BookingPOINT - Room & Equipment reservation software for universities

Reservation software for universities, schools & colleges

Effortlessly manage room and equipment bookings with our intuitive, feature-rich reservation software designed for educational institutions.

Clean, easy to use, beautiful

Experience the pleasure of using BookingPOINT with its modern, clean, and beautiful interface. Designed for intuitive and effortless navigation, our reservation software makes managing bookings enjoyable and straightforward. You’ll love how easy it is to use!

University room and equipment reservation software
Day and hourly bookings / reservations

Time & Day Reservations

Book resources by time or by day (e.g., 3 hours or 2 days). Customise which resources can be booked by time, overnight, or both.
on-line bookings / reservations

On-line Reservations

Let borrowers book resources online anytime, anywhere. Save time with our reservation software by eliminating manual bookings … you have better things to do!

Mobile interface for reservation

Mobile Interface

Access BookingPOINT on mobile devices for seamless, on-the-go reservations. Manage bookings anytime, anywhere, right from your phone or tablet.

Reminder emails and sms notifications

Reminder Emails & SMS’s

Send automated email and SMS reminders to borrowers about due returns, accrued demerit points for late returns, and suspensions for multiple late returns.

Auto suspend late returns

Auto Suspensions

Automatically suspend borrowers when they reach a specified number of demerit points to discourage late equipment returns.

Extend bookings / reservations

Extend Bookings

Allow borrowers to extend their bookings on the due date if no one else has reserved the resource. Control which borrowers can extend their own bookings.

Check-out resources without prior reservation / booking

Checkout Without Prior Booking

Check out resources on the spot without a prior booking. Simply specify the resources at pickup to allocate them to a borrower.

Reporting tools to better manage reservations and resources

Reporting Tools

With powerful reporting tools, access all the information you need at your fingertips to make better, more informed decisions.

Book resources in for repairs

Servicing Equipment

Schedule equipment for future service and automatically notify users if their booked resource becomes unavailable.

Use external authentication to log in the the reservation system

Open / Active Directory

Authenticate borrowers using existing Open Directory or Active Directory accounts. No need to manage separate usernames and passwords—users can log in with their existing credentials.

Use barcode scanner to speed up the reservation collection process

Barcode Scanners

Use a barcode scanner to quickly swipe student cards or check resources in and out of stock, streamlining and simplifying the check-out process.

Customisation

We can customise BookingPOINT to your exact needs – or you can purchase a Developer License to customise it yourself.

Download a trial of our reservation software

Resource Reservation software for Mac

BookingPOINT for Mac

Mac OS X (10.7 or higher)

Resource Reservation software for Windows

BookingPOINT for Win

Windows (7 or higher)

So what’s it cost?

Basic

$AU89*per month
  • No set up fee
  •  1 admin. user included, additional admin. users AU$21/month per user
  • Support & Updates
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Deluxe

$AU109*per month
  • No set up fee
  •  1 admin. user included, additional admin. users AU$21/month per user
  • Support & Updates
  • Automated emails & SMS
  • Admin. iPad / iPhone access
  • On-line bookings
  •  Open / Active Directory 
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Developer

$AU159*per month
  • AU$1,650 set up fee
  •  1 admin. user included, additional admin. users AU$21/month per user
  • Support & Updates
  • Automated emails & SMS
  • Admin. iPad / iPhone access
  • On-line bookings
  • Open / Active Directory
  • Access to data via ODBC
  • Access to source code

* Australian customers please add 10% GST

What out customers are saying

BookingPOINT has become so important for managing bookings remotely in a fair and orderly manner.

Greg Nelson, Victoria University - Australia

I’ve been a university technician for 26 years and i have never seen anything that works so well.

Bill Hammond, University of Tasmania - Australia

We decided to give BookingPOINT a try and it helped us out immediately. I would definitely recommend BookingPOINT if you want to keep control of your AV department and have both employees and students satisfied. PS: I recommended BookingPOINT to an institute in the Netherlands so my optimism is genuine.

