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Renttix for party and inflatables hire businesses

Booking and rental management for inflatables, soft play and garden games operators of every size.

Party and inflatables hire earns most of its money on about sixty days a year. Saturday morning is a run of drops across a town, Sunday evening is the same run in reverse, and the bookings arrive by phone, by WhatsApp and through a form on your website. Every unit needs its PIPA or RPII inspection date on file, its blower and anchor kit counted out with it, and a wash-down before it goes anywhere else. Software earns its keep at the pinch points: taking bookings without double-hiring a castle, sequencing the weekend run, holding deposits, and keeping the safety record for each unit in one place.

Equipment categories we support

  • Bouncy castles
  • Disco domes
  • Inflatable slides
  • Assault courses
  • Soft play sets
  • Ball pits
  • Bungee run and rodeo rides
  • Garden games
  • Gazebos and party tents
  • Candyfloss and popcorn machines
  • Chocolate fountains
  • Blowers and anchor kits

Common challenges in party and inflatables hire

  1. Weekend and seasonal peaks

    A quiet Tuesday, then forty jobs on the Saturday of a bank holiday weekend. Bookings, date changes and deposits all arrive at once, and the risk of promising the same castle twice rises with every call.

  2. Delivery and collection routing

    Bulky units have to reach the right gardens by mid-morning and be collected the same evening or the next day. Get the order of the run wrong and the last customer is waiting until dark.

  3. Safety and cleaning compliance

    PIPA or RPII inspection dates, test records and wash-downs have to be kept for every unit, and anything that fails or is overdue must come off the calendar before it can be booked again.

  4. Enquiries on every channel

    Bookings come by phone, WhatsApp, social messages and a website form. Without one place to land them, a deposit gets missed, a date is confirmed twice, or an enquiry sits unanswered until the customer books elsewhere.

  5. Deposits, balances and cancellations

    Domestic customers pay a deposit now and the balance on the day, and then it rains. Knowing what has been taken, what is outstanding and what has to be refunded or credited is easy to lose track of.

  6. Ancillaries that go missing

    Blowers, extension leads, RCDs, anchor pegs and ground sheets travel with every unit, and they are the things that quietly disappear. Replacing them again and again is a real cost that rarely shows up anywhere.

How Renttix helps

  1. Real-time booking calendar

    See what is genuinely free for the exact dates being asked about. Availability counts what is already committed, so a castle promised for Saturday cannot be promised again, and changes update the picture straight away.

  2. Delivery and collection planning

    Plan the weekend from the dispatch board. Group drops and collections by day and route, give drivers the address, site contact and setup notes, and send the customer an ETA message with a tracking link.

  3. Inspection and cleaning records

    Record inspections against each unit using your own inspection types — PIPA, RPII or internal checks — and work from a due list. A failed unit can be placed on a compliance hold, which removes it from availability.

  4. Deposits and payment links

    Set a deposit as a percentage or a fixed amount on the booking, send a secure payment link, and see paid and outstanding against each job. Where Airwallex is your payment provider, a refundable security deposit can be held on the card and then captured or released once the unit is back.

  5. Bookings from your own website

    Embed the reservation widget in the site you already have, or use the hosted store with coupons and online deposits. Requests land in an approval queue, so you confirm availability and price before anything is promised.

  6. Kits so nothing is left behind

    Define what a complete unit is — blower, anchor kit, leads, ground sheet — as a kit against the product, and attach the physical items to the parent asset so they travel with it in the custody record. At return inspection the kit is checked against that definition, so a missing lead is flagged on the spot rather than at the next hire.

Follow one hire

The same lifecycle for party and inflatables hire businesses

One example. Renttix runs the same lifecycle for event, AV, party, furniture, vehicle, tool and equipment rental.

