Business type solution
Transportation
Square gives transportation operators a practical way to connect reservations, payments, and customer follow-up. Limo and chauffeur companies can publish an online booking site, manage recurring rides and driver calendars, collect deposits before a trip, and send a branded invoice when the ride is complete.
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Drivers can take contactless payments on a compatible phone or carry a portable Square device for curbside and onboard checkout. Customer profiles, receipts, reminders, reporting, and integrations help a growing fleet keep the office and the road working from the same information. Square’s transportation guidance explicitly covers limousines, taxis, chauffeurs, private drivers, fleet owners, and buses; specialized dispatch or fleet-routing needs may still require a connected third-party app.
Key capabilities
Use Square Appointments to show availability, accept advance bookings through a free booking site, manage recurring customers, send reminders, and apply deposits or cancellation and no-show policies where configured.
Take card and digital-wallet payments in person, use Tap to Pay on a compatible phone, or send an invoice by email, text, or link for a reserved ride or post-trip balance. Cash and checks are also supported as tender types, with no Square processing fee for those tenders.
Customer profiles, saved cards where enabled, digital receipts, appointment updates, and message history can keep recurring riders and corporate clients easier to recognize and serve.
Square Shifts supports schedules and timecards, while Square Advanced Access provides permission sets so dispatchers, drivers, and managers do not all need the same Dashboard or POS access.
Square Marketing can send targeted email and text campaigns, and Square reporting can show bookings, sales, frequent customers, and payment performance. The transportation page also names TaxiCaller, Limo Anywhere, Oobeo, and Ticketech as examples of integration partners.
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Set up services such as airport transfer, hourly charter, school route, or event shuttle as bookable offerings. Ask for a deposit or prepayment when the reservation is made, keep the remaining balance on an invoice, and let a driver close out the trip with a tap, dip, or swipe. Automatic reminders and customer-facing booking pages reduce back-and-forth, while payment and booking reports help compare routes, vehicle types, and repeat accounts.
Tap to Pay on iPhone or Android is the lightest option for a driver with a compatible phone and internet or cellular connection. Square Handheld adds a pocketable POS with built-in dip slot, camera, scanner, and all-day battery; Square Terminal adds a built-in receipt printer for a dispatch desk or vehicle base. Square Reader for contactless and chip is a compact option paired with a compatible phone or tablet. Verify the exact phone, operating system, connection, and accessory combination in Square’s compatibility checker before purchasing.
Square’s transportation page supports bookings and payments but does not promise dispatch optimization, live vehicle tracking, route planning, regulatory compliance, or a complete fleet-management system. Square points to integrations and custom APIs for broader workflows. Mobile and offline acceptance also have device and reconnect requirements: offline payments must be uploaded within 24 hours, and the seller bears responsibility for expired, declined, or disputed offline payments.
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Hardware
Square Terminal gives a bakery counter, coffee bar, food truck, salon desk, or service checkout one compact device for taking tap, chip, and magstripe payments.
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Hardware
Square Handheld puts a complete Square checkout in a staff member’s hand instead of tying every sale to a counter.
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Square Reader for contactless and chip (2nd generation) gives mobile operators and small counters a compact way to accept EMV chip cards, contactless cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay, and Afterpay through a compatible phone or tablet.
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Hardware
Square Reader for magstripe gives a mobile seller a simple way to take swipe payments through a compatible phone, tablet, MacBook, or Chromebook setup.
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Square’s U.S. accessories catalog currently includes three cases for mobile and tablet-based selling: a Belkin SheerForce case for Square Handheld at $39, plus $79 cases that pair a Square Reader for contactless and chip with compatible iPad mini or iPad models.
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Square’s U.S. stands, docks, and mounting accessories turn a payment device into a checkout station that fits the way a business actually works.
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Square Free starts at $0 per month and includes POS, online site, invoicing, booking, and item-library basics; Square Plus and Premium add advanced features and lower published in-person rates, while the current U.S. pricing page presents their exact monthly amounts dynamically. Square Pro is custom-priced. Transportation businesses processing more than $250,000 annually are invited to ask Square about custom pricing, hardware discounts, onboarding, and implementation support.
Per card-present payment on Square Free; U.S. published rate verified 2026-10-27.
Per card-present payment for Square Plus subscribers; U.S. published rate verified 2026-10-27.
Per card-present payment for Square Premium subscribers; U.S. published rate verified 2026-10-27.
Per online or invoice card payment under the published U.S. plans; manual entry/card-on-file is 3.5% + $0.15.
Published U.S. rate; Square Plus/Premium cap is $10, and $0 when deposited into Square Checking, subject to Square terms.
Per Afterpay payment in person, online, by invoice, or through Virtual Terminal; fixed regardless of subscription or hardware.
Not a card-processing fee; check the account’s transfer option before initiating.
Published U.S. rates and product details were checked on 2026-10-27 and can change; the seller’s Square Dashboard controls the applicable rate.
Square’s transportation marketing specifically names limousines, taxis, chauffeurs, private drivers, fleet owners, and buses. It does not establish that Square provides dispatch, GPS tracking, route optimization, licensing, insurance, or regulatory compliance tools.
Offline payments are not risk-free: payments must reconnect within 24 hours, and the seller is responsible for expired, declined, or disputed offline payments.
Square does not support multi-currency acceptance according to the U.S. Invoices FAQ; international cards incur an additional 1.5% fee under the published U.S. fee page.
Hardware financing is subject to credit approval and state and purchase-amount restrictions; listed hardware prices exclude applicable tax and fees.
Third-party integrations may have separate contracts, fees, support, and feature limits.
Questions
Yes. Square’s U.S. Transportation page explicitly lists limousines, taxis, chauffeurs, private drivers, fleet owners, and buses. It describes booking, payment, invoicing, marketing, staff, and reporting workflows, while specialized dispatch or fleet-routing functions may require an integration.
Yes. Drivers can use Tap to Pay on a compatible iPhone or Android phone, or carry Square Handheld or a Square Reader paired with a compatible phone or tablet. Square Terminal is a portable all-in-one option with a built-in receipt printer.
Square Appointments supports prepayments and appointment deposits, and Square Invoices supports deposit requests, separate due dates, recurring billing, reminders, and flexible payment schedules. Confirm the specific configuration and applicable processing rate in the account before launch.
Information as of 2026-10-27. Product details date: 2026-10-27.
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