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Distinctive Systems is the 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 Charter and Contract Booking System, our Tour Booking System and our Vehicle Maintenance System.

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Coach Manager is a start to finish solution for the management of charter and regular contract work specially designed for coach and bus 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 tours and sightseeing trips. 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 designed for coach, bus and truck operators. The software handles defect reporting, statutory inspection planning, scheduled and

unscheduled maintenance activities, job card printing 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

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

Tour Booking System

  • Tours and sightseeing trips
  • 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.

Major New Coach Manager Enhancements Released

Distinctive Systems is pleased to announce the release of a major new version of our Coach Manager private charter and contract booking system incorporating the most significant enhancements to be added to the system since launch.

Topping the enhancement list is the introduction of a new Gross Payroll module. The module has been eagerly anticipated by clients since we introduced new functionality for gathering vehicle and driver actual mileages and duty times just over a year ago. Intended to form the basis of our planned payroll functionality from the outset; the finished result provides operators with a totally new and highly efficient tool for managing their payroll.

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Our Clients Say

"We have been using TBS to manage the tours and client base for our Travel Club. We have found the system to be invaluable in terms of productivity improvements, particularly in relation to the inbuilt reports. TBS has allowed our sales staff to spend more time selling our product, rather than spending valuable time on administrative tasks such as invoicing, receipting and preparing tour departure reports. The comprehensive client database and sales ledger have also proven to be a very useful marketing tool, allowing us to actively target specific segments of our client base."

Doug Nyman – Sunbury Coaches


"Coach Manager has totally changed the way our operation runs and has made it much easier for us to manage our resources more efficiently and effectively by combining rostering, quoting, fleet & staff management and invoicing all into the one system."

Matt Baird – Organ’s Coaches


"We have been using Distinctive Systems VMS for 3 years and have found a dramatic improvement in our ability to capture parts and labour costs. The system further provides us with an accurate prediction of when scheduled maintenance is required and ensures compliance to our regulatory authority."

Phil Stonestreet – Stonestreet’s Coaches


Latest News

Coach Manager Gross Payroll

Distinctive Systems is pleased to announce the release of a major new version of our Coach Manager private charter and contract booking system incorporating the…

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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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