auto-dispatch entirely; the vehicle is the rider's for the block.
How is overage billed?: Per-minute or per-15-minute overage rates, configurable per account; receipts itemise block + overage separately.
Can corporate accounts set default block sizes?: Yes. Default block size and overage threshold are configurable at the account level.
Will TaxiCloud handle Edinburgh Festival booking surges?: Yes. The platform is cloud-native on AWS and scales horizontally on demand — no capacity-planning calls required. Festival-season surges are well within tested operating range. AI Copilot is particularly valuable during surge periods, drafting customer SMS automatically when ETAs slip and recommending reassignments by impact.
Does TaxiCloud handle City of Edinburgh Council licensing reports?: Yes. Driver compliance audits, vehicle inspections, monthly council returns, and PHV-specific reporting ship in Edinburgh's expected formats. Old Town permit-vehicle-only zones are first-class boundary objects on the dispatch board and customer widget.

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