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Distinctive Systems is the UK’s leading supplier of software to the coaching industry. Established for nearly 30 years, we have over 600 operators using one or more of our latest Microsoft SQL Server

based systems. Our main systems are our Coach Manager Private Hire and Contract Booking System, our Tour Booking System and our VOSA approved Vehicle Maintenance System.

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Coach Manager is a start to finish solution for the management of private hire and contract work specially designed for coach, minibus and chauffeur operators. The software offers secure handling

of bookings, easy and efficient allocation of vehicles and drivers, client confirmations, driver work tickets, invoicing and a built-in sales ledger with extensive financial reporting facilities.

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Our Tour Booking System is a complete management solution for individual passenger reservations on extended tours, day excursions and express services. In addition to being a powerful back office system,

TBS incorporates a fully automated data driven website for handling online reservations from travel agents and direct clients, with real-time payment processing and automatic emailing of invoices.

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Our Vehicle Maintenance System is a workshop management package specially designed for coach, bus and truck operators. Approved by VOSA, the software provides defect reporting, statutory inspection

planning, scheduled and unscheduled maintenance activities, job cards and history recording. VMS streamlines the whole process and will help ensure records always meet the required standard.

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Distinctive Systems

  • Industry leading supplier
  • Long established company
  • Large client base
  • Microsoft SQL Server based

Coach Manager

  • Private hires and contracts
  • Client confirmations and invoices
  • Vehicle and driver scheduling
  • Driver work tickets

Tour Booking System

  • Extended tours and day excursions
  • Data driven website
  • Back office and online bookings
  • Automatic emailing of invoices

Vehicle Maintenance System

  • Workshop management
  • Statutory inspection planning
  • Defect reporting
  • Maintenance activity management
Software systems for coach based private hire and contract bookings, tours, day excursions and vehicle maintenance.

Distinctive Systems at Coach & Bus Live 2011

Our new software rental plan provides coach companies of all sizes with a highly attractive alternative to outright purchase, as evidenced by the large number of operators visiting the Distinctive Systems stand at the recent Coach & Bus Live exhibition at Birmingham’s NEC.

Visitors to the stand were also able to preview two major new releases launching soon; a comprehensive gross payroll module for our Coach Manager private hire and contract booking system, plus a new version of our Tour Booking System website and online reservation facility incorporating many advanced new features.

Our Clients Say

“We have been using Distinctive Systems’ products for over 14 years, starting with Coach Manager and subsequently adding both VMS and TBS.  The products have been fundamental to the growth and development of the services we offer our clients and now form the backbone of our business.”

Danny Elford - Commercial Director - The Kings Ferry Ltd


"The Coach Manager software by Distinctive Systems is essential to run Dorgan’s Group Vehicles. We also use VMS to manage our own current fleet of 30 vehicles as well as 164 other vehicles which we look after for our Maintenance Management customers. Distinctive Systems software is probably the best available to the coach industry worldwide."

Stephen Millar – Managing Director – Dorgan’s Group (Dublin & Newry)


"Epsom Coaches has long been a client of Distinctive Systems, for a very good reason, they provide the heart of our administrative systems, for coach hire, tours and fleet management. The products have evolved over the years to take account of the industry’s changing needs, but importantly are tailored to suit our operation. The team at Distinctive is all knowledgeable and knows our business from an operator’s perspective, a unique advantage and just one reason why I have no hesitation in recommending them to any business that wants to have the best, Distinctive Systems is the benchmark."

Steve Whiteway - Commercial Director - Epsom Coaches Group


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Latest Brochure

Our latest brochure, incorporating details of our new rental option, is now available online. It includes overviews, key features and screenshots of Coach Manager,…

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New Distinctive Systems Inc Appointment

Distinctive Systems Inc, our New York based subsidiary, was formed in 2009 to provide sales and support for our coach and bus industry software…

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New Rental Option Now Available

Further to the launch of our simplified Subscription Edition systems last year, Distinctive Systems has now introduced a software rental alternative across our full product range.…

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