Robert Haasbroek, Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht - Netherlands

We are so delighted. This system has been a tremendous improvement to our student video equipment checkout system. We are now better able to control access to resources and track usage.

Buddy Wiedemann, Gaylord College of Journalism (University of Oklahoma) - USA

We’ve found BookingPOINT to be stable and very reliable. We’ve also found Hi-Voltage have been very friendly and helpful, both during the initial setup phase and in helping us fine-tune the system to our specific requirements.

Alex Drinkwater, Goldsmiths University of London - United Kingdom

After much research we found BookingPOINT to be the most complete online resource booking solution for the money. I would recommend that anyone in the business of managing and tracking portable resources take a look at this application.

Daniel Conway, University of Newcastle - Australia

Our new BookingPoint system has changed the way we do things here at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama dramatically. Students now return resources on time and I do not have to spend valuable time chasing them up or reminding them to return items. I know exactly where all the Academy’s instruments and equipment are at a click of a button. Just brilliant, thanks!!

Gerrie Victor, Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama - United Kingdom

We have welcomed BookingPOINT with open arms. It delivers a beautiful visual representation of the whereabouts of our inventory. It does a great job in tracking the history of bookings. The very transparent underlying structure of the developer edition makes it easy to customise BookingPOINT to your own situation. I recommend it highly.

Barth Visser, ArtEZ Institute of the Arts - The Netherlands

We made some previous attempts to find the best booking system that could provide us the flexibility we need. BookingPOINT was considered for many reasons. I don’t hesitate to encourage others to purchase BookingPOINT; it’s been a good decision.

Benoit Chausse, Concordia University - Canada

I wanted to pass along thanks and praise for creating a wonderful product. I was able to transfer over user and resource data from our bloated MySQL reservation system with little to no effort, creating a virtually seamless transition from our old product to BookingPOINT. I feel confident that we’ll be using your product for many years to come.

Joey Jenkins, North Carolina State University - United States

I am so excited! I have been looking for a system like this for a long time.

Kevin Mullin, University of Missouri at Kansas City - United States

BookingPOINT is fast, reliable and simple to use. It’s been instrumental in helping us track our equipment usage and maintenance, providing useful data for planning our inventory life-cycles. We appreciate other well-considered features such as the automated, configurable return notifications, customizable splash screen and accessible web interface. Keep up the good work!

David Broome, University of Victoria - Canada
The work you did with BookingPOINT and the time & thoughtfulness with which you took all of my suggestions really made an impression on me, and I both commend and thank you for it.
Alex White, School of Visual Arts - United States

BookingPOINT has enabled us to take control… of everything. A dependable product with solid support.

Mark Cain, Isle Of Man College - Isle Of Man

We use bookingPOINT to manage multimedia equipment loans to approximately 400 students per semester. BookingPOINT definitely allows us to service students, faculty, and staff more efficiently and faster than we had been able to in the past. Thanks!

Dan Charette, University of Michigan - United States

Claris FileMaker Requirements

Claris FileMaker Pro per administrator workstation (sold separately).

On-line bookings require  ‘Claris FileMaker Server + Connections‘ (sold separately). If you are purchasing Claris FileMaker Server, you will need to purchase sufficient Connections that suit your needs. To determine how many Connections you need, you need to consider how many web users will be accessing BookingPOINT at the exact same time. Generally we recommend 10 to 20 connections, but your needs may differ. You can always purchase more connections when you need them.

Automated reminder emails, issuing of demerit points and auto-suspensions require the base version of Claris FileMaker Server.

To obtain current pricing for FileMaker software, please visit the Claris web site.

Claris FileMaker Compatibility

BookingPOINT works with Claris FileMaker version 16 onwards.

System Requirements

BookingPOINT is a Claris FileMaker Pro solution, therefore BookingPOINT will run on any computer / operating system that Claris FileMaker Pro runs on. BookingPOINT is cross-platform and runs on both Mac and Windows. Please visit the Claris website to find out more information regarding system requirements.

Release Notes

To view a historical list of all bug fixes, changes and new features added to each version of BookingPOINT, view the Release Notes.