How to book a regular trip

A regular trip, also called a subscription or recurring trip, can be scheduled to repeat weekly or monthly. Regular trips can be one-way, round or multi trips.  

How to book a regular one-way trip

 

1. To book a regular one-way trip, select “Book a Trip” from the top menu bar.

2. Select “Regular Trip”.

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3. Select the “One Way” option.

4. Start by filling in your origin, or starting location, labelled “A”. Your home address will be entered by default but can be changed.

5. Type in the address or landmark, click on the heart icon to select from your favourite addresses, or click on the clock icon to select from a list if recent addresses you’ve entered. You can also find the location you want on a map by clicking on the map icon. Landmarks are places that have pre-determined pick-up and drop-off locations and are identified with a building icon. Non-landmarks have a pin icon.

6. Next, fill in your destination, labelled “B”, by typing the address or landmark, selecting a favourite or recent address, or finding the location on the map.

7. To clear the address entered, click on the “X”.

8. If you want to reverse your origin and destination, click on the two arrows labelled “Reverse”.

9. Once you’ve entered an origin and a destination, you can view them on a map by clicking “Show on Map”.

10. To close the map, click “Hide Map” located on the bottom.

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11. Next, choose the time of your trip. You can choose between "Depart at" which is the time you want to leave your origin, or "Arrive by" which is the time you want to be at your destination.

12. To select your arrival or departure time, choose the hours and minutes from the dropdown menus, then select AM or PM.

13. Now, choose your riding options. If you are travelling with another passenger, check the “Companion” box.

14. If you have any assistive devices listed on your profile, they will be shown here. If you are travelling with your assistive device, leave this box checked.

15. If your companion will be travelling with an assistive device, click “Choose a device to add”, select the device from the dropdown menu, then click the plus icon to add it to your trip.

16. To remove an assistive device, click on the “X”.

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17. Next, choose the time period and frequency for your regular trip. Select the date you want the regular trip to start on, and the date you want it to end on. Leave the end date as “never” to have the trips repeat indefinitely.

18. Choose whether you want the trip to repeat weekly or monthly,

19. For weekly trips, select the day, or days, of the week for the trip, and if you want the trip to repeat every 1, 2, 3 or 4 weeks.

20. If you want your regular trip to occur on holidays, check the “preserve service during holidays” box.

21. For monthly trips, choose which day of the month you want to trip to occur.

22. The blue info bar will tell you the first occurrence of you trip.

23. Review your trip details, riding options and frequency to make sure they are correct, then click “Search Trip”.

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24. Here is a summary of your regular one-way trip including the start date, end date, repeat frequency and if the trip will be preserved on holidays.

25. If you want to see a map of your trip, click “Show on map”. This will show the location of your origin (A) and your destination (B). Click on the close window icon on the top left to close the map.

26. Review your trip details. You can click on “Modify Request” if you want to go back and change any details.

27. Click “Continue” if everything is correct.

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28. If you want to add a building type or specific entrance for an address, you can do that here. For landmark locations, you won’t be able to add custom instructions.

29. Enter a phone number if you want to be notified before your pick-up. The contact number on your profile will be entered by default.

30. Click “Submit Request”.

31. You have successfully booked a regular one-way trip. From here you can email your trip details, book another trip, view all your scheduled trips, or view your trip details.

How to book a regular round trip

 

A round trip is when you travel to a location and back again.

1.  To book a regular round trip, select “Book a Trip” from the top menu bar.

2.  Select “Regular Trip”.

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3. Select the “Round Trip” option.

4.  Start by filling in your origin, or starting location, labelled “A”. Your home address will be entered by default but can be changed.

5.  Type in the address or landmark, click on the heart icon to select from your favourite addresses, or click on the clock icon to select from a list if recent addresses you’ve entered. You can also find the location you want on a map by clicking on the map icon. Landmarks are places that have pre-determined pick-up and drop-off locations and are identified with a building icon. Non-landmarks have a pin icon.

6.  Next, fill in your destination, labelled “B”, by typing the address or landmark, selecting a favourite or recent address, or finding the location on the map.

7.  To clear the address entered, click on the “X”.

8.  If you want to reverse your origin and destination, click on the two arrows labelled “Reverse”.

9.  Once you’ve entered an origin and a destination, you can view them on a map by clicking “Show on Map”.

10.  To close the map, click “Hide Map” located on the bottom.

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11. Next, choose the time of your outbound trip. You can choose between "Depart at" which is the time you want to leave your origin, or "Arrive by" which is the time you want to be at your destination.

12. To select your arrival or departure time, choose the hours and minutes from the dropdown menus, then select AM or PM.

13. Now, choose your riding options. If you are travelling with another passenger, check the “Companion” box.

14. If your companion will be travelling with an assistive device, click “Choose a device to add”, select the device from the dropdown menu, then click the plus icon to add it to your trip.

15. To remove an assistive device, click on the “X”.

16.  Enter the date and time of your return trip.

17. If your return riding options are the same as your outbound trip, leave “Same as trip 1” checked. If your return riding options are different, uncheck this box and make your selections.

