Multi-day hires, priced honestly
Daily and weekly rates combine to the cheapest total. A ten-day hire is a week plus three days.
Rentals
Bike rental software that runs the whole hire.
Customers pick a bike and their dates online. Availability is enforced per bike, per day, and a returned bike stays offline until it's been checked over.
Hire runs from the same calendar and booking link as your repairs.
What's in the box
Hourly and half-day windows
Full days, AM or PM half-days, or by the hour, per item.
Turnaround holds
A per-item buffer keeps a returned bike offline while it's checked over, then puts it back on sale.
Extras on every bike
Helmets, locks, child seats, each with its own price, added at booking.
Delivery or shop pickup
Set a fee (free, flat per area, or by distance) and your windows. Velobook plans the driver's day as one route across deliveries, collections and mobile repairs.
ID checks at handover
Optional. Staff sight a licence or passport when a bike goes out. If you record the number, it goes into a locked table the app can't read back, staff see the last four characters only, and a nightly job purges it on your schedule.
QR fleet stickers
Scan the sticker to hand a bike out or take it back. Where the fleet is becomes a scan, not a guess.
Online payment, straight to you
Full payment or a deposit at booking through your own Stripe or Square account. Velobook never holds the money.
Maximum hire lengths
A per-item cap in days keeps your only cargo bike from being booked out for a month.
Close the season on a date
Hold bookings to a rolling window, 2 weeks to 12 months, or a fixed date, so the calendar stops at the end of the season.
Put the fleet on your own site
Paste an embed snippet scoped to hire on your rentals page. Only the fleet shows. It sizes itself to the space, and the background can go transparent.
Hand the driver the day
The planned run opens in Google Maps in a click, or a QR code sends it to the van's phone. Long runs are split into legs so Maps' waypoint limit drops nothing.
How it works
For your customers
- 1
Pick a bike and dates
The bike, the dates or times, any extras. Unavailable days are greyed out.
- 2
Pay online or at the counter
Online payment or a deposit if you've turned it on. Otherwise they pay at collection.
- 3
Collect it or have it delivered
Shop pickup, or delivery to their address if you offer it, with the fee shown at checkout.
- 4
Bring it back
A scan of the QR sticker takes the bike back in. The turnaround hold keeps it offline until it's checked.
For the shop
- 1
List the fleet
Each item gets a name, a quantity, an optional deposit and rates for the hire modes you offer.
- 2
Hand over with a scan
Scan the sticker, sight ID if you've turned that on, and the hire is away.
- 3
Back on sale automatically
The return scan plus the turnaround buffer put the bike back on the booker. No spreadsheet.
A dollar a booking. That's the pricing page.
Priced locally in every market. After 100 bookings in a month, the rest are free. Customers pay your shop; Velobook never holds their money.
- 30-day free trial
- No monthly fee
- Capped at 100 bookings a month
- Every feature included
Questions shops ask
Can I mix daily, half-day and hourly hire?
Yes, per item. Each bike carries rates for the modes you offer: full days, AM or PM half-days, or by the hour.
How does Velobook stop double-bookings?
Availability is enforced per bike, per day. A bike out on hire isn't bookable for those dates, a returned bike stays offline for its turnaround buffer, and a maximum hire length stops long holds blocking the calendar.
Do customers pay Velobook or pay me?
You. Online payments and deposits go through your own Stripe or Square account, or the customer pays at the counter. Velobook never holds customer money.
Can I deliver bikes instead of shop pickup?
Yes. Turn on delivery in Rental settings, set the fee and your delivery and collection windows, and customers choose at checkout. Velobook plans the driver's day as one route.
What protects me on higher-value kit?
An optional deposit per item, and optional ID capture at handover. If you record the number it lands in a locked table with no read access from the app, staff see the last four characters only, and a nightly job purges it. Both off by default.
Does hire share a booking link with my repairs?
Yes. Repairs, hire, classes and tours run from the same shop page and calendar. The booker only shows a category once you've published something in it.
More ways shops use Velobook
Servicing and repairs
Drop-offs, mobile repairs, rush jobs, checklists, approvals, parts ordering and a live repair tracker.
Tours
Departures with capacity, hire-bike holds, waivers and waitlists.
Workshops and classes
Group sessions with capacity, group signups and automatic reminders.
Bike fittings
Session tiers, intake forms, fit report PDFs and rider accounts.
Pricing
A dollar a booking, capped monthly, every feature included.
Guides
How-to guides for every kind of bike business.
Put the fleet online before the weekend rush.
Setup takes an afternoon. The first 30 days are free.