A rental is a booking with a physical object in the middle
Unlike an appointment, a rental ties up one specific object for a period, and that object can come back late, damaged, or not at all.
Hence the problems specific to the trade: the same machine double-booked, delays that cascade through the following customers, and disputes about the condition the equipment was handed over in.
What the platform solves
- A calendar per item, with transport and preparation time between rentals
- Reservation with a deposit, released automatically if the deposit does not arrive
- Contract and handover report generated automatically, with the details already filled in
- Photographs at handover and on return, attached to the contract
- Daily, weekly and monthly rates, with discounts by duration
- Deposits, late penalties and a record of damage
Maintaining the equipment, not only renting it out
A heavily rented machine needs servicing by operating hours, not by the calendar. Without that record, the equipment breaks down precisely in the period of peak demand.
The platform keeps a usage counter per item and takes it out of availability automatically when servicing is due, so it is never promised to a customer on the day it should be in the workshop.