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.
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.
Everything Tutors need. Nothing they don't.
Scheduling features shaped around how your practice works.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
See the difference
Same profession. Completely different scheduling experience.
Without Tymeslot
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Common scheduling scenarios
How other Tutors use Tymeslot every day.
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.
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.
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.
How much time could you save?
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200
minutes saved per week
173.3
hours saved per year
€7799
annual value of saved time
Which calendars and video apps do tutors use with Tymeslot?
Connects to the tools you already use. No extra setup.
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
€9 / month
- Everything in Free
- White-label branding
- Custom domain
- Remove Tymeslot branding from booking pages
- Support independent development
See Tymeslot in action
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"Exam season used to mean a week of non-stop WhatsApp messages. Now parents book slots themselves and I just show up and teach."
James K.
Maths & Science Tutor, London
Frequently Asked Questions
Can parents book on behalf of their children?
Does Tymeslot support recurring weekly lessons?
Is Tymeslot free for tutors?
Can I self-host Tymeslot to keep student data private?
Does Tymeslot integrate with Google Calendar and Outlook?
Can parents pay term fees or lesson packs through Tymeslot at booking?
Can I switch from Calendly to Tymeslot?
Can parents or students pay for the lesson when they book?
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