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Booking Pattern
Multi-session certification courses plus scheduled guided dives
For dive centres
Booking software for diving schools
Sell certification courses as staged sessions, collect medical forms and waivers before pool day, and hire out equipment with each diver's record in one place.
At a glance
How Diving Schools businesses operate
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Capacity Type
Per-person places, capped by instructor-to-diver ratio
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Resources
Instructors, tanks, regulators, wetsuits and hire kit
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Weather Dependent
High for open-water dives — swell and visibility set the go/no-go
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Waivers
Required, with a medical declaration and certification level recorded
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Checkin
Instructor confirms divers, medicals and kit at the centre
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Seasonality
Year-round pool and theory, open-water peaking in warm months
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Party Type
Beginners on courses, certified divers and refresher students
The challenges
What gets in the way
The operational friction we hear about most — and what Experiqo does about it.
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The challenge
Courses run in stages that must stay in order
A certification course moves from theory to pool to open water, and the stages have to book in sequence. Selling them as a staged course keeps a diver progressing correctly.
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The challenge
Medical forms are non-negotiable
A diver cannot get in the water without a completed medical declaration. Collecting it at booking means no scramble on pool day and no diver turned away.
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The challenge
Ratios are set by the agency
Training standards fix how many students an instructor may take. Capping each session to that ratio keeps courses compliant and safe.
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The challenge
Equipment hire has to match the diver
Wetsuit, fin and BCD sizes all matter, and a mismatch wastes a dive. Capturing sizes and selling hire at booking gets the right kit ready.
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The challenge
Certification level decides the dive
You cannot take an open-water diver on a deep technical dive. Recording each diver's level keeps them on dives they are qualified for.
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The challenge
Open-water days depend on conditions
Swell and visibility can scrub a sea dive. Moving the session and messaging divers keeps the course on track without a stack of refunds.
The platform
Features built for Diving Schools
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Gift vouchers
Sell gift vouchers on your website and redeem them at checkout, with balances tracked so partly used vouchers keep working.
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Add-ons & extras
Offer extras like equipment hire, photos or refreshments at checkout, priced per person or per booking, to lift the value of every order.
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Rescheduling
Move a booking to another date in a few clicks, or let guests reschedule themselves, so a change of plans does not become a refund.
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Digital waivers
Collect signed waivers before guests arrive, so your team is not chasing paperwork at the water's edge on the day.
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Availability rules
Set recurring schedules once and let Experiqo generate every departure, so your calendar fills itself instead of you building it by hand.
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Capacity control
Cap the number of places by date, time, guide, vehicle or equipment, so you sell exactly what you can deliver and never oversell.
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Customer records
Keep every guest's details and full booking history in one record, so you know who your customers are and can bring them back.
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Review collection
Ask guests for a review automatically after their trip, with a rating gate and a delay you control, target the whole business or an individual guide, and sync approved reviews to Google, Trustpilot and TripAdvisor.
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A day with Experiqo
How Diving Schools runs on Experiqo
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Step 1
Publish courses as staged sessions
Set each certification course as theory, pool and open-water stages, capped to the agency ratio, so a diver books the sequence in the right order.
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Step 2
A learner books and completes forms
A beginner books an open-water course, completes the medical declaration and waiver online, and adds equipment hire in their sizes.
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Step 3
Swell moves the open-water day
With poor visibility forecast you move the sea session to the next suitable day and SMS the divers the change.
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Step 4
The instructor checks divers in
At the centre the instructor confirms each diver, sees completed medicals and certification levels, and issues the right hire kit.
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Step 5
A review request follows the course
After certification the newly qualified diver is prompted to review and nudged toward a fun dive or the next course.
One connected system
One connected system, from booking to check-in
Every part of a diving schools booking flows through one platform — no re-keying, no disconnected tools.
01 · Sell
Turn demand into paid bookings
Products
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Availability
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Bookings
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02 · Operate
Keep guests and teams moving
Customers
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Payments
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Staff
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03 · Understand
Use one live picture to grow
Resources
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Communications
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Reporting
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No re-keying. No disconnected tools. A change in one workspace updates everywhere.
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FAQs
Questions from operators like you
Sell each course as staged theory, pool and open-water sessions, so a diver books the sequence in the right order and progresses correctly.
Divers complete the medical declaration and waiver online at booking, so there is no scramble on the day and nobody is turned away.
Cap each session to your training agency's instructor-to-diver ratio, so every course stays within the certification standard.
Equipment hire is offered at checkout with wetsuit, fin and BCD sizes captured, so the right kit is ready and no dive is wasted on a mismatch.
Each diver's level and dive history sit in one record, so you keep them on dives they are qualified for and can plan the right sessions.
Move the sea session to the next suitable day and SMS the divers, so poor conditions keep the course on track without a stack of refunds.