Getting Started
Overview
What CR Bee is and what it can do for your car rental business
CR Bee is a cloud-based car rental management platform that gives you everything you need to run your rental business online. It handles the full rental lifecycle — from vehicle listings and pricing to customer bookings and payment collection.
What You Get
Admin Dashboard
A central hub where you manage every aspect of your business:
- Fleet — Add vehicles with photos, specs, and categories
- Pricing — Set rates by season, duration, and vehicle with flexible pricing rules
- Bookings — View, manage, and process reservations in real-time
- Calendar — See your fleet availability at a glance on a Gantt chart
- Locations — Configure pickup/dropoff points with operating hours
- Addons & Insurance — Offer extras like child seats, GPS, and insurance tiers
- Coupons & Offers — Create discount codes and time-limited deals
- Reports — Track revenue, booking trends, and fleet utilization
- Team — Invite staff with role-based access (admin, fleet manager, booking agent)
Customer Booking Flow
A step-by-step booking experience for your customers:
- Search — Pick dates, times, and locations
- Results — Browse available vehicles with filters
- Vehicle Details — View photos, specs, and pricing
- Addons — Select insurance and extras
- Checkout — Enter customer info and pay
- Confirmation — Booking reference and next steps
- Manage — Look up or cancel a booking by reference
Integrations
- WordPress Plugin — Embed the booking flow into any WordPress site with shortcodes
- REST API — Build custom integrations with 26+ API endpoints
- Webhooks — Receive real-time notifications for booking and catalog changes
- Stripe — Accept online payments with your own Stripe account
- Email — Send booking confirmations via Resend, Brevo, or SendGrid
Multi-Tenancy
CR Bee is a multi-tenant platform. Each business gets its own tenant with:
- A unique subdomain (e.g.,
your-business.crbeeapp.com) - Optional custom domain support
- Isolated data — your vehicles, bookings, and settings are completely separate from other tenants
- Independent configuration — pricing, branding, payment provider, email provider
Booking Modes
CR Bee supports four booking modes, configured per tenant:
| Mode | How It Works |
|---|---|
| Request | Customer submits a booking request. You review and confirm manually. |
| Pay at Pickup | Booking is confirmed immediately. Customer pays when picking up the vehicle. |
| Pay Now | Customer pays the full amount online via Stripe during checkout. |
| Deposit | Customer pays a deposit online. Remaining balance is due at pickup. |
Localization
- Multi-language — Support multiple locales with translated labels
- Configurable date format — DD/MM/YYYY, MM/DD/YYYY, YYYY-MM-DD, and more
- Currency — Set your local currency for pricing display
- 24-hour time — All times use HH:mm format throughout the platform