VenueBookr brings bookings, payments, waivers, resources and day-to-day venue operations into one system — built around the way leisure venues actually work.
Built inside a working leisure venue.
Screens from our demo venue. Every name in them is made up, because we take privacy seriously.
If customers book sessions on real rooms, lanes, courts, bays, rigs or other limited resources, VenueBookr is designed for the operational problems behind the booking.
Run something else? If it works in bookable sessions, talk to us.
Availability is worked out from your real capacity, resources, buffers and rules.
Let customers handle the routine jobs themselves while keeping them inside the rules you set.
Your team sees who is coming, where they are going, what they have paid and what needs doing — without jumping between systems.
Every booking is checked against the rules behind it: capacity, resources, buffers, group sizes and pricing.
Customers only see times your venue can genuinely fulfil. Group sizes, guest types, resources, buffers and pricing rules are handled before the booking reaches your team.
One operational view of today's bookings, arrivals, payments and assigned hosts. Check customers in without digging through a calendar or opening individual reservations.
Put every booking onto the real room, lane, bay or other resource it uses. VenueBookr respects capacity, maintenance and changeover time.
Digital waivers can be completed before arrival, including family groups and age information, so the front desk isn't chasing paper while the next session queues.
VenueBookr can calculate when the capacity exists across consecutive sessions and keep the group together under one booking.
Customers can manage permitted changes themselves instead of starting another email or phone conversation with your team.
Bookings are allocated to real resources, with capacity and buffers respected.
Waiver status sits with the booking, ready before the customer reaches the desk.
VenueBookr started inside a working leisure venue, to run it the way it actually runs.
It was developed alongside that venue's day-to-day running: taking bookings, allocating rooms and lanes, collecting waivers, checking customers in, taking payments and running the floor.
That is why details such as changeover buffers, spectators, group capacity, guest ratios and actual physical resources are part of the system from the start.
Online and staff-made bookings, availability, group handling and configurable rules.
Online payments, counter sales, deposits, balances, refunds and till operations.
Digital waivers linked to bookings and customers.
Customer records, booking history and self-service tools.
Rooms, lanes, bays, buffers, maintenance and the live Day Plan.
Who's on, who's clocked in, who's off, and the hours worked, without typing them twice.
Gift vouchers, memberships, discounts and venue-controlled customer communications.
Sales, VAT, payments, utilisation by the hour, and insights written in plain sentences every night.
Against three of the best-known booking platforms used by experience and leisure venues.
| Feature | VenueBookr | Checkfront | ROLLER | FareHarbor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Online bookings | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Card payments into your own Square or Stripe account | Yes | In part: Your own Square; Stripe goes through theirs | No | No |
| PayMyBit: a group can split the bill, each guest paying their own share online | Yes | No1 | No1 | No1 |
| No percentage fee on your bookings | Yes | No: A 3% online booking fee | In part: Depends on the contract | No: A booking fee on each booking |
| Full point of sale, with stock control and reporting | Yes | In part: Items on a booking; no till | Yes | In part: Stock is kept in Square |
| Cash-up at the till | Yes | In part: A daily payments report | Yes | In part: Sales by payment type |
| Staff rota | Yes | In part: Staff assigned to sessions | In part: Through a partner | In part: Crew assigned to sessions |
| Accident book and near-miss log | Yes | No | No | No |
| The venue's own mailbox, inside the system | Yes | No | In part: Replies and enquiries only | In part: An AI inbox, for selected clients |
1 Staff can split a payment at the till or the desk. Guests cannot each pay their share from their own link.
Reviewed on 2 October 2026, from each company's own website, help centre and pricing pages.
Every feature included, and no commission on your bookings.
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Book a 30-minute live demo. We'll use your activities, pricing and operational rules so you can see how the system would work in your venue.
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