Services and business
Articles in the “Services and business” category of the Bus Center blog.
Services and businessVAT on road passenger transport in Spain
Passenger transport and luggage carry the reduced 10% rate under the Spanish VAT Law. What falls under that rate, how an international trip is taxed, when the special travel agency scheme applies, and how a service becomes an invoice in Bus Center.
· 5 min read
Services and businessSchool transport requirements in Spain
What Spanish rules require of school and minors' transport: when they apply, authorisation and insurance, coach age and requirements, escort, driver, stops, journey length and the route sheet, and how these services are handled in Bus Center.
· 7 min read
Services and businessProfitability per coach: which coach makes money
Which coach makes money: income minus costs per coach and per period, why it is not calculated by service, what happens to services with no amount, the cross-check with what was invoiced and how Bus Center measures quote conversion without inventing matches.
· 5 min read
Services and businessOrganised coach trips in Spain: selling seats without overselling
How to organise the sale of seats on a coach trip without overselling, what the LOTT and its regulation say about contracting by seat, when a trip is a package trip and how Bus Center manages seats, bookings and free seats.
· 6 min read
Services and businessDiscretionary passenger transport in Spain: what it is and what it requires
Discretionary passenger transport is carried out with no pre-established itinerary, calendar or timetable. Its definition in the LOTT, how it differs from regular transport, the public passenger transport by bus authorisation, the digital route sheet and how it is handled in Bus Center.
· 6 min read
Services and businessCoach hire quote: the items not to forget
A coach service quote comes from adding up what it really costs: kilometres, including empty ones, driver hours, tolls, overnight stays and coach costs. Which items to check, how to follow each quote and why three weddings on the same Saturday do not block the coach.
· 5 min read
Services and businessCoach and driver scheduling without overlaps
Assigning a coach and a driver to each service without anyone being in two places at once: what blocks and what does not, how to treat services with no time, no return or lasting several days, what is needed for a service to count as planned, and why Bus Center does not calculate driving times.
· 5 min read
