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Distinctive Systems is the UK’s leading supplier of software to the coaching industry. Established for 30 years, over 750 operators rely on one or more of our latest Microsoft SQL Server based systems for the efficient management of their companies. Our main systems are our Coach Manager private hire and contract booking system, our Tour Booking System and our VOSA approved Vehicle Maintenance System.

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.

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 confirmations.

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.

Distinctive Systems

  • Industry leading software supplier
  • Established for 30 years
  • Over 750 coach industry clients
  • 100% 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 confirmations

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.

New Tour Booking System Website Released

Following two years of intensive development, Distinctive Systems is pleased to announce the release of a greatly enhanced version of our Tour Booking System website and online booking facility.  TBS, which utilises Microsoft’s SQL Server database engine, was first launched in 2006 and is now in daily use with over 130 tour operators.

The many new and enhanced features concentrate on four main areas; the creation and management of the corporate aspects of the TBS website, the tour search and discovery experience, the booking and payment process and search engine optimisation.

Click here to read the full news article.

Over 250 Operators Already Connected

Coach Manager Connect is a groundbreaking new service that connects the private hire and contract booking system at all of our clients to create a powerful community-wide communication network.  It allows operators to easily subcontract bookings to other operators, browse and take on bookings offered by other operators and instantly transfer details in both directions.

The heart of Coach Manager Connect is an Internet based data server that allows operators to share selected bookings with other operators at the click of a button.  According to circumstance it can broadcast a request to cover a booking to a chosen list of operators, or to the community at large, communicating directly from the source Coach Manager system straight into all the target systems.  When required it can even target operators in a given geographical area, without the originator needing to know who those operators are.

Click here to view the Coach Manager Connect A4 flyer, or here to read the news article.

Latest News

New TBS Website Released

Following two years of intensive development, Distinctive Systems is pleased to announce the release of a greatly enhanced version of our Tour Booking System…

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Tyre Management Module for VMS

Distinctive Systems is pleased to announce the release of a tyre management module for our VOSA approved Vehicle Maintenance System. Nearly 200 operators…

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New Don’t Travel Empty Link Released

Distinctive Systems has released an enhanced link from our Coach Manager private hire and contract booking system to the job matching website

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Bus & Coach Buyer Magazine Features Coach Manager Connect

Top industry magazine Bus & Coach Buyer has published a major article on the many efficiencies available to operators by subcontracting bookings…

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