To see all your rental bookings in one list on Papalocal, open Rentals. Its first page lists every booking, from your website, by phone or typed in. Waiting on you shows what needs you. Four tiles count what's coming up, out now, returning today and this month. Tick a status or search to narrow it.
Step by step
Before you start: your rental company on Papalocal.
0:00Open Rentals. Its first page is Reservations: every booking, from your website, by phone, or typed in.
0:07Read what's waiting.Waiting on you shows what needs you. In the video, a new inquiry to answer and a booking waiting for its deposit.
0:14Read the tiles. They count Confirmed · upcoming, Out now, Returning today and Total this month. Out now and Returning today count once a booking is marked out.
0:24Filter by status. Tick a status, like Confirmed, and the list shows only those.
0:27Search. Type a name, a booking number or a word in the notes, and click Apply.
0:32Copy someone on new bookings. Each new online booking is emailed to you. Open Online booking, add an email under Also email new bookings to, and click Save settings.
Good to know
Eight statuses to tick: Inquiry, Quoted, Hold, Confirmed, Out, Returned, Cancelled and No-show.
Owners always get the email.Also email new bookings to adds one more address.
Pinewood Party Rentals, its bookings and the email address in the video are made up.
Written with AI from this video's script and screens.
Your Rentals page is one part of running your rental company on Papalocal.
The everything app. As simple as you want it, or as complete as you allow it to be.
Looking for booking management software for rentals? Online, phone and typed-in bookings land on the same list.
The plan holds, in one place:
Your customer list: each lead and customer, with their quotes and jobs on one page
Quotes, jobs and schedule
Invoices and pay links
Your website, on a domain you own
Google Business Profile sync, for your first location
Reviews: links, QR codes and an embed
Time clock, team chat and training
The same account holds your own side too: music, books, messages, your money and your people. Some of it has paid upgrades.
Free to sign up, no card. Your account and your business page have no monthly charge. One thing is on from the start: AI replies to your reviews, $0.15 each plus AI usage. You can pause them.
Once you turn the plan on: $30 a month (one person; each added employee is $10 a month), plus 1.25% of payments your customers make through Papalocal, plus Stripe's processing fee. It's billed daily from a prepaid balance. Once your card is saved, it's charged a top-up within the hour, and again each time the balance falls under a month's charges plus 15%. You choose the top-up amount ($25 or more; $100 until you change it). You can cancel the plan online after its first 30 days; cancel any add-ons on it first.
Papalocal's founder, Garret Merkley, has started 7 local service businesses in 16 years. He bought one, sold one and closed some.
In Rentals. Its first page lists every booking, online, by phone or typed in.
How do I find one booking?
Search by a name, a booking number or a word in the notes, then click Apply.
Who gets emailed about a new online booking?
Owners always do. To add one more address, open Online booking and fill in Also email new bookings to.
Why does Out now say 0?
Out now and Returning today count only once a booking is marked out. Marking its drop-off complete does that.
What does it cost?
It's free to sign up, with no card. Your account and your business page have no monthly charge. One thing is on from the start: AI replies to your reviews, $0.15 each plus AI usage. You can pause them. The plan starts only when you turn it on: $30 a month (one person; each added employee is $10 a month), plus 1.25% of payments your customers make through Papalocal, plus Stripe's processing fee.
How is it billed, and can I cancel?
It's billed daily from a prepaid balance. Once your card is saved, it's charged a top-up within the hour, and again each time the balance falls under a month's charges plus 15%. You choose the top-up amount ($25 or more; $100 until you change it). You can cancel the plan online after its first 30 days; cancel any add-ons on it first.
Will Papalocal find me customers?
No. Papalocal gives you the tools. Finding customers is your work.
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