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Rental Software for Golf cart and low speed vehicle rental companies

Golf carts and low speed vehicles carry the paperwork burden of a vehicle rental at a fraction of the price point. Bodhisys was built around that shape rather than retrofitted to it.

NO MONTHLY FEE  ·  4.5% AT CHECKOUT  ·  PAID BY YOUR CUSTOMER

A group climbing aboard a golf cart

Golf cart rental operations, specifically

Every rental needs a licensed driver on file, proof of insurance, and a signed waiver, and in most jurisdictions the operator carries the liability if any of it is missing. Collecting that at a counter on a Saturday morning is where the queue forms.

Most fleets in this category are mixed. Beside the course carts sit low speed vehicles: Mokes, GEMs and street-legal carts with a VIN, a plate, seat belts and a 25 mph ceiling, road legal on posted streets under 35. They book through the same flow and rent to the same guest, and they carry a heavier file. A plated LSV needs a driver licensed for the public road, insurance that covers it there, and in some jurisdictions a sobriety check before it moves, where a course cart on private property needs none of that.

One catalogue has to hold both rules, because the operator is not going to run two systems for one lot. Availability, seasonal rates, delivery runs and the fee at checkout are the same. What changes is which documents hold the unit back, and that belongs to the vehicle record rather than to the person taking the booking.

Carts and LSVs also move between properties during a season, so the location record has to keep up with a unit that was at one address on Monday and another by Thursday.

A tracker in the vehicle answers the other half of that question. Where a plated LSV is right now, and whether it has left the streets it is allowed on, comes back as an out-of-zone alert while the vehicle is still easy to reach.

Saturday 9am, carts across two locations
  • B-114North shopAvailable
  • B-118North shopAvailable
  • B-127South yardOut until 4:10pm
  • B-131North shopAvailable
  • B-140South yardAvailable
  • B-142WorkshopBrake service, back Friday
  • B-155North shopCleaning, 20 minutes
  • B-160South yardAvailable

Eight carts, two locations, one in the workshop. Book against each model and see which one can tell you which cart the customer is getting.

A count says how many. A unit record says which one, where it is, and whether it is fit to go out.

What the platform does here

The constraint in this category is complete driver documentation before the key changes hands. Everything below is aimed at it.

Reservations land against individual units. Delivery and pickup runs come out of the addresses captured at booking, sequenced into one loop rather than a list of addresses in the order they were booked. Drops are confirmed with a photo and a timestamp. Returns are recorded against the unit that came back, and availability reopens once it is fit to go out.

The first picture below is a real Saturday rather than a drawing of one, with a good part of what the platform does sitting behind that one screen. It works the same way at whatever size you run, from a single van out of one location to a fleet across several. The second picture is that same morning taken apart into a single run.

The Bodhisys map view on a peak Saturday: delivery, pickup and swap stops with every route drawn across Hilton Head Island, and the trips panel beside it

Reading the map

  • Square, a delivery.
  • Diamond, a pickup.
  • Diamond on a square, both at one address. Two orders closed on one stop.
A real Saturday, mid-morning. Driver names are obscured; everything else on the screen is that morning as it ran.
One morning run, five stops, one loop
Depot12345
  1. 114 Sea Pines Circle8:10am · 4 cartsScheduled
  2. 23 Barony Lane8:35am · Crib, high chairScheduled
  3. 3212 Hilton Head Way9:00am · 2 e-bikesScheduled
  4. 48 Palmetto Row9:25am · 6 chairsScheduled
  5. 519 Lagoon Road9:55am · 8 chairsScheduled

The addresses come off the reservations. The run is built as one loop that turns right out of the depot and right back into it, so no road is driven twice and no stop is passed before its window opens.

Every stop closes with a photo, a timestamp and a location, which is what settles a delivery dispute in October.

An operator running this today

What they rent, where they rent it, and which parts of the platform their morning depends on. Their own account of it is underneath, in the words they gave it.

With Bodhisys, we've been able to streamline our entire workflow. The ability to track deliveries, capture vehicle condition photos, and manage guest documentation all in one place has reduced errors and saved our team hours every day. It's brought a level of organization and visibility we didn't have before.

Carolina Rides, LLC

What it costs

Bodhisys charges no monthly fee. The platform takes 4.5%, added to each reservation and paid by your customer rather than by you.

The savings calculator puts that against what you pay today, including reseller commission and paid modules.

Is Bodhisys right for golf cart and low speed vehicle rental companies?

Bodhisys is rental operations software for companies that rent things, vehicles and experiences. It was built for rental inventory rather than adapted from a ticketing system, and it has been in market since 2023.

For golf cart and low speed vehicle rental companies it runs reservations, inventory across every location, routing, delivery confirmation, waivers and returns in one system. The category constraint it is aimed at is complete driver documentation before the key changes hands.

There is no monthly fee. A 4.5% charge is added to each reservation and paid by your customer at checkout.

Bodhisys is younger than FareHarbor and Peek Pro and has a smaller install base. An operator whose revenue is mostly timed tours, or who needs a long list of third-party integrations today, is better served by an incumbent.

Questions

What does Bodhisys cost for golf cart and low speed vehicle rental companies?

There is no monthly fee. A 4.5% charge is added to each reservation and paid by your customer at checkout.

Can we move our existing data across?

Yes. Customers, future reservations and booking history migrate from FareHarbor, Peek Pro and Bike Rental Manager.

How is this different from a tour booking flow?

A tour flow sells a seat at a time. A rental flow has to capture what leaves, where it goes, when it comes back and who is responsible for it in between.

Does Bodhisys handle low speed vehicles as well as golf carts?

Yes. Plated LSVs, Mokes, GEMs and street-legal carts sit in the same catalogue as course carts, on the same availability, seasonal rates, delivery runs and checkout. What changes is the document set that holds a unit back, and that lives on the vehicle record rather than with the person taking the booking.

What paperwork does an LSV rental need that a course cart does not?

A plated low speed vehicle carries a VIN, a plate, seat belts and a 25 mph ceiling, and it is road legal on posted streets under 35. It needs a driver licensed for the public road, insurance that covers it there, and in some jurisdictions a sobriety check against the person driving off. A cart staying on private property needs none of that, and the booking flow asks for each of them per unit.

Can we see where a low speed vehicle is during a rental?

Where a tracker is fitted, yes. The vehicle reports its position while it is out, and a boundary drawn around the streets it is plated for raises an out-of-zone alert to the office at the crossing, while the vehicle is still easy to reach.

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