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Booking Pattern
Timed general entry plus fixed planetarium and show slots
For science centres
Booking software for science centres
Sell timed general entry alongside planetarium and live-show slots, take school-workshop bookings on invoice, recognise members, and scan QR at the door.
At a glance
How Science Centres businesses operate
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Capacity Type
Per-person entry caps; fixed seat counts for shows
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Resources
Front-of-house staff, presenters and workshop leaders
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Weather Dependent
Inverse — wet days bring more indoor visitors
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Waivers
Not required
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Checkin
Staff scan QR tickets at the entrance and show doors
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Seasonality
School terms and wet-weather weekends drive demand
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Party Type
Families, school groups, students and members
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
Shows have fixed seat counts
A planetarium dome or a live-science theatre seats an exact number. Those slots need fixed seat capacity, quite separate from rolling general entry.
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The challenge
General entry and shows must line up
A family wants entry and a planetarium slot that fit together. Selling the show as a timed add-on to entry keeps their day coherent in one booking.
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The challenge
School workshops are a core product
A curriculum workshop is booked ahead, paid by invoice and capped by the lab. A back-office group booking handles the class and its supervisors.
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The challenge
Wet weekends bring sudden surges
A rainy forecast sends families straight to an indoor centre. Slot capacity keeps a surge from overwhelming the floor and the shows.
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The challenge
Members expect quick entry
A science centre carries lots of family members. Recognising them at booking keeps their entry fast and their benefit intact.
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The challenge
Reviews steer the rainy-day choice
Families pick a wet-weather day out on reviews. Prompting them afterwards keeps a steady flow feeding your listings.
The platform
Features built for Science Centres
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Embeddable booking widget
Add a booking widget to any page of your website with a single snippet, so guests can check dates and pay without ever leaving your site.
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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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Ticket & price types
Set adult, child, concession and custom prices per product, so guests choose the right ticket and your totals add up correctly.
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Back-office bookings
Take phone, email and walk-up bookings from the admin so every sale lives in one place, whatever channel it came through.
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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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Time slots
Sell timed-entry slots with a limit on each one, so you spread arrivals evenly and never crowd your busiest moments.
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QR ticket scanning
Scan QR tickets on arrival to check guests in quickly, so busy entrances keep moving and every ticket is validated as it is used.
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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 Science Centres runs on Experiqo
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Step 1
Set entry, shows and workshops
Publish timed general entry, fixed-seat planetarium and live-show slots, and school workshops on their own schedule.
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Step 2
A family books entry and a show
A family books an afternoon entry slot and a planetarium show that fits, receiving QR tickets for both.
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Step 3
A school books a workshop
A teacher books a class into a curriculum workshop as a back-office group with an invoice.
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Step 4
Staff scan at the doors
At the entrance and show doors staff scan each party's QR ticket, recognising members and clearing groups.
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Step 5
A review request follows the visit
Afterwards visitors are asked to review, keeping your listings strong for the next wet-weather day.
One connected system
One connected system, from booking to check-in
Every part of a science centres 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
Yes, planetarium and live-show slots use exact seat counts, quite separate from rolling general entry, so a show is never oversold.
Sell the show as a timed add-on to general entry, so a family's visit lines up in one coherent booking.
Take a class into a curriculum workshop as a back-office group booking with an invoice, capped by the lab and including supervisors.
Slot capacity spreads the rush a rainy forecast drives indoors, so a surge never overwhelms the floor or the shows.
Member, concession, child and adult price types recognise each visitor at checkout, keeping their entry fast.
Staff scan QR tickets at both the entrance and the show doors, keeping entry orderly across the centre.