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New Zealand Car Hire From Airport Handover to Check.

An Auckland compact and a South Island SUV have different travel and return needs. Give each registration its real occupied span.

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  • Auckland arrivals keep handover time
  • South Island SUVs retain full trip dates
  • Each registration stays independent
  • Bank transfer stays with the hire
  • Return time remains unavailable

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Offer the right car online

An online request for compact car checks live inventory before the office commits the car.

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A day hire booked and paid online in a couple of taps.
New bookingAvailable
BookingHatch · 1 day hire
WhenSat 16 Aug · 8:00am pickup
DepositPaid by card
Priced instantly$89

Availability by unit

Hold time through the return

Vehicle preparation and the fuel and condition check belong to the same booking span for the selected car.

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A day on the schedule's calendar, with three jobs placed on a vertical time grid at the times they run.
Wednesday1 Jul
3 bookings
08:00
09:00
10:00
11:00
12:00
13:00
14:00
08:00 · Ponsonby
Hatch · airport pickup
10:00 · Mount Eden
Ute · day hire
12:30 · Grey Lynn
SUV · weekend hire

Anyone can take the booking. The return is the job.

A car due back at two that arrives at six has cost you the next hire, and nobody at the desk knew it was late until the customer at the counter asked.

  • What is due back, and when

    Collections and returns sit on one diary rather than in a book, so the yard knows what is coming in before it is standing in the car park.

  • The whole span leaves the page

    A hire removes the car from collection to return, not just the morning it goes out, so the same vehicle is never promised to two drivers.

  • A late return reprices itself

    Move the return and the price follows the new span, so the extra days are charged at your rates rather than worked out on a notepad.

Three crew members on one timeline, each with their jobs laid out across the working day so gaps are easy to spot.
TeamWednesday 1 Jul
3 on today
08:0010:0012:0014:0016:00
MSMere
ValeRoweKerr
JFJames
BevanHartNair
ARAna
ShawOduya
A day hire booked and paid online in a couple of taps.
New bookingAvailable
BookingHatch · 1 day hire
WhenSat 16 Aug · 8:00am pickup
DepositPaid by card
Priced instantly$89

A week is not seven days.

Set a day rate, a three-day rate and a week, and the cheapest ladder that covers the hire is the one that prices. No depot charges seven daily rates for a week.

Three crew members on one timeline, each with their jobs laid out across the working day so gaps are easy to spot.
TeamWednesday 1 Jul
3 on today
08:0010:0012:0014:0016:00
MSMere
ValeRoweKerr
JFJames
BevanHartNair
ARAna
ShawOduya

One hire from preparation to return.

The complete car hire occupies the selected car through the fuel and condition check, with first address and contact ready.

Built for your yard

Built for every kind of car hire

An Auckland arrival collects a compact

Hold the registered car through preparation, handover, booked days and the fuel check.

A South Island road-trip SUV

Keep the larger vehicle unavailable across the complete trip and its condition inspection.

The weekend visitor returns late

Extend the existing booking and preserve its customer, bank transfer and staff return note.

Inspection before the next hirer

A South Island road-trip SUV: hold the car after hand-back for cleaning and inspection before the next handover.

The first street address

An Auckland arrival collects a compact: public booking captures one street address; staff add later delivery or return details to notes.

The same weekday hire

The weekend visitor returns late: repeat this job on one chosen weekday weekly or fortnightly, ending with the arrangement.

Compact car or larger SUV

A South Island road-trip SUV: keep both alternatives on the quote, letting the organiser approve the suitable service lines online.

Bank transfer reaches the office

An Auckland arrival collects a compact: record the offline receipt and leave the remaining amount visible without creating a card transaction.

A return needs staff attention

The weekend visitor returns late: keep the return note on the booking and extend unavailable time when inspection prevents the next turnaround.

A cancellation returns one car

A South Island road-trip SUV: if the booking cancels, release only that unit’s interval; neighbouring hires remain where they were.

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Agreement and receipts on one hire.

An Auckland arrival collects a compact: the accepted quote and manually recorded bank transfer keep one amount visible while settlement remains offline.

  • Approve the quote first

    An Auckland arrival collects a compact: keep the accepted option, span and service lines attached when the approved document becomes a booking.

  • Offline receipts reduce the balance

    A South Island road-trip SUV: apply bank transfer or cash to the booking and leave staff a clear amount still to collect.

  • Emails are switched on deliberately

    The weekend visitor returns late: the operator chooses whether to enable a confirmation or reminder after details are settled.

A list of payments, each with the customer, reference, date, method and amount, with totals received and still outstanding.
Received$4,310
Outstanding$3,840
  • Hemi WalkerP-1011 · 25 Jun · Bank transfer$380
  • Sarah ColemanP-1012 · 25 Jun · Cash$240
  • Mere SolomonP-1013 · 28 Jun · Card$380
  • James FifitaP-1001 · 27 Jun · Card$190

One app for every booking

Everything you need to run your car hire business.

Online booking

Online requests begin with compact car or larger SUV, an available time and one street address, leaving staff a usable hire record.

Scheduling

Block the complete car hire from vehicle preparation through the fuel and condition check; the next hirer sees honest availability.

Standing bookings

Schedule regular car hire weekly or fortnightly on its chosen weekday, leaving every other day to be booked independently.

One car, one hire

The selected car can appear only once in the same interval; confirmation blocks conflicting time while leaving other units open.

Bonds

Store the card when they book, place the hold at handover, and release it or keep part of it at return in a single operation.

Email reminders

Choose whether the compact car booking receives a confirmation or later email reminder; the setting remains under the operator’s control.

Customers

Hirers, venues and local organisations can return to one account whose bookings, notes and manual receipts remain available to the office.

Team

Rental-desk staff availability makes the owner of a late car return visible before confirmation instead of relying on a paper roster.

Payments

Use Free to mark bank transfer or cash as received, with the booking holding the remaining amount while settlement stays offline.

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Common questions.

Yes. An Auckland arrival collects a compact: keep the selected car closed from vehicle preparation through the fuel and condition check, including the complete occupied interval.

No. A South Island road-trip SUV: collect one starting address; staff add later delivery or return detail to notes.

The weekend visitor returns late: post bank transfer manually to the booking. The receipt reduces the visible amount while settlement remains offline.

Yes. A South Island road-trip SUV: the organiser can approve a quote containing compact car or larger SUV, then staff convert its accepted lines.

Yes. The weekend visitor returns late: repeat this job on one weekday weekly or fortnightly, ending on a date or after the agreed count.

An Auckland arrival collects a compact: the exact span returns to that car; other confirmed work does not move.

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