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Equipment rental in Badgie: inventory, counter, reservations and returns

How a ski school (or a surf, sailing or bike school) runs its rental equipment in Badgie: inventory with availability, counter rentals, reservations for the first course day, deposits, returns and QR labels.

6 min readBeginnerUpdated October 2, 2026

Equipment rental in Badgie: inventory, counter, reservations and returns

Quick answer

Badgie's Rental module handles the equipment a school lends or rents out: an inventory by item and quantity showing what is out and what is free, counter rentals or reservations for a date, payment with a deposit, returns with a damage charge and a QR label per item to scan. Payments go through Finance and a rental can be assigned to a student or to a walk-in customer.

In this guide
  1. Where to find it
  2. The inventory
  3. Renting at the counter
  4. Rentals in progress and returns
  5. Reservations for the first course day
  6. QR labels and scanner
  7. What the family sees
  8. By sport
  9. With the AI agent
  10. Frequently asked questions

Where to find it

  • SALES & RENTAL › Rental, with three tabs: Inventory, Rentals and Reservations, plus the Scan screen.
  • The Rental button on the home dashboard opens a new rental from anywhere.
  • Switch it on in MANAGEMENT › Modules with the Equipment Rental toggle; until then it does not appear in the menu.

The inventory

Each item is created once with its quantity: «Junior skis 110–140 cm ×18», not ski by ski. Badgie works out how many are out and how many are free from the rentals in progress.

Ski school rental inventory in Badgie
Rental › Inventory: price per day and half day, deposit, stock, out and free for each item.
  1. Click New item: name, sport, category (skis, boots, boards, helmets…), size, day and half-day rate, deposit and total stock. The photo is optional.
  2. Tick Apply VAT if the price includes tax.
  3. Filter by Sport or Status and sort by any column to see what is missing before the weekend.
New rental item form
New item: day and half-day rate, deposit and stock.
Rental inventory on mobile
The inventory on a phone, at the counter.

Renting at the counter

  1. Click New rental and choose Counter (taken now) or Reservation (another date).
  2. Customer: a school Student (search) or a New customer without a profile, with name, phone and email.
  3. Period: By days or Half day, with pick-up and return date and time.
  4. Equipment: add items and quantities; Badgie warns you if there are no free units for those dates.
  5. Payment: Charge now (with the payment method), Payment link (online) or Leave pending. The rental total and deposit are shown at the bottom.
New counter rental form
New rental: counter or reservation, customer, period, equipment and payment (screenshot not submitted).

Rentals in progress and returns

Rentals lists what is still out, with pick-up, due date and payment status. Overdue rentals are shown in red and counted at the top.

List of rentals in progress with one overdue
Rentals: the race team's equipment out until 12 October and an overdue rental in red.
  1. Click Return on the row.
  2. Register return shows the deposit held; if something comes back damaged, enter the Damage charge (€) and Badgie works out the refund.
  3. Confirm return frees the units in the inventory.
Dialog to register a return with deposit and damage charge
Register return: deposit held, damage charge and refund (not confirmed).

Reservations for the first course day

Reservations holds the equipment set aside for a date: for example, the gear for the students of the first course Saturday. On the day, Deliver turns the reservation into a rental.

Equipment reservations for the first course weekend
Reservations: skis, boots, poles and helmet for the students of 5 and 6 December.

QR labels and scanner

Each item has its QR code. Print labels produces the stickers for the equipment and Scan reads them with a barcode scanner or the phone camera (Use camera) to rent, check or return without searching by hand.

Rental equipment scan screen
Scan: paste the code or use the camera to find the item.

What the family sees

If the rental is charged with a payment link, the family receives the link to pay. The rental is linked to the student's profile when a school student is chosen, and its receipt appears in Finance like any other payment.

By sport

  • Ski and snowboard: skis by length, boots by size, poles, helmets, goggles and boards; half days for the little ones in the snow garden.
  • Surf, sailing and kitesurf: boards, wetsuits, sails and kites, with a deposit per unit.
  • Bikes or padel: the same quantity-based inventory works for bikes, rackets or any equipment.

With the AI agent

  • «How many junior skis are free on 5 December?» — the agent works out availability for the period (get_rental_inventory).
  • «How much rental revenue this season?» — rental income and its payment status (get_rental_revenue).

Frequently asked questions

Do I have to add every ski separately?

No. The inventory is by item and quantity; Badgie counts what is out from the rentals.

Can I rent to someone who is not a student?

Yes, with New customer: name, phone and email, without creating a profile.

How is the deposit handled?

Each item carries a suggested deposit; on return, damage is deducted and the refund is recorded.

Can I reserve equipment for a future date?

Yes, in Reservation mode; Badgie checks there are free units for those dates.