Driving instructor booking software

Driving Instructor Booking Software for Lessons, Packages and Block Bookings

Let pupils book and pay for driving lessons online, protect your hours with deposits, and run recurring weekly slots across every instructor. Free forever for solo instructors.

Free forever for 1-2 staff. Flat €6/month for larger teams. No marketplace commission.

A driving instructor teaching a learner in a car
A driving instructor with a learner driver

Try a working driving school

See how Wheelwise Driving School runs in Slotivo

Explore a real driving-school diary with lesson types, block bookings, mock tests, instructor schedules and example pupil bookings—then switch over to the customer page and book a lesson yourself.

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Built around lessons, not just appointments

A driving lesson usually repeats at the same time every week, is often sold in blocks, and a cancelled lesson still costs you fuel and a paid hour. Slotivo is set up to handle that, whether you are a solo instructor or run a small school with a team.

01The problem

Late cancellations cost real money

A 6pm cancellation still costs you the fuel and the hour. Card deposits mean a pupil has something to lose by cancelling last minute.

02The problem

Lessons repeat, but tools do not

Rebuilding the same Tuesday 4pm slot every week by text is slow. Recurring weekly lesson times keep a pupil in the same slot automatically.

03The problem

Texting back and forth wastes evenings

Pupils message to book, reschedule and confirm pickup points. A booking link that shows real availability cuts most of that out.

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Example booking notification

Driving lesson · Tuesday, 4:00pm

Deposit paid and slot protected

Built for driving instructors and driving schools

Pupils book their next lesson in seconds. You keep every instructor’s diary full.

Pupils choose a lesson time and pay to secure it in Slotivo. You manage recurring weekly slots, lesson packages, block bookings and every instructor’s diary in Slotivo Pro.

Customers book without calling

Your branded booking page and customer app are available while you are busy.

Every booking appears instantly

Online, phone and walk-in appointments share one live diary.

Stay in control from your phone

See the day ahead and make changes between clients, wherever you are.

Free for 1–2 staff · No credit card · Web booking included

What you get

Run lessons, packages and your team from one diary

Whether you are a sole instructor or run several instructors under one school, the booking, payment and schedule live in one place.

Recurring weekly lessons

Set up a pupil in the same weekly slot so their next lesson books itself instead of a fresh conversation every time.

Deposits and pre-payment

Take a deposit or full payment via Stripe when a lesson is booked, so cancellations are less likely and less costly when they happen.

Every instructor gets their own diary

If you run a small school, each instructor manages their own hours, pupils and bookings from their phone.

Block out time that is yours

Close a full day, an afternoon or just an hour for lunch, your own appointment, vehicle maintenance or anything else. Pupils only see times you are genuinely free.

Pupil details before the lesson

Use an intake form to collect a provisional licence number, pickup address or theory test status before the first lesson.

Pupils reschedule themselves, within your rules

A pupil can move or cancel their own lesson online any time. Set a notice period, e.g. 24 or 48 hours, and a change requested inside that window is blocked automatically, so you are never chasing a last-minute text to shuffle tomorrow's slots.

Set up lesson booking in three steps

1

Add your lesson types

Create standard lessons, block bookings (e.g. a 10-hour package) and mock test sessions with their own price and duration.

2

Set your weekly availability

Add your working hours and any recurring pupil slots. Add other instructors if you run more than one.

3

Share your booking link

Put your Slotivo link on your website, Instagram bio or Google Business Profile so pupils can book without a phone call.

Questions operators ask before switching

Can pupils book a block of lessons, like 10 hours?

Yes. You can set up a lesson package as its own bookable service with its own price and duration, alongside single lessons.

Can I take a deposit to protect against late cancellations?

Yes. Slotivo connects with Stripe so you can require a deposit or full payment when a lesson is booked, and set your own cancellation notice period.

Does this work for a solo instructor, not just a school?

Yes. Slotivo is free forever for 1-2 staff, so a solo instructor gets the same booking page, deposits and reminders as a multi-instructor school.

Can pupils rebook the same weekly time automatically?

Pupils can rebook their usual lesson time in a couple of taps, and you can set up recurring weekly slots so regular pupils keep their spot.

Can I block out lunch, appointments or days off?

Yes. Block out a single hour, an afternoon or a full day for lunch, personal appointments, vehicle maintenance, holidays or any other reason. Those times immediately stop appearing as bookable to pupils.

Can pupils reschedule a lesson without contacting me?

Yes. Pupils can reschedule or cancel their own lesson online, but only within the notice period you set, such as 24 or 48 hours. If they try to change it later than that, the system blocks the request automatically instead of leaving you to enforce it.

Most pupils pay me in cash or by bank transfer. Can I still track that?

Yes, and it is included rather than a paid point-of-sale extra. Record a lesson as paid in cash, by bank transfer or on a card terminal, and note the day the money actually arrived rather than the day you got round to entering it. Your reports and takings count it exactly the same as a payment taken online, so the numbers match whether or not a pupil paid through the booking page.

Can pupils book a lesson without choosing an instructor?

Yes. Turn on the allocation queue and pupils request a time instead of picking a person. The request lands in a queue with the instructors who are genuinely free at that time, you assign whoever suits, and the pupil is emailed to confirm who they have been given. Nothing goes in a diary until you decide, and you can turn a request down if nobody can cover it.

Create your booking page without a card.

Set up your services, staff, opening hours, deposits and optional modules after signup. You can publish when everything is ready.

Running your business in Ireland

The things that are different for Irish salons, clinics and studios.

Priced in euro

Free for one or two staff. Bigger teams pay a flat €6 a month for unlimited staff, billed in euro, so there’s no sterling price to convert.

Irish bank holidays

Add St Brigid’s Day, St Patrick’s Day and the June, August and October bank holidays as closed dates, and clients can’t book you on them. Your booking page runs on Irish time.

VAT on your services

Hairdressing moved to the 9% VAT rate on 1 July 2026. You only have to register for VAT once your services pass €42,500 in a rolling 12 months. Set your prices the way you charge them; Slotivo doesn’t add VAT to your clients’ bookings.

Weighing up Phorest?

Phorest, founded in Dublin, is the name many Irish salons know. It suits larger salons that want marketing built in. Slotivo is for teams that want online booking and deposits without a per-staff bill.

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VAT details from Revenue and Budget 2026, checked September 2026. This isn’t tax advice; check your own position with Revenue or your accountant.