Online booking system for driving instructors
The simple booking system for driving instructors.
Pupils book their own lessons, the pickup address arrives with the booking, a block of ten is paid up front, and every lesson's progress lands on their page - the diary rides in the car with you.
- Reduce no-shows
- Set up in minutes
- Get more bookings
Free for 20 bookings a month. No card, no contract, no commission.
The 7am reschedule text
An empty passenger seat earns nothing
Instructing is sold by the hour and driven by the mile. A forgotten lesson or a missing pickup address costs you both.
Lessons forgotten by learners
Teenagers double-book themselves, parents lose track, and you find out when nobody is at the kerb.
Where am I picking you up?
A booking without an address is a text conversation before every lesson, and a day you cannot route until the night before.
You are the booking office
Between lessons, at lights, after hours: every new pupil and every reschedule comes through your personal phone.
Try it
Book yourself in, the way your pupils will.
Four taps on the phone, and watch the booking land in the diary beside it. That is all your pupils see: no app, no account, no password to invent.
Clearway Driving School
Perth and Kinross
What would you like?
Booking by FullDiary
Your diary, Mon 28
What you seeBook on the phone and watch it land here. Nothing is saved - it is a picture of the real thing.
The diary
The screen your diary lives on.
The whole day on your phone between lessons: who is next, where, a maps link to the kerb, and one tap to ring them.
Someone running late? Drag their booking to another column or time and drop it. The diary updates and the customer gets the new time by email. (A real screen recording.)
- Drag a booking to a new time - the emails follow it
- Draw across an empty space to book a walk-in
- Done, no-show or cancelled, marked as you go
- One tap makes it full screen for the tablet by the till
Set up in minutes
Three steps and you are taking bookings.
- 01
Answer six quick questions
Pick your trade on screen one and the services, hours, forms and words driving instructors use come filled in. Change anything, then go live.
- 02
Share one link
In your bio, on WhatsApp, or as a printed QR card. Your pupils only ever see times that are genuinely free.
- 03
Run the day in the book
Every booking lands in the live diary. Drag to move, draw to add a walk-in, mark done as the day goes.
Filled in for driving instructors on screen one
- Lesson, double lesson and test day, each timed and priced, with a deposit on the first lesson
- The pickup address asked on the booking form
- The licence details form, asked at the first booking
- Skills covered and test readiness on every lesson, shared to the pupil's page
- A block of ten lessons, sold on your booking page
Every one of these is a starting point. Change the prices, the hours or the words on the screen where they live, and the booking page updates as you type.
Six questions with driving instructors' answers filled in. Live in minutes, no card.
What comes with it
Everything FullDiary handles for driving instructors.
Before they arrive
- The pickup address, up frontEvery booking arrives with the kerb you are driving to and a maps link. On Pro, pickups past your free miles can carry a charge per mile.
- Licence details, before lesson oneLicence number and provisional details, asked on the booking page and kept on the pupil's profile.
- A deposit on the first lessonNew pupils pay a deposit as they book, through your own Stripe account. Regulars can book deposit-free.
- Reminders that reach learnersThe day before and the morning of, by email, and by text on Pro, to the pupil or the parent who booked.
On the day
- A diary that rides alongReschedules are a drag on your phone and the pupil gets the new time by email.
- "Two minutes away", one tapMessage the pupil from the lesson. They see it on their page and reply into your inbox.
- Progress they can seeSkills covered and test readiness, filled in after each lesson and shared to the pupil's own page.
- Same slot every weekSet a pupil's lesson to repeat weekly and the diary keeps it topped up.
After
- Ten lessons, paid up frontSold on your booking page through your own Stripe. Each lesson comes off the block and the pupil sees the balance.
- A review ask after the passOne email with your Google link, so the pass photo turns into a five-star review.
- The numbers, without a spreadsheetLessons in the book for the month, takings, blocks sold and your busiest hours.
Every feature above is live today, and because invoices and quotes are built in, they are on the same login. See every feature.
Messages
"Two minutes away", without the phone number swap
Open the lesson, press Message, tap a quick reply. The pupil sees it on their page with an email nudge, and their answer lands in your inbox with an unread count on your phone. Progress notes after the lesson go the same way.
- Quick replies for on my way and running late
- Their reply lands in your inbox, live
- Included on every plan, Free included
Their side
Your page, on your pupils' phones.
Your name, your services, your prices, in your colours. This is what opens when one of your pupils taps the link in your bio or scans your QR card. No app, no account, booked in under a minute.
