#748 – When the Car has blocked date it is possible to book a return trip for the blocked date

Hi there, here is the description:
The Car blocked dates are : from 21 to 24 April 2016, however
when client book trip for 17/04/2016 it's possible to book a return trip for 22 April 2016.

In my opinion it's better to show a message (like: sorry the return trip impossible for the date X), and unselect the return check box, rather than to make the car unavailable.

Best regards.

Hi Serge,

Return trip is quite complex issue actually. It really has to be a Separate booking so a Separate car can be suggested if the same car is not available.
We have added this development suggestion at our crowd funding section but no one seems too interested about it (I am guessing that most Admins disable Return trips or are satisfied with the current system): http://kanev.com/development/taxi-booking/59-return-trip-as-a-new-order

We can't validate return date/time for a specific car on the first step because we don't know which car will be selected by the customer.
We could validate return date for all cars and if no car is available, we can show a message that return trip is not possible as no car is available and unselect the return checkbox.
Or we can move return section at the last step, there we know everything of a new booking and then we can validate return trip possibility.
However, all these are more of temporary solutions.
What's needed is to completely develop Return as new order similar to Air plane bookings.

Hope this helps.
Please send us your thoughts.