<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Odobase blog</title><description>Guides for running a car rental, chauffeur or transport fleet: trips, vehicles, drivers and getting paid.</description><link>https://odobase.com/</link><language>en</language><item><title>How to run an employee pick-and-drop roster without spreadsheets</title><link>https://odobase.com/blog/employee-pick-and-drop-roster/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://odobase.com/blog/employee-pick-and-drop-roster/</guid><description>Run employee pick-and-drop as standing routes rather than daily bookings: define each route once with its weekdays, time, driver and vehicle, create the daily runs a couple of weeks ahead, manage leave and holidays on a weekly roster, and invoice each client company from the runs actually completed.</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>employee transport</category><category>rostering</category><category>operations</category></item><item><title>How to stop double-booking vehicles in a car rental business</title><link>https://odobase.com/blog/prevent-double-booking-car-rental/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://odobase.com/blog/prevent-double-booking-car-rental/</guid><description>Double-bookings happen when bookings live in more than one place and nobody checks them against each other at the moment of assignment. Stop them with one calendar for chauffeured trips and self-drive hires, a check that refuses overlapping assignments, blocking cars until they are actually returned, and releasing drivers during long waits.</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>car rental</category><category>dispatch</category><category>operations</category></item><item><title>Self-drive hire charges: pricing overtime, extra kilometres and deposits</title><link>https://odobase.com/blog/self-drive-hire-overtime-excess-km/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://odobase.com/blog/self-drive-hire-overtime-excess-km/</guid><description>Price self-drive hires with a grace period that works as a threshold, not a deduction: a return inside it is free, a return beyond it is charged for every started extra unit. Charge extra kilometres only when a hire has an allowance, a rate and both odometer readings, and never count a security deposit as revenue.</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>self-drive hire</category><category>pricing</category><category>car rental</category></item></channel></rss>