🚀 Overview

JustHire is a complete online booking solution designed for vehicle-rental businesses (cars, bikes, vans) that want to run a professional web and mobile presence with minimal setup. It includes a web storefront, admin dashboard and optionally mobile apps (or responsive web) for customers to browse the fleet, make reservations, choose pickup/drop-off slots, pay online and view booking history.

Experience: Inspired by the workflows used in modern rental services (search vehicle → select dates & extras → payment → pickup/drop off → return), JustHire makes it realistic for rental agencies to digitize operations, manage fleet availability, pricing, bookings and customer relations in one platform.

✨ Key Features

• Vehicle Catalog & Search: Filter by type, brand, capacity, price, availability dates.
• Availability Calendar: Real-time vehicle availability across rental periods.
• Rental Duration & Extras: Day/hour pricing, add-ons (GPS, child seat, driver), insurance options.
• Pickup & Drop-off Locations: Multiple branches, zone-based pricing, distance surcharges.
• Payment Integration: Online gateways (Stripe, PayPal, Razorpay) + offline payments (cash/COD) and deposits.
• Booking Management: Admin panel to view, approve, cancel & refund bookings; customer side booking history & status tracking.
• Fleet Management: Add/edit vehicles, categories, brands, maintain service records, images, features & pricing schedules.
• User & Role Management: Customer registration/login, staff roles (admin, manager, agent), document uploads for driver/renter verification.
• Invoicing & Reports: Auto-generated invoices, payment receipts, analytics dashboard (bookings, revenue, popular vehicles, utilization rates).
• Responsive & SEO-Friendly Webstore: Clean URLs, friendly metadata, mobile-first design for search indexing and user experience.
• Localization & Multi-Currency: Language support, currency switching for global markets.
• Privacy & Compliance: GDPR cookie banner, data export/delete endpoints, role-based data access controls.

⚙️ Technical Stack

• Backend: Laravel 10/11 (PHP 8.1+)
• Frontend: Blade + Tailwind CSS (or Bootstrap as provided) for web; mobile responsive layout.
• Database: MySQL 8 / MariaDB 10.5+
• Cache/Queue (Optional): Redis for caching and background jobs (optional for performance).
• Payment Gateways: Stripe, PayPal, Razorpay (extendable).
• Hosting Requirements: Nginx or Apache, TLS/HTTPS enabled, PHP extensions (mbstring, openssl, fileinfo, intl).

🧩 Installation Guide

1. Upload source files to your server and run composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader.
2. Copy .env.example to .env and set APP_URL, database credentials, mail/queue/cache drivers, payment keys.
3. Generate key: php artisan key:generate.
4. Run migrations and seeders: php artisan migrate --seed to create necessary tables and sample data.
5. Link storage: php artisan storage:link if media assets need public access.
6. Configure cron: Add * * * * * php /path/to/artisan schedule:run to run scheduled tasks (if booking reminders or cleanup jobs included).
7. Access admin panel: Login with default credentials and update branding, fleet, pricing, payment settings, and make your site live.

📦 Deliverables

• ✅ Full Laravel source code (controllers, models, migrations, views)
• ✅ Responsive web frontend (customer booking UI, vehicle listings, checkout, profile)
• ✅ Admin panel for managing vehicles, bookings, payments, users & reports
• ✅ Sample data (vehicles, categories, branches) and README/documentation
• ✅ License file (GPL) allowing modification & redistribution

📱 Supported Platforms

• Web: Modern desktop and mobile browsers (Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari)
• Mobile devices: Responsive layout works for smartphones & tablets
• Future-proof: Optionally wrap as mobile app (Cordova/Flutter) from same backend if required.

🧠 Notes

• License: Distributed under the GPL — you may modify, study and redistribute the source (complying with GPL terms).
• Customization Tips:
  • Add extra features like driver tracking, mileage billing, damage checklists, insurance integration.
  • Enable multi-vendor support if you plan to onboard multiple vehicle owners/providers (convert platform model to marketplace).
  • Optimize images, caching and server settings to ensure fast page loads and strong Core Web Vitals — important for SEO and conversions.
• SEO Assurance: The system supports SEO-friendly URLs, meta tags, structured data for vehicles/listings, and responsive design — aligning with E-E-A-T principles by presenting expert-level platform features, authoritative domain, and trust signals (secure payments, verified rental process).

👨‍💻 Original Developer Credit

Although the product name is provided here generically as “JustHire”, if you acquired this source from a marketplace listing, please retain the original developer’s name and listing link to maintain proper attribution and trust. This acknowledgement demonstrates authoritativeness and respect for the author’s expertise.

🔒 Disclaimer

This script is provided as a GPL redistribution for educational, review and development purposes. We are not the original vendor and do not guarantee official updates or support. All trademarks, payment gateway names, vehicle brand images, and third-party services remain the property of their respective owners. Before launching your rental business you must ensure compliance with local regulations regarding fleet insurance, rentals, taxes, data protection (GDPR/CCPA) and payment-gateway policies.