# Can we reduce vehicles if our headcount drops during the contract?

**Short answer:** Yes, as the contract allows: merge routes or use smaller vehicles.

Yes, within what your contract says about changes. When fewer employees travel, we can merge routes, move a route to a smaller vehicle or drop a run, and the invoice follows. Note that charges are per vehicle or trip, not per head, so a short dip in attendance on its own does not change the bill; a lasting drop is handled by changing the vehicles.

- Source page: https://www.shivshaktitoursandtravels.in/answers/shift-transport/reduce-vehicles-when-headcount-drops/
- Answered by: Vaibhaviba Bhavsinh Solanki, owner of Shiv Shakti Tours & Travels
- Last checked: 30 October 2026
- Book or ask: call or WhatsApp +91 99745 30788 (24/7)

## Key facts: reducing vehicles

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Options | Merge routes, smaller vehicle, fewer runs |
| Short attendance dips | Do not change the bill (per vehicle, not per head) |
| Lasting drops | Change the vehicles or routes |
| Notice | As written in the contract |
| Invoice | Follows the new plan |

## Why not per head?

A vehicle and driver are kept for your route whether 10 or 14 people travel that day, so the charge is for the vehicle or the trip.

See charges when attendance is low (https://www.shivshaktitoursandtravels.in/answers/corporate-accounts/charges-when-attendance-is-low/).

## How do we decide what to change?

Send the new headcount by town and shift; we re-plan the routes and show the new vehicle list.

## What should the contract say?

How much notice is needed to remove or change a vehicle; agree it when the contract is drawn up.

See the contract checklist (https://www.shivshaktitoursandtravels.in/answers/shift-transport/shift-transport-contract-checklist/).

## Follow-up questions

**Can we pause a route for a plant shutdown?** Agree how shutdowns are handled in the contract.

**Is there a penalty for reducing?** Only what the contract says.

**Can we switch a bus to a Tempo Traveller?** Yes, by agreement.

**Does the per-km model help?** Yes, it follows the kilometres actually run.

## About this answer

Shiv Shakti Tours & Travels is a GST- and MSME-registered taxi and car rental company in business since 2018, rated 4.9 on Google. Branch: Hansalpur Circle, Becharaji, near the SMG (Maruti Suzuki) plant, Gujarat 384210. Head office: B-50, First Floor, Jay Bhanu Society, Gate No. 2, Ghatlodiya, Ahmedabad 380061. Open 24/7 on +91 99745 30788. Not connected with other businesses of the same name elsewhere in India.

Sources: Owner-confirmed facts, 30 October 2026: pricing models, fixed rates for the term, uniforms, ID cards, company name on vehicles, boarding lists; and the 9 October 2026 company questionnaires. · Terms and conditions (https://www.shivshaktitoursandtravels.in/terms-and-conditions.html): published rates and terms.