eBike Hire Scotland β booking system
Read-only pulls from BRM. Safe to run anytime.
Set each extra's price, which bike types it's offered with, and whether it's available.
Waiver & terms show on the booking site. Email templates are stored ready for when sending is switched on. Use {{firstName}}, {{ref}}, {{summary}} as placeholders.
Per-bike day rates. Changes apply immediately to new quotes and bookings on the booking site.
Applies to new bookings on the booking site.
Recharge gap = hours a bike needs between hires before it can be booked again.
Days you're not hiring out. Bookings overlapping these dates are blocked, and the booking site warns customers.
Everything you need to run the desk. Tap a heading to open it. Green Take me there β buttons jump you straight to that screen.
The bar along the bottom is how you move around:
Top-right π€ Account is where you clock in/out (My hours), request Time off, open this guide, or sign out.
Everything updates live β if a workmate ticks a bike off, it changes on your screen too within a few seconds.
Two tabs at the top: Going out and Coming in.
π§Ί Going out β for each bike:
π§½ Coming in β when a rider returns:
Each card is one booking. The coloured chips tell you the state at a glance:
To hand a bike over: tap the card β Check Out β rider collecting.
When it comes back: tap the card β Check In β bikes returning.
Use the Today / Tomorrow / Next 7 buttons and the arrows to change the day. Sort by lets you order by time or status.
Tap a bike's chip to safety-check it right from here. Tap a customer name/ref to open the full detail (penalties, notes, waiver, damage).
The booking then appears in Bookings like any other.
Planner is a calendar grid showing which bikes are out on which days β handy for spotting gaps.
Fleet manager lists every bike. Search or filter, then tap a bike for its stats, service tracker and full history (hires, cleans, checks, damage). Set a bike to π§ In workshop to pull it out of bookings (its upcoming hires auto-swap to a spare), or log a service.
Clock in when you start, Clock OUT when you finish (π€ Account β My hours). Going for a ride or a break? Tap π΅ Break / bike ride, then Back from break when you return. Forgot to clock a past shift? Use οΌ Add a past shift manually.
Time off: pick your dates, choose a type, and submit β a manager approves it.
The Admin menu holds all the back-office settings:
Still stuck? Ask Jeek or Murray.
The full how-to for running eBike Hire Scotland on this system β from the daily desk routine to every admin setting. Tap a heading to open it. Green Take me there β buttons jump you straight to that screen.
This is our own booking and hire-management system β the same tool the whole team uses at the desk, on a phone or a tablet. As an admin you can do everything staff can, plus manage pricing, the fleet, staff accounts and settings.
For now it runs alongside our existing system (BRM): every booking you take here is copied into BRM automatically, so nothing is entered twice (see section 11).
Golden rule: nothing you tap is dangerous. Stages can be changed back, and every action is logged. When in doubt, ask Jeek.
Roles: βStaffβ see the day-to-day screens. βAdminβ (you) also see the βοΈ Admin tab. Admin-only things are hidden from regular staff automatically.
The bar along the bottom moves you between the main areas:
Top-right π€ Account has clock in/out, Time off, this guide's short version, password and sign out. Everything's live β screens refresh themselves every few seconds.
π§Ί Going out:
π§½ Coming in:
Each card is one booking. Chips show its state:
Hand over: tap card β Check Out. Take back: tap card β Check In. Use Today / Tomorrow / Next 7 and Sort by. Tap a name/ref for the full detail β notes, penalties, waiver, damage, deposits.
It then appears in Bookings and is copied into BRM automatically.
ποΈ Planner β a calendar grid showing which bikes are booked which days; spot free bikes and gaps.
π΄ Fleet manager β lists every bike. Search/filter, then tap a bike for its stats, a service tracker (with βLog serviceβ), and full history. Set a bike to π§ In workshop to pull it from bookings β its upcoming hires auto-swap to a spare β and back to Available when fixed.
My hours: Clock IN/OUT; 𦡠Break / bike ride for a break; βοΌ Add a past shiftβ if you forgot one.
Team timesheet (admin): on the My hours screen β This week / Last week / This month, expand each person, edit/delete entries, download CSV for payroll. Long shifts (missed clock-out) are flagged β .
Time off: staff request dates; you approve or decline here.
Heads up: pricing and rule changes are live immediately, for the desk and the public booking site β double-check before saving.
We run this alongside BRM for now. Some things sync to BRM automatically; some you must still do in BRM yourself. Knowing which is which keeps the two systems from drifting apart.
β Synced to BRM automatically
β NOT synced β you must still do these in BRM
Rule of thumb: take new bookings here and they look after themselves. For changes to money, or edits to an existing booking, do it in BRM (or do both) until we say otherwise.
The β BRM not synced badge means an automatic copy didn't go through (usually a brief connection blip) β tap it to retry. Nothing is ever lost, and the booking still works here. Cancelling marks the BRM booking cancelled β it's never deleted.
There's a shorter version for all staff under π Help in the top bar.