For Tutors

Tutor Booking Software — No More Back-and-Forth

The online tutor scheduler that lets parents and students book lessons 24/7 — without the back-and-forth messages and missed slots.

Recurring weekly slots
Timezone-aware lessons
Parent self-booking
Luka Breitig, Software Engineer & AI Developer
Luka Breitig

Updated June 30, 2026

The Problem

Why do tutors lose students to scheduling friction?

A parent messages on Monday to confirm Tuesday's lesson, a student wants the same slot, and you are retyping the same Tuesday 4pm three times a week to keep one weekly lesson on the books. Add exam season and the messages double. Tymeslot turns that into one link: parents or students pick a slot from your live availability, get a confirmation with the video link, and receive reminders automatically. You stop confirming and start teaching.

Why tutor scheduling breaks generic booking tools

Calendly, Acuity, and Superprof's in-platform scheduler were built for one-off appointments or high-volume marketplace bookings. Neither shape fits independent tutoring. They handle a single ad-hoc slot fine, but they ignore the things that define a tutor's week: a weekly slot that needs to hold for a whole term, a parent booking on behalf of a child, an exam-season surge that blows past your normal capacity, and an international student whose timezone shifts twice a year for DST.

The gap costs income. A tutor who can't book recurring lessons cleanly ends up dropping and rebooking them every week, which means missed slots and students drifting away. An exam-season surge with no cap means a calendar that overfills and then empties just as fast. Most of these tools also don't take payment at booking, so term fees and lesson packs stay manual. Tymeslot covers all of it: recurring weekly slots, parent-on-behalf-of-student booking, weekly caps for exam season, automatic timezone conversion, and the option to take a deposit or full term payment by Stripe before lessons start.

Features

Everything Tutors need. Nothing they don't.

Scheduling features shaped around how your practice works.

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Parent & Student Self-Booking

Parents can book on behalf of their children, or students can book directly — each sees only your available slots, preventing double-bookings automatically.

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Recurring Weekly Lessons

Students lock in the same slot each week with a single booking action. You see the whole term at a glance without manual re-entry.

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Timezone-Aware Scheduling

Online tutors with students in different countries: each person books in their own timezone, you see every lesson in yours. DST handled automatically.

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Auto Video Room Links

Google Meet or MiroTalk links generated automatically with every booking — no copying links into separate emails before each session.

Booking Caps & Advance Limits

Set a maximum number of bookings per week to manage exam-season surges, and define how far ahead students can schedule to keep your calendar predictable.

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Term Fees and Lesson Packs at Booking

Take term fees or lesson-pack payments via Stripe at booking. Parents pay once for a block of lessons, students book individual sessions against it, and the commitment is settled before the first lesson.

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Get Paid Before the Lesson

Connect Stripe and charge for lessons at booking. Cards, Apple Pay, and Google Pay all work. There is no end-of-month invoice to chase, a no-show has already paid, and payouts go straight to your bank.

Before & After

See the difference

Same profession. Completely different scheduling experience.

Without Tymeslot

1 Parent messages asking about available slots
2 Back-and-forth to agree a time and day
3 Manually send video link and reminder before each lesson

With Tymeslot

1 Parent opens your booking page
2 Picks a recurring weekly slot from live availability
3 Gets confirmation with video link and automatic reminders
Use Cases

Common scheduling scenarios

How other Tutors use Tymeslot every day.

Scenario 1

How do tutors manage recurring weekly lessons without the admin overhead?

Most tutoring relationships run on a fixed weekly schedule, but setting those up manually — and updating them when terms change — eats into preparation time.

  • Create a recurring lesson event type with your preferred durations (50 min, 60 min) and set a booking horizon matching the school term.
  • Share your booking link with the student or parent; they pick their preferred weekly slot and confirm.
  • Tymeslot schedules all recurring instances automatically and sends a reminder before each one.
  • When a lesson needs rescheduling, the student cancels their slot and re-books — no messages needed.
Result: A full term of lessons scheduled in minutes, with zero follow-up admin.
Scenario 2

How do tutors handle the exam-season booking surge?

As GCSE, A-level, or IB exams approach, demand spikes sharply. Without controls, tutors become overbooked and burn out.

  • Set a weekly booking cap on your intensive exam-prep event type to limit the number of new students you take on.
  • Define minimum advance notice so students cannot book a session for the next morning.
  • Existing recurring students keep their slots; new students join a waitlist or book into remaining capacity.
  • After exams, remove the cap and return to standard availability — all in one settings change.
Result: Controlled, sustainable demand through the busiest weeks of the tutoring year.
Scenario 3

How do tutors serving international students handle timezone differences?

Online tutors often work with students in different countries. Scheduling across timezones manually leads to missed lessons and confused parents.

  • Tymeslot detects each visitor's timezone automatically when they open your booking page.
  • The availability grid displays your slots converted to the student's local time — no mental arithmetic required.
  • The confirmation email shows the lesson time in both the student's timezone and yours.
  • DST changes are adjusted automatically, so a 4 pm lesson in London always appears as 5 pm in Paris — even as clocks change.
Result: No more missed lessons due to timezone confusion, regardless of where your students are.
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Integrations

Which calendars and video apps do tutors use with Tymeslot?

Connects to the tools you already use. No extra setup.

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Google Calendar
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Outlook
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Google Meet
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Zoom
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CalDAV
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Nextcloud
Pricing

Start free, upgrade when you're ready

Core scheduling is always free. No credit card required.

Free

€0 / month

  • Unlimited bookings
  • Calendar sync (Google, Outlook, CalDAV)
  • Auto video rooms (Meet, Teams, Zoom, MiroTalk)
  • Booking page at tymeslot.app/you
  • Email reminders & notifications
  • Intake forms & custom questions
Pro

Pro

€9 / month

  • Everything in Free
  • White-label branding
  • Custom domain
  • Remove Tymeslot branding from booking pages
  • Support independent development
Booking Themes

See Tymeslot in action

Try both booking themes live - no account needed.

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Quill

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Rhythm

Immersive Experience

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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Can parents book on behalf of their children?
Yes — your booking page is open to anyone with the link. Parents fill in the student's name and their own contact details, and the confirmation goes to the email address they provide.
Does Tymeslot support recurring weekly lessons?
Yes. You can configure an event type for recurring bookings, and students can lock in the same weekly slot for the whole term in a single booking.
Is Tymeslot free for tutors?
The free plan covers all core scheduling features. Pro (€9/month) adds white-label branding, custom domains, and advanced integrations — useful if you want the booking page to match your tutoring brand.
Can I self-host Tymeslot to keep student data private?
Yes — Tymeslot is open-source and can be self-hosted on Docker, Cloudron, or Railway. You own the server and the data, which is particularly important when working with minors.
Can parents pay term fees or lesson packs through Tymeslot at booking?
Yes — each event type can require payment at booking, powered by Stripe. For a term of weekly lessons, set the term fee so parents pay once for the whole block. For lesson packs (e.g. 10 sessions), require the pack price at booking and let the student book individual lessons against it. Refund policies and cancellation windows are configurable per event type — a 24-hour cancellation rule can release a single lesson fee while shorter notice forfeits it, which is particularly useful for exam-season urgency bookings where last-minute cancellations are common.
Can parents or students pay for the lesson when they book?
Yes — connect your Stripe account from the dashboard in one click and turn any lesson type into a paid booking with a fixed price. Stripe Checkout takes payment (card, Apple Pay, or Google Pay) before the slot is confirmed, so cancellations and no-shows are already paid. Refunds and cancel-with-refund are one click from the dashboard.

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