keilarata.fi

    Booking software made for bowling alleys

    A bowling alley booking system is software that shows your free lanes online, takes the booking and the payment, and puts it straight into your lane calendar.

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    Keilarata.fi is a lane reservation system built only for bowling alleys. It runs in the browser and is easy to set up. Your customers book on their phone at any hour, and your staff see every booking in one calendar, on the counter computer or on their own phone. This page explains what the system does and how it compares with taking bookings by phone.

    Customers book lanes on their phone

    Your alley gets its own booking page. Customers pick a date and a time, see which lanes are free right now, choose their lanes and add extras such as shoes or food. The booking page is designed for phones first and also works on a computer.

    • Live lane availability that updates as bookings come in
    • Several lanes in one booking
    • Extras added to the booking, with their price in the total
    • Confirmation and reminder emails from templates you can edit

    Payment online or at the venue

    You decide how customers pay. Online payments go through Stripe by card, or with Apple Pay and Google Pay where they are enabled, and the money goes to your own Stripe account. You can also let customers pay at the venue, or offer both.

    • Card, Apple Pay and Google Pay through Stripe
    • Payment at the venue as an option or as the only choice
    • Official Stripe financial reports for your bookkeeping

    One calendar for the whole alley

    Every online booking lands in the admin lane calendar at once, so a lane is never sold twice. Phone and walk-in bookings go into the same calendar, so the calendar always shows the real situation.

    • Lanes as columns and hours as rows, with each booking type in its own colour
    • Add bookings yourself for customers who call or walk in
    • Move a booking to another lane or time by dragging it
    • Works on a phone, so staff can check the day away from the counter

    You set it up yourself

    Add your lanes, opening hours, prices and payment options in the admin panel. It is easy to set up, and a checklist shows what is still missing. New alleys join through a waitlist, and we approve each account before its booking page goes live.

    • Price rules by weekday and time of day, plus special prices for holidays
    • Your own booking page at keilarata.fi/your-alley
    • Booking page in Finnish and English

    Bookings by phone or online

    Many alleys still take most bookings by phone. This is what changes when customers can book online.

    When customers can book

    By phone
    When someone is there to answer the phone
    Online with Keilarata.fi
    Any time, also at night and on holidays

    Free lanes

    By phone
    Staff check the calendar during the call
    Online with Keilarata.fi
    The customer sees free lanes before booking

    Payment

    By phone
    At the venue
    Online with Keilarata.fi
    Online when booking, or at the venue if you allow it

    Confirmation

    By phone
    Spoken on the phone
    Online with Keilarata.fi
    Sent by email automatically, with a reminder before the visit

    Staff time

    By phone
    Every booking takes a call
    Online with Keilarata.fi
    Staff only handle the exceptions

    Phone bookings do not go away. Staff add them to the same calendar, so online and phone bookings never overlap.

    Questions about the booking system

    What is a bowling alley booking system?

    It is software that shows free lanes online, takes bookings and payments, and keeps all bookings in one lane calendar. Keilarata.fi is made only for bowling alleys.

    Is it hard to set up?

    No. Keilarata.fi is easy to set up and runs in the browser on a computer, tablet or phone. You set up lanes, opening hours, prices and payments yourself in the admin panel.

    Can customers still book by phone?

    Yes. Staff add phone and walk-in bookings to the same calendar as online bookings, so the lane situation is always correct.

    How do customers pay?

    Online through Stripe by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay where enabled, or at the venue. You choose which options you offer. Online payments go to your own Stripe account.

    Does the system handle glow bowling and competitions?

    Yes. Glow bowling has its own time slots and prices, and competitions have online registration. Both reserve lanes in the same calendar.

    How do we get started?

    Join the waitlist. When your alley is approved, you set it up yourself in the admin panel. You can try the customer booking flow in the demo first.

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    See what your customers would see

    The demo shows the booking page at an example alley. When you are ready, join the waitlist and we will be in touch.

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