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18.  Next, choose the time period and frequency for your regular round trip. Select the date you want the regular trip to start on, and the date you want it to end on. Leave the end date as “never” to have the trips repeat indefinitely.

19.  Choose whether you want the trip to repeat weekly or monthly.

20. For weekly trips, select the day, or days, of the week for the trip, and if you want the trip to repeat every 1, 2, 3 or 4 weeks.

21. If you want your regular trip to occur on holidays, check the “preserve service during holidays” box.

22. For monthly trips, choose which day of the month you want to trip to occur.

23.  The blue info bar will tell you the first occurrence of you trip.

24. Review your trip details, riding options and frequency to make sure they are correct, then click “Search Trip”.

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25.  You can review your outbound and return trip details and frequency on this page. If you want to see a map of either trip, click “Show on map”. This will show the location of your origin (A) and your destination (B). Click on the close window icon on the top left to close the map.

26.  Click on “Modify Request” if you want to go back and change any details.

27.  Click “Continue” if everything is correct.

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28.  If you want to add a building type or specific entrance for an address, you can do that here. For landmark locations, you won’t be able to add custom instructions.

29.  Enter a phone number if you want to be notified before your pick-up. The contact number on your profile will be entered by default.

30.  Click “Submit Request”.

31.  You have successfully booked a regular round trip. From here you can email your trip details, book another trip, view all your scheduled trips, or view your trip details.

How to book a regular multi trip

 

When you book a multi trip, you are booking 3 or more consecutive stops at one time.

1.  To book a regular multi trip, select “Book a Trip” from the top menu bar.

2.  Select “Regular Trip”.

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3.  Select the “Multi Trip” option.

4.  For Trip 1, start by filling in your origin, or starting location, labelled “A”. Your home address will be entered by default but can be changed.

5.  Type in the address or landmark, click on the heart icon to select from your favourite addresses, or click on the clock icon to select from a list if recent addresses you’ve entered. You can also find the location you want on a map by clicking on the map icon. Landmarks are places that have pre-determined pick-up and drop-off locations and are identified with a building icon. Non-landmarks have a pin icon.

6.  Next, fill in your destination, labelled “B”, by typing the address or landmark, selecting a favourite or recent address, or finding the location on the map.

7.  To clear the address entered, click on the “X”.

8.  If you want to reverse your origin and destination, click on the two arrows labelled “Reverse”.

9. Once you’ve entered an origin and a destination, you can view them on a map by clicking “Show on Map”.

10.  To close the map, click “Hide Map” located on the bottom.

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11.  Next, choose the time of your outbound trip. You can choose between "Depart at" which is the time you want to leave your origin, or "Arrive by" which is the time you want to be at your destination.

12.  To select your arrival or departure time, choose the hours and minutes from the dropdown menus, then select AM or PM.

13. Now, choose your riding options. If you are travelling with another passenger, check the “Companion” box.

14.  If you have any assistive devices listed on your profile, they will be shown here. If you are travelling with your assistive device, leave this box checked.

15.  If your companion will be travelling with an assistive device, click “Choose a device to add”, select the device from the dropdown menu, then click the plus icon to add it to your trip.

16.  To remove an assistive device, click on the “X”.

17.  To add additional trips, click on “Add Another Trip”.

18.  Fill out the origin, destination, and time.

19.  If the riding options are the same as Trip 1, leave “Same as trip 1” checked. If your return riding options are different, uncheck this box and make your selections.

20.  Continue to add trips until you have entered all your stops. 

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21.  Next, choose the time period and frequency for your regular multi trip. Select the date you want the regular trip to start on, and the date you want it to end on. Leave the end date as “never” to have the trips repeat indefinitely.

22. Choose whether you want the trip to repeat weekly or monthly.

23.  For weekly trips, select the day, or days, of the week for the trip, and if you want the trip to repeat every 1, 2, 3 or 4 weeks.

24.  If you want your regular trip to occur on holidays, check the “preserve service during holidays” box.

25.  For monthly trips, choose which day of the month you want to trip to occur.

26. The blue info bar will tell you the first occurrence of you trip.

27. Review your trip details, riding options and frequency to make sure they are correct, then click “Search Trip”.

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28.  You can review the details each trip on this page. If you want to see a map of any of the trips, click “Show on map”. This will show the location of your origin (A) and your destination (B) for that trip. Click on the close window icon on the top left to close the map.

29.  Click on “Modify Request” if you want to go back and change any details.

30.  If everything is correct, click “continue”.

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31.  If you want to add a building type or specific entrance for any of your trips, you can do that here. For landmark locations, you won’t be able to add custom instructions.

32.  Enter a phone number if you want to be notified before your pick-up for each trip. The contact number on your profile will be entered by default.

33.  Click “Submit Request”.

34.  You have successfully booked a regular multi trip. From here you can email your trip details, book another trip, view all your scheduled trips, or view your trip details.