Sorry, not a Tuition Car
We have had our direct booking website running for a couple of months now and it has been very successful. Now we have taken away the lesson deposit required to book a lesson.
We are running this as a trial and if it works well we will keep the no deposit booking. So get along to thebrightredl.com and book your driving lessons today.
Here is a new design of poster we are going to put up in various places around Portsmouth. Do you like it? Do you have a space for it on a notice board?
Our New Poster
Thanks for looking
Colin
Post Code Search on Website
In this blog I take the opportunity to show how easy it is to book your first driving lesson using The Bright Red L website. Selecting a driving school to learn with used to be a time consuming task phoning schools and eventually phoning your choice of school back and booking your first lesson. It is easier now with a Google search giving you a list of schools to call but you probably still get a lot of answer machines and bewildering pricing to sort out. Our web site is designed to make the whole process easier.
A simple post code search from our web site presents you with a list of lessons. By entering your post code in the search boxes and clicking “Search For Lessons” you are presented with a list of lessons available from our Instructors. There is a picture of the Instructor, some information about them and the car they use and simple lesson pricing. Next to this is the list of lessons with the button to book the lesson.
List of Lessons
Choosing a lesson date and time brings up the next screen where you enter details about yourself, your pick up address, any previous experience and contact details. All of this information is passed to your Instructor so you can leave detailed notes about what you have done so far, or just let us know you are a complete beginner.
Enter Your Details
Clicking the “Confirm Booking” button takes you to the screen below. Here are the terms and conditions of your booking and the button to continue and pay your deposit.
Terms and Conditions
We ask for a £10 deposit for your lesson which is refunded on the lesson. Payment is securely taken using PayPal. You can use a Debit Card, Credit Card or even your PayPal account if you have one.
PayPal Payment Selection
To pay by Credit or Debit Card simply click on the word “continue” above the card symbols. To use PayPal log into your account using the box on the right. You will then be presented with a screen to enter your card details as below. The details you provided as a pick up address are inserted into the form.
Payment Screen
Once you have completed the transaction we will send you confirmation e-mail and text messages. Then you will see your chosen Instructor at the date and time booked. The whole process is designed to make it easy to arrange your first lesson by spending a few minutes at your computer not hours on the phone.
Sorry, not a Tuition Car
Welcome to my first ever blog of regular articles from The Bright Red L driving school with news and views for learners and instructors. Starting with this article about direct internet booking of driving lessons for UK learners.
You may have got here from our new web site thebrightredl.co.uk. On the site you will notice that there are search boxes for your post code. When using this facility you are presented with a list of our schools Driving Instructors and the lessons they have available. Each has a booking button so you can book the lesson with a £10 deposit. It sounds simple but we have not found another UK driving school which allows direct booking of lessons on-line.
We believe we are the first in the UK to offer on-line booking of a driving lesson rather than a form sent to the school so they can call you back. With the internet being used more, and more, to purchase goods and services we decided it was time driving lessons could be bought on the internet.
Like the proverbial swan on a lake to achieve direct booking there is a lot going on under the water while the simple elegance of the web site above makes booking easy. It has also been a significant investment for us and a belief in the future of internet commerce.
So, if you are looking to book driving lessons visit our web site to choose your appointment.
Colin