Fahrstundenplaner

Driving schools in Germany lose time to the back and forth of booking lessons by phone. Fahrstundenplaner is an online system that moves that booking to the students: the owner defines working hours once, registers the learners, and they pick free slots themselves. The vendor says an instructor can save up to two hours of working time a week this way, and that two extra lessons a week bring more revenue and get learners through training sooner.

A calendar for every instructor and every car

Each instructor has a personal calendar that students can book into, while the office manages all of them from one place. A separate vehicle calendar shows which car is out, with whom and when, which makes it easier to follow the movements of the fleet. Theory classes are handled in the same system, and bookings work on a PC, tablet or smartphone, around the clock and from any location.

Fewer cancellations and fuller diaries

The system can promote free appointments to students, either automatically or by hand, to raise instructor utilisation. Individual booking and cancellation deadlines let a school control when lessons can be taken or cancelled, and the vendor says schools using the tool see fewer appointments lost. Frequently asked questions on the site address points such as whether a student can book every free slot, whether students can see other people's appointments, and whether the school must confirm each booking.

Certificates, prices and invoices

Information entered in the planner is carried onto training certificates and records, which can be exported as PDF files for saving or printing. Price lists, payments and invoices are also managed: a service can be created automatically for each lesson, and an invoice for a student is then produced with one click.

Packages for larger schools

The vendor offers packages in tiers. A theory package covers classroom teaching, and a higher tier adds management of branches and classrooms and seat limits that help schools follow distancing rules. A free thirty day trial is offered.

Fahrstundenplaner is online scheduling software for driving schools. Students book their own lessons and theory courses in the time slots that instructors have opened, and the owner only needs to set working hours and register students once.

What Fahrstundenplaner offers

• Instructor calendars: a personal calendar for each instructor, which the office can manage from one place.
• Vehicle calendar: shows which vehicle is in use, by whom and when.
• Booking and cancellation rules: sets deadlines for when appointments can be booked or cancelled.
• Filling free slots: offers open appointments to students automatically or by hand.
• Certificates: creates training certificates from stored data as printable PDFs.

Who it serves

Driving school owners, instructors and learner drivers, who can book from a PC, tablet or smartphone at any time.

Key facts

• Time saved: up to 2 hours of working time per week for an instructor, per the site
• Booking access: any device, around the clock