How to Take Scheduled and Advance Ride Bookings as a Driver

Both let a rider reserve a trip ahead of time. They solve two different needs.

An advance booking is a single future trip. A rider picks next Tuesday at 6 AM, enters the pickup and dropoff, and requests you. You confirm it. One trip, booked ahead.

A standing booking is a trip that repeats. A rider who rides with you every weekday morning does not want to rebook every night. You set that rider up as a regular, they save a card, and the standing booking bills automatically each cycle.

Advance bookings for a single trip are live. Standing bookings for a repeating trip are live. A driver uses whichever one the ride calls for.

The setup is short, and a driver keeps driving the apps the whole time.

1. Claim your handle at `app.solodrive.pro/t/{handle}`. That handle is your booking page and it is yours. 2. Share your link with a rider who wants to reserve a trip ahead of time. 3. The rider opens the page, picks the date and time, and enters the pickup, dropoff, and any notes. 4. You review the request and confirm it.

The rider now has a scheduled ride with you by name. There is no app queue deciding who shows up.

Some riders take the same trip over and over. Those are the ones worth keeping.

When a rider's trip repeats, you mark that rider as a regular on your booking page. The rider consents and saves a card. From then on the standing booking is billed automatically each cycle, so there is no new money conversation before every ride.

That turns one good ride into steady, repeat income. The commuter, the standing airport run, and the weekly appointment stop being one-time matches and become bookings you own.

Advance and standing bookings are strongest where the rider already knows they will need the trip.

Good candidates include:

• early-morning commutes to the same workplace
• airport departures with a fixed flight time
• recurring medical appointments
• school and campus runs on a set schedule
• weekly errands and standing appointments
• business travel booked to an itinerary

These are the trips a rider plans ahead. They are also the trips the apps hand to a stranger. Booking them directly turns a planned trip into a ride you own.

A driver sets the fare on a direct booking, so the price the rider pays is the driver's call. Payment is captured through the booking page when the rider reserves.

SOLODRIVE.PRO charges a platform fee that is a fraction of what the apps take. The fee steps down as a driver moves up tiers, and the top Elite tier carries no per-ride fee at all.

No. SOLODRIVE.PRO works alongside Uber and Lyft, not instead of them.

A driver keeps taking app-assigned rides for the first introduction. When a rider wants to reserve that same driver for a future or repeating trip, the booking page is where that happens. The apps still bring new riders in. Your booking page keeps the ones who want to come back.

A driver can start free and take direct scheduled and advance rides on the Free tier.

The platform fee is a fraction of what the apps take, it steps down as a driver moves up tiers, and the top Elite tier carries no per-ride fee at all. A driver sets their own fare on a direct ride.

How do I take my own scheduled rides as an Uber or Lyft driver?

You share a booking page at your handle. A rider opens your link, picks a date and time, and requests you by name. You confirm the trip. The ride is scheduled with you specifically, not offered to whoever is near the pickup the way an app-scheduled ride is.

What is the difference between an advance booking and a standing booking?

An advance booking is one future trip a rider reserves ahead of time. A standing booking is a trip that repeats, set up once for a rider you mark as a regular. Once that rider saves a card, the standing booking is billed automatically each cycle.

Is this the same as scheduled rides inside the Uber or Lyft app?

No. A ride scheduled in the Uber or Lyft app stays inside the app and is assigned to any available driver near the pickup. A ride booked through your SOLODRIVE.PRO page comes to you by name for the date and time the rider chose.

Do I have to stop driving Uber or Lyft to take advance bookings?

No. SOLODRIVE.PRO works alongside Uber and Lyft. You keep taking app rides for the first introduction and use your booking page to take scheduled, advance, and repeat rides from riders who want to reserve you directly.

How does the rider pay for a scheduled ride?

You set the fare on the direct booking, and payment is captured through the booking page. The platform fee is a fraction of what the apps take, and it drops to no per-ride fee on the Elite tier.