Hire recordSample

R-2417

Step 5 of 9 · Deliver

  1. Quote
  2. Book
  3. Sign & pay
  4. Prepare
  5. Deliver
  6. On hire
  7. Return
  8. Inspect
  9. Invoice
  1. DriverLeft the depot: On route
  2. CustomerArrival-time text sent to the site contact
  3. DriverDelivered: signature and 4 photos

See this stage in the walkthroughSee this screen in the live demo

Key workflows

  • Enquiry taken

    However it arrives — phone, message or the website widget — the enquiry becomes a quote or a booking against real availability, with the customer, address and date held in one record rather than a notebook.

  • Booking confirmed and deposit paid

    Convert it to an order, take the deposit through a payment link and send the confirmation. The hire agreement can go out for electronic signature so the terms are agreed before the van is loaded.

  • The weekend run planned

    Saturday's jobs are grouped into routes on the dispatch board, sequenced across the area, and checked against what each van can carry by weight and volume. Repeat jobs can generate themselves on a schedule.

  • Delivery, setup and handover

    The driver works the day list with the address, site contact and setup notes, captures a signature on delivery and marks the job complete. The customer already has an ETA message and a tracking link.

  • Collection, wash-down and invoice

    The unit is collected and checked in. Anything damaged is raised as a damage report with photos, and the balance is invoiced with the deposit already accounted for.

Relevant integrations

  • Stripe

    Send a secure Stripe link for the booking deposit or the balance, so a customer can pay by card without ringing back with their details. The job is marked paid only once Stripe confirms the payment, and the closing invoice goes out with its own link when the hire is off-hired.

  • WhatsApp

    Send delivery notifications and collection reminders on the channel party customers actually reply to, using templates that fill in the booking reference, date and time slot.

  • Twilio

    Text the customer the moment the driver sets off, with an estimated arrival time and a live tracking link, then again when the drop is done with the signature and photos as proof. Fewer Saturday morning calls asking where the van has got to.

  • Google Maps

    Address autocomplete and geocoding as the booking is taken, so a garden address is captured cleanly the first time and lands on the dispatch board with real coordinates. Route auto-assignment works from those coordinates rather than a postcode someone typed wrong.

  • WooCommerce

    Connect the WordPress site most party hire businesses already run, so online bookings flow into Renttix for availability, dispatch and invoicing.

  • Xero

    Send invoices and credit notes to Xero, so a season of small jobs reaches your accounts without an evening of typing at the kitchen table.

Frequently asked questions

Can Renttix stop me double-booking inflatables on busy weekends?

Yes. Renttix checks availability for the exact dates being asked about, so as bookings come in you can see what is genuinely free. Confirmations, date changes and cancellations update availability straight away, and units in maintenance, marked damaged or under a hold are excluded, so the same bouncy castle cannot be promised to two customers on one weekend.

Does Renttix help plan delivery and collection routes?

It does. The dispatch board groups jobs by day and route, so the weekend is planned as a run rather than a list. Drivers see their stops with addresses, site contacts and setup notes, and vehicle weight and volume limits are respected when the day is loaded. Collections are planned as their own stops.

Can Renttix keep PIPA or RPII inspection records?

Yes. You can define your own inspection types — PIPA, RPII or internal checks — record an inspection against each unit with its date and outcome, and work from a due list of what is coming up or overdue. If something fails, a compliance hold removes it from availability until it is released.

Does Renttix handle deposits and online booking enquiries?

Yes. A deposit can be a percentage or a fixed amount on the booking, paid through a secure link, with paid and outstanding amounts visible against the job. Enquiries from the website widget arrive in an approval queue with the customer's details and dates, so nothing is lost in a busy inbox during peak season.

Can customers book directly from my own website?

In two ways. The reservation widget embeds in your existing site and sends requests into an approval queue, so you confirm availability and price before anything is promised. Or use the hosted storefront, which runs from your live catalogue with customer accounts, coupons and online deposits, and no second product list to keep updated.

What happens when a customer cancels because of the weather?

Renttix will not predict the weather, but it keeps the money side clear. Deposits show as taken or outstanding against the booking, refunds can be issued through the payment provider, and a credit note can be raised and tracked if an invoice has already gone out. The freed dates go back into availability for someone else.

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