Group ski lessons by level: places, weeks and children
Group ski lessons need the right level, a set number of places and a week that runs from Monday to Friday. How independent instructors can take bookings online.
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Create one service per level, give each group slot the number of skiers you can safely teach at that level, and let each skier book one place. For a course that runs every morning of a holiday week, one slot on the first day stands for the whole week, with the dates and times in the description. When a group is full, it disappears from your page, and families can pick another level or week. This keeps groups homogeneous and stops a beginner from landing in a group that skis red runs.
One service per level
| Service | Example format | Places | Example price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kids' first steps (4–6 years) | 5 mornings, 2 h, booking = Monday | 6 | €160 |
| Kids beginners | 5 mornings, 2 h 30 | 8 | €170 |
| Kids intermediate | 5 mornings, 2 h 30 | 8 | €170 |
| Teens and adults, beginners | 5 afternoons, 2 h | 8 | €160 |
| Adults, off-piste introduction | 1 afternoon, 3 h | 5 | €90 |
| Single group lesson | 1 morning, 2 h 30 | 8 | €45 |
Levels, places and prices are examples. On Book, each service has a name, an optional description and a price, and each slot has its own capacity. A slot sits within one day, so a five-day course is booked through its first day, and the description gives all five dates and times.
Describe each level simply
Families choose the level from the service name and description, so make it concrete:
- first steps: never skied, or a few times on a nursery slope;
- beginners: can snowplough and stop, green runs;
- intermediate: parallel turns on blue runs;
- advanced: red runs and varied snow.
If you use a national level system that families know, name it in the description too. Ask parents to write the child's last level or badge in the note, so you can check the group before the first morning.
Places, safety and a spare place
Set each slot's capacity to the group size you're comfortable with for that age and level. Each skier who books takes one place, and when the last place is booked, the group is hidden. Your page doesn't show how many places are left. If you want room to move a child who turns out to be in the wrong level, keep one place free by setting the capacity one below your maximum, and use it yourself when needed.
Weekly courses or daily groups
A week-long course builds a group that progresses together, and one booking covers it. Some families only stay three or four days, though. For them, you can also run daily groups: create one slot per day of the week, repeated from Monday to Friday until the Friday, as a separate service such as "Adult group, single morning". Each day then has its own places, and a guest can book the days they're there. Keep weekly courses and daily groups at different times or with different instructors, so a group isn't counted twice.
Group in the morning, private in the afternoon
If you teach groups in the morning, the afternoons can stay open for private lessons. Build that pattern once for the holiday weeks. A family whose child needs extra help can then book a private hour in the afternoon, next to the morning group.
Children and families
Parents book, one booking per child: the public form books one place at a time. Ask them to book in their own name and write in the note:
- the child's first name and age;
- their level or last badge;
- a mobile number for the drop-off and pick-up;
- anything you need to know to look after them, such as an allergy.
You receive an email for each new booking with the note, and parents receive a confirmation with a calendar file for the first day. Put the meeting point, drop-off time and pick-up time in the description, since the booking only shows the first day's slot.
Weather and changes
If fog or wind cancels a morning, say in the description how you make up for it. When you move or cancel a group from your bookings list, Book doesn't email families, so message each parent yourself; the phone numbers are in each booking. If a family leaves early, nothing needs to change in Book: their booking covered the week.
Book costs €5/month, everything included: unlimited bookings and services, no commission, no contract. Lift passes, rental and payment stay with the family and you.
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