# Software for chauffeur and limousine services > Dispatch chauffeurs, keep waiting time off the clock with pause and resume, track every ride live, and invoice corporate accounts monthly. URL: https://odobase.com/industries/chauffeur-limousine Last updated: 2026-10-23 ## What does a chauffeur service need from its software? A chauffeur or limousine service needs to dispatch the right driver and car to every booking, know where each ride is, handle waiting time between legs, and bill corporate clients accurately. Odobase does this with conflict-free dispatch, a driver app with live tracking, pause-and-resume trips, and invoices built from completed rides. ## What Odobase does for chauffeur and limousine - **Dispatch without clashes:** Only free chauffeurs and cars are offered for each booking, and an overlapping assignment is refused. - **Waiting time handled:** Pause a trip while the client is in a meeting and resume it for the return; the car can take another job in between. - **Know where every ride is:** Follow running rides on the map and keep the route afterwards. - **Corporate accounts billed monthly:** One invoice per client per month, built from their completed rides. - **Standing bookings on a roster:** Regular executive runs or school transport set up once and managed week by week. ## How do you dispatch chauffeurs with Odobase? Create the booking with the pickup, any stops, the destination, time and client, and assign a chauffeur and a car. Odobase checks both against every scheduled and running ride, offers only those that are free, and refuses an assignment that would overlap. The chauffeur is notified on their phone at once, and the ride appears in their [driver app](https://odobase.com/features/driver-app). ## How is waiting time between legs handled? Airport pickups, meetings and events all involve waiting. In Odobase the chauffeur **pauses** the ride when the client leaves the car and **resumes** it for the next leg. While paused, the chauffeur and car are free for other work, and the ride's distance and time leave out the gap, so the wait is never recorded as driving. ## How do you keep track of rides in progress? Every running ride appears on its [live map](https://odobase.com/features/live-trip-tracking), fed by positions the chauffeur's phone records about every 30 seconds and sends about once a minute. After the ride, the route stays on the trip with the odometer readings, which settles questions about distance or timing. ## How do you run regular bookings? Executive airport runs, daily school transport and standing corporate bookings can be set up once as [recurring trips](https://odobase.com/features/recurring-trips-roster) and managed from the weekly roster, where a chauffeur on leave is swapped out in a click. Comparing tools? Our [GetDriver alternative](https://odobase.com/blog/getdriver-alternative) guide sets Odobase beside an NCC-only system, including what each one covers for Italian operators. ## The features you will use most - [Trip management](https://odobase.com/features/trip-management): Schedule trips, assign drivers and vehicles without double-booking, pause and resume round trips, and invoice completed work from one dashboard. - [Recurring trips and roster](https://odobase.com/features/recurring-trips-roster): Set up a repeating duty once, such as a weekday staff shuttle, and manage every day of it from a weekly roster where drivers are swapped in a click. - [Driver app](https://odobase.com/features/driver-app): Odobase Driver lets drivers sign in with a PIN, run assigned trips, record odometer readings, log expenses with receipts and get trip alerts. - [Invoicing and accounting](https://odobase.com/features/invoicing-accounting): Turn completed trips and hires into branded invoices, track what customers owe, and read profit and loss by month and by branch in Odobase. - [Live trip tracking](https://odobase.com/features/live-trip-tracking): GPS route monitoring from the driver's phone, with no tracker to fit. See running trips on a map, their speed and stops, and the route each one took. - [Customer portal](https://odobase.com/features/customer-portal): A portal under your logo where customers sign in with a code, follow trips, accept quotes and download invoices, with corporate accounts for companies. - [Price lists](https://odobase.com/features/price-list): Price transfers, airport runs and hourly hire by zone, distance or time, with surcharges, extras and free waiting time. Each trip keeps its breakdown. - [Trip tracking link](https://odobase.com/features/trip-tracking-link): Send each passenger a link to a live trip page: status, route, the car on the map, the driver and the plate, with cancel, change and rating. No app, no login. - [Booking form and quotes](https://odobase.com/features/booking-form): A booking form with your prices, on your website or as a link, for transfers, airport runs, hourly and day hire, plus quotes customers accept by phone. ## Frequently asked questions ### How does Odobase handle a chauffeur waiting for a client? The chauffeur pauses the trip when the client leaves the car and resumes it for the next leg. While paused, the chauffeur and car can be assigned to another job, and distance and time leave out the gap. ### Can clients see where their car is? Not directly. Live tracking is for your team, in the Odobase dashboard, so when a client asks, your dispatcher can see where the car is and tell them. ### How do I bill a corporate client for a month of rides? Choose the client, add their completed trips for the month as invoice lines, and [issue one invoice](https://odobase.com/features/invoicing-accounting). Each line fills in from the trip's fare plus any expenses you marked as charged to the client, and your logo goes on the PDF. ### Do chauffeurs need special equipment? No. Chauffeurs use the Odobase Driver app on their Android phone or iPhone. It records the route only while a ride is running. ### Is there free chauffeur and limousine software? Yes. Odobase's [Starter plan](https://odobase.com/free-car-rental-software) is free for up to 2 vehicles and 1 driver, with no card needed and no time limit. It includes dispatch, the driver app, price lists, the booking form and invoicing, so a small chauffeur business can run on it before paying for anything. ### Is there an app for chauffeurs? Yes. Chauffeurs use the free [Odobase Driver](https://odobase.com/features/driver-app) app on Android or iPhone. They see their assigned trips, start and complete each one with an odometer reading, pause and resume for waits, log expenses with a receipt photo, and the phone records the route while the trip runs.