Fitting skating lessons into the rink's ice times

Start from the rink's schedule, not your own: list the ice times where you're allowed to teach, then create your lesson slots only inside them. A lesson booked when there's no ice for you, or during a hockey match, is a lesson you'll have to cancel. Match slot lengths to how you actually teach on the ice, book regular skaters into fixed weekly slots, and update your page when the rink changes its timetable.

Coaches teach in different parts of a rink's week: public sessions, where you share the ice with everyone; club or patch ice reserved for training; early mornings before the rink opens. Each has its rules, set by the rink or the club, and some may involve an ice fee on top of your lesson. Know these before you open slots, and say in each service description which session the lesson takes place in, so the skater knows whether they also need a public-session ticket.

On Book, each service has a name, a price and an optional description shown on your public page, and each slot belongs to one service with its own start and end:

Lengths and prices are examples: set your own, and say whether the rink's entry or ice fee is included. Short lessons fit back to back into a patch of ice; create them one after another inside that time.

When you book from your calendar, first and last name are required, email and phone optional. For a child, use the parent's details and put the skater's first name and level in the note. If you enter the email, they get a confirmation and a calendar file for each lesson. A booked slot with one place is full and doesn't show on your public page; the rest stay open for new skaters.

Put this in the service description, which people read before booking. Book sends a confirmation email but no reminder.

Rinks close for maintenance, galas and matches, and timetables change between seasons. When a session is cancelled, cancel or move the lessons in it from your bookings list and tell skaters yourself: Book doesn't email clients about changes. When the rink publishes a new timetable, delete the slots that no longer fit and create the new ones.

Skaters can't move lessons online: they contact you, and you move the booking. Book doesn't take payments, so explain how you're paid, for example by the term. Book costs €5/month, everything included: unlimited services and bookings, no commission, no contract.