Rentals in Sparkforge: Setup Overview

Rentals is the Sparkforge scheduling and booking system for businesses that rent out assets — properties, vehicles, equipment, anything bookable. Use it to manage availability, inventory, pricing, and multi-day bookings in one place.

What Rentals does

• Multi-day bookings — book assets across hours, days, weeks, or months with flexible duration controls.
• Listings and categories — create rental items with details, organized categories, and status management.
• Inventory and variants — track quantity for multiple units and define variants for different versions of the same listing.
• Advanced pricing and discounts — pricing rules for seasons, days of week, hour of day, durations, or quantities. Auto-apply discounts for long-term or bulk bookings.
• Calendar view — visual filterable calendar with day, week, and month views. Spot overlaps, blocked slots, and real-time availability.
• External calendar sync — sync availability with third-party platforms.
• Global settings — control hours, booking defaults, payments, and templates from one place.
• Built-in payments and invoicing — collect during booking, auto-generate invoices, configure security deposits.
• Customer booking page — public-facing page that shows listings, categories, pricing, and live availability.

Set up Rentals

If the Rentals tab is missing in Calendar settings, enable it via the public beta opt-in.

Step 1: Open Rentals

Go to Calendars → Calendar Settings → Rentals.

Step 2: Create your first listing

1. Click + New Listing.
2. Set name, description, price, and availability.
3. Use Advanced Settings for inventory, variants, pricing, and booking rules.

Step 3: Configure global settings

Go to Rentals → Global Settings to set business hours, notification templates, payment methods, and security deposit behavior.

Step 4: Test a booking

Create a test booking from Calendar View or the Appointments tab. Verify configuration, pricing, and notifications before publishing the booking page.