Car Reservations System.....

[Scott W.]

Hi,

I am interested in putting together a reservations system for an
international exotic car company that would track real-time inventory
and rentals between locations.

I've picked up HTML pretty easily through Dreamweaver dealings but
this seems like it could be much more tedious.

I was wondering if anyone would recommend an out-of-the-box solution
that I could simply key in the information or is this definitely a
system that would need to be customized?

If customized, is there a reliable place to seek about this type of
freelance work?

Thanks in advance,

Scott

[Roland Hall]

"Scott W." wrote:
: I am interested in putting together a reservations system for an
: international exotic car company that would track real-time inventory
: and rentals between locations.
:
: I've picked up HTML pretty easily through Dreamweaver dealings but
: this seems like it could be much more tedious.
:
: I was wondering if anyone would recommend an out-of-the-box solution
: that I could simply key in the information or is this definitely a
: system that would need to be customized?
:
: If customized, is there a reliable place to seek about this type of
: freelance work?

Hi Scott...

If you want this application to be a web solution, specifically designed for
automobile reservations, you could possibly find a commercial system
available but being vertical, it might have a pricy tag. I customized one
years ago for someone who sold grey market cars. The allowable customization
was very limited. A commercially available web-based solution may offer
full customization.

To create your own, I'm sure there are some in here that could offer their
services, including myself. The best advice I can give you is do your
homework and make yourself available to the developer. The biggest way to
increase latency and incur unforeseen costs is to not have a solid job scope
and/or not have good communication between you and your developer.

I just finished up a project yesterday where the customer knew what they
wanted and provide complete details. They made one change order request,
which was outside the scope, and that work was performed and added one
additional hour to the project. Projects can and should run this smooth but
not all will. Putting additional effort into the design phase pays off on
the long run.

I would be happy to discuss this with you further should you decide to have
to a custom application written.

--
Roland Hall
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