TripDirect™

Online Trip Planning and Management System

TripDirect is an on-demand trip planning and management tool that helps you streamline the educational trip workflow process from request and approval to vehicle and driver scheduling.

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Benefits of Use

  • Streamlines the trip request and approval process by reducing paperwork and phone calls
  • Saves trip management personnel $30-60 and 1-2 cumulative hours per event through time savings and efficiency gains
  • Easily and accurately indicates driver and vehicle availability for quick reference
  • Improves coordination of support resources for trips

Product Features

  • Enables teachers and staff to easily submit trip requests and check status online
  • Tracks availability and manages scheduling of vehicles and drivers
  • Tracks all trip related costs
  • Displays scheduled trips on interactive calendar
  • Automatically routes trip requests to approval managers
TripDirect Product Data Sheet

Why Select SchoolDude?

  • Built for the unique needs of educational clients
  • On-demand (Fast startup, easy, access from anywhere, affordable)
  • Complete suite of integrated applications that specifically support educational operations
  • Market leadership (More than 3,200 clients and 8 out of 10 decision-makers have picked SchoolDude the last 6 years in a row.)
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>> Home Page
The TripDirect home page allows you to quickly view trip related activities across your organization, including upcoming events, trip status, costs, driver and vehicle information.
>> Trip Submission
Teachers, faculty and staff can easily submit trip requests and check request status online.
>> Drivers
Quickly check driver availability and easily manage scheduling of drivers.
>> Vehicle Listing
Quickly check vehicle availability and easily manage scheduling of vehicles.
>> Calendar
The interactive calendar allows you to easily view and edit trip schedules by month, day, organization, status and driver.
>> Driver Summary Report
Detail and summary reports available for drivers, including number of trips assigned, costs, wages, hours and more.
>> Trip Details
Trip details can be exported to a tabbed Excel spreadsheet.
>> Advanced Search
Advance Search includes filters by trip, driver and vehicle.
>> Service Provider Support
Automatically emails trip related requirements to service providers.
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The Client Service Center is committed to empowering our clients by being readily available with personalized solutions to enhance their business processes. With our passion for service and client success, we strive to make SchoolDude.com the preferred choice of the educational facilities market.
  • Overall Client Satisfaction of 97%
  • Unlimited support available through the following channels:
    • All phone calls answered by a live person
    • Over 95% of emails answered within 1 hour
    • One-click instant messaging to support staff
    • Easy to follow, role specific manuals
  • Peer support through SchoolDude Community
  • 24x7 hosting, application and data management in a secure data center.

Contact Client Care:

"Support has been second to none. Training has been very easy, even for those with no computer or typing skills. Thank you SchoolDude!" Skip Gagne - Claremont School District, NH

"We love SchoolDude. Their customer service is phenomenal." Kate Firebaugh - Savannah College of Art and Design, GA

"These days, service is a rarity. SchoolDude is great at it." Jerry Blizzard - Crosby ISD, TX

The Client Service Center is committed to empowering our clients by being readily available with personalized solutions to enhance their business processes. With our passion for service and client success, we strive to make SchoolDude.com the preferred choice of the educational facilities market.
  • Quickstart package includes unlimited, personalized training
  • Expert implementation guidance
  • Participants rank training experience greater than 9 out of 10

Our training and startup sessions last approximately 2-3 hours. This is an online session that utilizes a web conferencing service to allow our client services technician and you to login to your system and begin the process of setting up your system for your use. This will include training on setup and operation.

Additional services:

  • Onsite training (available for daily fees plus travel expenses)
  • Data import (call for a custom quote) 
  • Group training (call for a custom quote)

"Your customer service is impeccable. Prompt, efficient, courteous and concise. You're one of the few places I can call these days and know that I'm being listened to and that my needs are important to you." Rory Marty - South Kingstown School District, RI

"When questions arise, your support staff has been impressive with the response time and quality of information." Skip Bandini - Waltham Public Schools, MA