Court booking

A sports-court booking system on fixed 30-minute slots — a separate calendar per court, automatic double-booking prevention, flexible peak-hour pricing, and real-time occupancy tracking. Purpose-built for pickleball, badminton, tennis, and any operation renting courts by the hour.

Many court rental venues still take bookings by phone or in a paper diary — which regularly puts two customers on the same court in the same slot. There is no way to charge more for a busy evening slot than for a quiet midday one, and nobody knows how full the schedule really is until a customer complains about being double-booked.

Court Booking gives every court its own calendar on 30-minute slots, automatically blocks any same-court, same-slot clash, allows flexible pricing per time slot, and shows each court's occupancy in real time.

Core capabilities

Court Booking is built as a physical-resource calendar system — one calendar per court, divided into fixed slots, with the engineering focus on eliminating double-booking risk entirely.

A separate calendar per court on 30-minute slots

Each court runs its own independent calendar, split into fixed 30-minute slots — easy to follow, easy to book, and never mixed up between courts.

Automatic double-booking prevention

The system checks and blocks the moment two customers try to take the same court in the same slot — removing double-booking risk entirely.

Pricing by time slot & court type

Set a base price per court type, then override it for peak evening slots, weekends, or special events.

Occupancy tracking

See each court's occupancy slot by slot at a glance, so you can spot the golden hours and the dead ones and adjust pricing in time.

Closure & maintenance schedules

Mark a court as out of service for maintenance or a public holiday without affecting bookings on any other court.

Feature details

From per-court calendars and clash prevention to flexible pricing, operations, and occupancy reporting.

Per-court calendars

Each court has its own calendar, transparent slot by slot.

  • Split each court's calendar into fixed 30-minute slots — easy to read, easy to book
  • Every court — even courts of the same type (pickleball, badminton, tennis) — runs an independent calendar
  • Customers and staff both see free/booked status in real time

Double-booking prevention

Stop clashes at the moment of booking.

  • The system checks for court + slot conflicts automatically before confirming a booking
  • Blocks instantly when a second customer tries to take a court and slot someone already holds
  • No staff having to remember or hand-check the calendar to avoid clashes

Flexible pricing

A base price per court type, overridden by time slot.

  • Set a base price per court type (pickleball, badminton, tennis, and so on)
  • Override the price for peak evening slots or quiet midday ones
  • Charge differently on weekdays and weekends without creating a new court

Operations & reporting

Track occupancy and manage the days a court is out of service.

  • Track each court's occupancy slot by slot
  • Mark closure/maintenance days per individual court, leaving other courts unaffected
  • Occupancy data is the basis for tuning peak-hour prices to real demand

The lifecycle of a court booking

From picking the court → checking for clashes → confirming → tracking occupancy → tuning prices — closed-loop and automatic.

01

Pick a court & slot

The customer picks the court and slot they want from the availability calendar, shown in real time.

02

Check for clashes

The system checks availability automatically and blocks immediately if it detects a same-court, same-slot clash.

03

Confirm the booking

Confirm at the price that applies to that slot — the base price or an override.

04

Track occupancy

Follow each court's occupancy in real time across every slot in the day.

05

Tune peak-hour pricing

Adjust peak-hour prices from real occupancy data to get the most out of revenue.

How it works in practice

From a multi-court complex running in parallel to golden-hour pricing and routine maintenance — Court Booking serves exactly what hourly court rental needs.

01

Pickleball and badminton complexes rented by the hour

Several courts running in parallel, with bookings arriving through different channels — and the system still guarantees no court is booked twice in the same slot.

A calendar per courtAutomatic clash preventionMulti-channel booking30-minute slots
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Maximizing revenue in the golden hours

Charge more for prime evening slots than for quiet midday ones, using real occupancy data to lift revenue without an across-the-board price rise.

Price overrides by slotOccupancy trackingPeak/off-peak pricingRevenue optimization
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Managing routine court maintenance

Mark a court as temporarily closed for maintenance or a holiday without disturbing bookings on the other courts, which keep running normally.

A closure calendar per courtMaintenance without affecting other courtsHoliday managementUninterrupted operations

How Court Booking differs from Booking

These are two systems for two completely different business models, serving two different customer segments — not the same feature under another name. Booking (service scheduling) is for spas, gyms, and clinics: the customer buys a prepaid service package (say, 10 gym sessions), and each visit deducts one entitlement from that package — the focus is allocating staff and service resources and managing treatment cards. Court Booking is for venues renting sports courts and facilities by the hour: each court has its own calendar, bookings sit on fixed 30-minute slots, and the engineering focus is preventing clashes between customers wanting the same court in the same slot. There is no concept of a service package or a deducted entitlement here — every booking is priced independently by slot and paid for one at a time, pay-per-slot.

Never double-book a court again

Manage each court's calendar on 30-minute slots, prevent clashes automatically, and apply flexible peak-hour pricing — all in one system.

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