Categories Type
Purpose
Your fleet of rental vehicles is generally divided into different vehicle category types and vehicle categories.
To illustrate, see the following examples of typical category types and the different vehicle categories under them.
Category Type | Vehicle Category |
Car | Compact Station Wagon Mid Size Full Size |
Motorhome | 2 Berth 4 Berth |
Bike | Motorcycle |
Commercial | 1 Tonne Van |
Note that in order to set up a new Vehicle Category, you must first select an existing Category Type or create a new one.
The following getting started video shows the basics of Adding / Updating Vehicle Category Types:
Accessing the Categories Type Tab
The Categories Type tab can be found under the Vehicle Categories submenu in Vehicle Maintenance.
Vehicle Maintenance > Vehicle Categories > Categories Type
Adding and Viewing a Category Type
On the Category Types page, a list of your current records will be displayed. To view an existing record, click on the Category Type name in red text. To add a new Category Type record, click "Add Category Type".
On the new category type page, enter in the required fields and optional ones if you wish. Click Submit to save the new record.
Form Field Descriptions
Name | Required (Yes / No) | Description |
Category Type | Yes | Enter the name for the category type. |
Rate Type | Yes | Select either 12 hours or 24 hours as the rate type, which determines whether all vehicle categories under this category type are charged on a 12- or 24-hour daily rate basis. NOTE: If rate type is set to 12 hours, the daily rate is applied to every calendar day, e.g. a booking from 10:00am to 10:00am the next day is charged two (2) days. If rate type is set to 24 hours, the daily rate is applied every 24 hours, e.g. a booking from 10:00am to 10:00am the next day is charged one (1) day. A common example of this is "rental cars" which are charged on the 24 hour rate type and "camper vans" which are charged on 12 hour rate types e.g. calendar days. |
Web Available | Yes | Select whether this category type record is web available or not. |
Ordering | No | Enter a letter on the Ordering field, which determines the order in which the category type is displayed on the Vehicle Categories page and the Reservation Sheet, e.g., if "A" is entered here, the category type will be the first to be displayed on the list of category types when adding new vehicle categories. Note: Giving the record no order will result it in being shown at the top automatically by default. |
Plate Type | No | This field relates to RMS tolling integration and should be populated based on your RMS setup requirements. |
Vehicle Description | No | This field relates to RMS tolling integration and should be populated based on your RMS setup requirements. |
Update or Delete a Category Type record
The below article is just a generic guide how to update or delete a record:
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