Room Booking Software

gary234 · 12-12-2007, 04:41 PM

Hi All

I've been asked to look into a solution for booking rooms/resources online!

The key features I’m looking for are:

1.) for all external bookings, and email/notifications sent to the finance dept.

2.) Easy to use

3.) Accessible to all staff users on the network

4.) Produced meaningful stats on useage for internal/external bookings

5.) Integration with outlook/exchange would be advantageous but not a necessity!

Does anyone use a system like this or know of one available??

Thanks for any help in advance!!

Gary

iatkinson · 12-12-2007, 04:45 PM

http://mrbs.sourceforge.net/

This is what we use for room and resource booking. Staff seem to get on with it fairly well.

gary234 · 12-12-2007, 04:49 PM

Hi Thanks for the reply.

Does MRBS have the email notification facility??

Thanks

SpuffMonkey · 12-12-2007, 04:49 PM

We've just got this one

http://www.fasttrackroombooking.com/FTRBFeatures.asp

As it does invoicing for external bookings and has a nice easy to see front page.

iatkinson · 12-12-2007, 04:51 PM

I didn't set it up, one of my colleagues did. It's set to e-mail me when equipment is booked but not when rooms are so the facility is there.

john316 · 13-12-2007, 04:05 PM

http://folders.devizes.wilts.sch.uk/...tem3/index.asp

Fabulous Room Booking Software - all runs over the network, easy to set up and easy for staff to use. Ticks all of the boxes for us.

DaveSmith · 28-12-2007, 09:14 PM

I would have to echo iatkinson's recommandation for mrbs. Although the vanilla version is perfectly fine and has such features including AD auth, email notification (which we use - and very easy to setup), I have made several tweaks to it such as restricted to only 2 week booking etc; with a little php knowledge the whole software can be made to do a very good job, although this of course certainly isn't necessary and can run fine from an install from vanilla.

Stats is done via report queries for searching for bookings by username, time, date etc. Multiple locations can be set up and each location can have a separate email setup (so for our ICT rooms, when someone books, an email is sent to the teacher whos room it is).

FN-GM · 28-12-2007, 09:51 PM

Webman has a good PHP program he developed. Just need him to come over and tell us about it.

z

Edu-IT · 28-12-2007, 10:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FN-Greatermanchester

Webman has a good PHP program he developed. Just need him to come over and tell us about it.

z

I think I am right in saying that this is the site for the system he has developed.

http://classroombookings.com/

FN-GM · 28-12-2007, 10:30 PM

Thats the one

matt40k · 23-10-2008, 11:05 AM

Room booking

'nough said.

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12-12-2007, 04:41 PM	#1
gary234 Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Rep Power: 0	Room Booking Software Hi All I've been asked to look into a solution for booking rooms/resources online! The key features I’m looking for are: 1.) for all external bookings, and email/notifications sent to the finance dept. 2.) Easy to use 3.) Accessible to all staff users on the network 4.) Produced meaningful stats on useage for internal/external bookings 5.) Integration with outlook/exchange would be advantageous but not a necessity! Does anyone use a system like this or know of one available?? Thanks for any help in advance!! Gary

12-12-2007, 04:45 PM	#2
iatkinson Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Blackburn Posts: 135 Thanks: 5 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts Rep Power: 5	Re: Room Booking Software http://mrbs.sourceforge.net/ This is what we use for room and resource booking. Staff seem to get on with it fairly well.

12-12-2007, 04:49 PM	#3
gary234 Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Rep Power: 0	Re: Room Booking Software Hi Thanks for the reply. Does MRBS have the email notification facility?? Thanks

12-12-2007, 04:49 PM	#4
SpuffMonkey Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 947 Thanks: 7 Thanked 20 Times in 17 Posts Rep Power: 14	Re: Room Booking Software We've just got this one http://www.fasttrackroombooking.com/FTRBFeatures.asp As it does invoicing for external bookings and has a nice easy to see front page.

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12-12-2007, 04:51 PM	#5
iatkinson Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Blackburn Posts: 135 Thanks: 5 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts Rep Power: 5	Re: Room Booking Software I didn't set it up, one of my colleagues did. It's set to e-mail me when equipment is booked but not when rooms are so the facility is there.

13-12-2007, 04:05 PM	#6
john316 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Liverpool, UK Posts: 7 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Rep Power: 0	Re: Room Booking Software http://folders.devizes.wilts.sch.uk/...tem3/index.asp Fabulous Room Booking Software - all runs over the network, easy to set up and easy for staff to use. Ticks all of the boxes for us.

28-12-2007, 09:14 PM	#7
DaveSmith Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Liverpool, England Posts: 187 Thanks: 10 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts Rep Power: 4	Re: Room Booking Software I would have to echo iatkinson's recommandation for mrbs. Although the vanilla version is perfectly fine and has such features including AD auth, email notification (which we use - and very easy to setup), I have made several tweaks to it such as restricted to only 2 week booking etc; with a little php knowledge the whole software can be made to do a very good job, although this of course certainly isn't necessary and can run fine from an install from vanilla. Stats is done via report queries for searching for bookings by username, time, date etc. Multiple locations can be set up and each location can have a separate email setup (so for our ICT rooms, when someone books, an email is sent to the teacher whos room it is).

28-12-2007, 09:51 PM	#8
FN-GM Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Rochdale, Lancashire Posts: 5,122 Thanks: 168 Thanked 178 Times in 172 Posts Rep Power: 43	Re: Room Booking Software Webman has a good PHP program he developed. Just need him to come over and tell us about it. z

28-12-2007, 10:30 PM	#10
FN-GM Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Rochdale, Lancashire Posts: 5,122 Thanks: 168 Thanked 178 Times in 172 Posts Rep Power: 43	Re: Room Booking Software Thats the one

23-10-2008, 11:05 AM	#11
matt40k Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ipswich Posts: 535 Thanks: 12 Thanked 33 Times in 28 Posts Rep Power: 8	Room booking 'nough said.

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