- Real times, not requests: slots come from the live diary's actual gaps
- Nothing to download and no password to invent
- Confirmation lands by email, with add-to-calendar and a link to move it
Businesses using FullDiary
Built for people who are busy running a business.
"FullDiary makes managing bookings simple, organised and completely stress-free."
"Finally, a booking system that doesn't feel complicated. I set everything up in 5 minutes and my clients were booking straight away."
"Our customers love booking online, and we love the simplicity."
Switching is simple
Already using a booking system?
Switch in a few minutes.
Bring your customers with you, answer six quick questions and share your new link. No retyping, no starting again.
Bring your customers
Export your list from your old system and drop it in. We match up the columns and show you before anything imports.
clients.csv
312 customers
- Client nameName
- MobilePhone
- EmailEmail
Works with exports from Fresha, Booksy and spreadsheets.
Set up your page
Six quick questions: what you do, your hours, your services and prices, then go live and make it look like yours.
- Skin fade30 min£22
- Kids cut20 min£14
- Beard trim15 min£10
- + Add a service
Start taking bookings
Share your link on Google, Instagram and WhatsApp, and customers start booking themselves in.
Free to start, no card required.
Why FullDiary
Your business. Your customers. Your money.
No commission.
Keep what you earn. FullDiary doesn't take a percentage of your bookings.
No marketplace.
Customers book directly with your business.
Your customers stay yours.
No competing businesses or marketplace listings getting in the way.
Simple pricing.
One simple monthly price. No surprise booking fees.
Simple pricing
Start free. Upgrade when you need to.
No commission. No contracts. No surprise booking fees.
An independent instructor starts free and moves to Pro when the book passes 20 lessons a month. Pro is 9.99 GBP a month a person, never more than 39.99 GBP, and adds blocks of lessons paid up front and every instructor in a school, each with their own login.
Free
£0 forever
20 bookings a month
- Booking page
- Live diary
- QR card
- Reminders
- Messages
- Forms
- Customer import
Pro
£9.99 a person, a month
Never more than £39.99 a month, however big the team
Everything, for you and your whole team.
- Unlimited bookings and stores
- As many people as you need, each with their own login
- 50 text reminders a month for each person
- Packages, discount codes, gift vouchers, gallery and social links
- Unlimited invoices and quotes, card payments and QuoteChaser
- Send with your own branding
- Priority support
Every plan starts free. No card required. No commission on any booking, ever. See the full comparison
FAQs
Questions from driving instructors, answered straight
What it costs, what your pupils see, and how FullDiary fits the way driving instructors actually work.
Something else on your mind? Ask a human.
Does it collect the pickup address when they book?
Yes. The instructor setup turns on 'ask for the customer's address' and the booking form requires it. The address shows on the lesson, in the confirmation emails and in the calendar entry, with a maps link on the diary card, so your route plans itself the night before.
Can I charge for pickups further away?
Yes, on Pro. Under Your car, Booking rules, switch on Charge for travel, set your own price per mile and how many miles are free, and pupils close by pay nothing. Anyone further out sees the charge on the booking page before they book, worked out from the real driving distance from where you set off to their pickup address.
Can parents book for their teenager?
Yes. Your booking page is a link anyone can use. A parent books with their own email and gets the confirmation and reminders, so the person paying stays in the loop.
Can I sell a block of ten lessons?
Yes, on Pro. A package is a set of lessons paid up front, sold on your booking page through your own Stripe or at the kerb from the pupil's profile. Each lesson they book comes off it automatically, and their own page shows how many are left.
Can pupils see their progress?
Yes. After each lesson, fill in the skills covered and test readiness from the diary card. With sharing on, the pupil sees every lesson's record on their own page, so the parent paying can see the progress too.
Can I take a deposit for new pupils?
Yes. Set a deposit on any lesson type and the slot is confirmed when it is paid, through your own Stripe account. Many instructors protect first lessons this way and leave regulars deposit-free.
Is it really free to start?
Yes, and it is not a trial. Twenty bookings a month, with the booking page, the live diary and the QR card included, for as long as you like. No card, nothing expires, and there is never commission on bookings. Pro is 9.99 GBP a month a person, never more than 39.99 GBP, when you outgrow it.
Do my pupils need an app?
No. Your booking page is a link. It opens in their browser, they pick a service and a time, and the confirmation lands by email with an add-to-calendar file. Nothing to install on either side, and no password for anyone to forget.