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Bookings takes appointments and rentals: your own booking page, the calendar, deposits and card holds, check-in, hand-out and return by scanning, folios and reports, with the Calisto app on iOS and Android for the whole team.

  • Recreation & Vehicle Rental

Feature by feature

Calisto Bookings beside Booqable

  • 17 In both
Calisto Bookings beside Booqable, feature by feature
17 featuresCalisto BookingsBooqable
Booking
Online Booking PageCalisto: your own booking page at your business’s address, where a client picks a time or rents an item and pays the deposit, or placed on your own website with Sites.Checked Nov 6, 2026SourceYesYes
Real-Time Availability CalendarCalisto: the calendar by day, week and month, the Availability grid and free stock by day, every booking and rental counted against the same resources and units.Checked Nov 6, 2026SourceYesYes
Rental Periods and Pricing by DurationCalisto: rates by the hour, day or week, with a late fee and a grace period, set on each rental item.Checked Nov 6, 2026SourceYesYes
Buffer Time Between RentalsCalisto: turnaround time before and after a rental, counted against the unit’s availability.Checked Nov 6, 2026SourceYesYes
Operating HoursCalisto: the business’s opening hours, and each person’s own working hours for appointments.Checked Nov 6, 2026SourceYesYes
Money
Security DepositsCalisto: a deposit at booking, as a share or a set amount, and the balance due a set number of days before the start; held in the company account or in trust.Checked Nov 6, 2026SourceYesYes
Card Pre-AuthorizationsCalisto: a card hold on a rental, released when the item comes back.Checked Nov 6, 2026SourceYesYes
Online and In-Person PaymentsCalisto: with Payments, through the business’s own payment providers, at the desk, on a card reader or by a payment link.Checked Nov 6, 2026SourceYesYes
Operations
Pickups and ReturnsCalisto: what goes out today and what is due back, recorded as each item leaves and returns, on the desk and on a phone.Checked Nov 6, 2026SourceYesYes
Late ReturnsCalisto: what is overdue and by how long, with the late fee.Checked Nov 6, 2026SourceYesYes
Contracts and E-SignaturesCalisto: with Sign, agreements and waivers each person signs before they arrive.Checked Nov 6, 2026SourceYesYes
Scanning
Barcode and QR ScanningPart of Bookings: each unit’s barcode, QR code or RFID tag scanned at hand-out and return, a whole case or rental checked at once. In Booqable, a separately sold add-on.Checked Nov 6, 2026SourceYesYes
Mobile App for the TeamPart of Bookings: the Calisto app on iOS and Android for every person on a seat. In Booqable, a separately sold add-on.Checked Nov 6, 2026SourceYesYes
Mobile Barcode ScanningPart of Bookings: hold a unit’s tag up to the phone’s camera, or use a scanner, to hand it out or take it back. In Booqable, it requires the barcode add-on.Checked Nov 6, 2026SourceYesYes
Setup
Multiple LocationsCalisto: every location of the business in one account, its bookings and figures per location. In Booqable, extra locations are an add-on.Checked Nov 6, 2026SourceYesYes
Reports
Availability and Revenue ReportsCalisto: bookings by status, completion, no-show and cancellation rates, lead time, occupancy, and revenue and outstanding in each currency, exported in one file.Checked Nov 6, 2026SourceYesYes
Website
Website BuilderCalisto: with Sites, your website with the booking page on it.Checked Nov 6, 2026SourceYesYes

What moves

Bringing your data from Booqable

Your data is read in your own browser and sent to your Calisto account. Calisto never sees your login for the old system.

From an export file

Export your data from Booqable and drop the file in. It is read in your browser and mapped onto Calisto.

  • Orders

    Imported orders data

  • Customers

    Imported customers data

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