Outdoor yoga class at Lisvane and Llanishen Reservoirs with an eola membership card showing an Adult monthly plan with a 6-month minimum term

Keep January members with you into the spring. Add a minimum term and a notice period to rolling memberships, shown clearly before members buy.

Memberships with a minimum term and notice period

Rolling memberships can now have a minimum term and a notice period, so the members who join in January stay with you into the spring.

New: keep members longer with a minimum term and notice period

Group paddleboarding session at Big Green Adventures with an eola new booking card and a 2% + VAT booking fee label

eola’s booking fee is now 2% + VAT per booking. Why we did it: to back the activity industry, and how our growing marketplace makes it possible.

Why we’ve cut our booking fee to 2%

We’ve cut our booking fee to 2% + VAT per booking. Here’s why: we want the activity industry to thrive, and our growing marketplace makes it possible.

Group paddleboarding at Ardingly Reservoir with an eola booking fee of 2% + VAT

From 2 November, eola’s booking fee drops from 5% + VAT to 2% + VAT per booking: our lowest ever, and one of the lowest booking fees in the UK.

eola’s booking fee is now 2% + VAT per booking

Big news: from Monday 2 November, eola’s booking fee drops from 5% + VAT to 2% + VAT per booking, and tools that used to be part of Pro are now included.

Exciting update: We are reducing our prices to 2%

A surfer riding a wave at Crantock with an eola booking for a beginner surf lesson and board availability

How eola runs surf lessons, courses, board and wetsuit hire, waivers and instructors for UK surf schools, with results from Big Green Adventures, Cornwall.

Running a surf school: lessons, hire and waivers | eola

Lessons and courses on one calendar, boards and wetsuits that never double-book, waivers signed before the beach and results from a Cornish surf school. Here’s how eola works for surf schools.

How surf schools run lessons, board hire and waivers

Dinghies sailing on Loch Ryan with Stranraer Watersports and an eola booking for a two-day learn to sail course

How eola runs sailing courses, boat hire, waivers, instructors and club memberships for UK sailing schools and watersports centres.

Running a sailing school: courses, hire and clubs | eola

Multi-day courses on one calendar, boats and kit that never double-book, waivers signed before anyone launches and club members who book themselves. Here’s how eola works for sailing schools.

How sailing schools run courses, boat hire and club memberships

Glamping and camping at Wimbleball Lake with an eola calendar block on two flooded pitches

Close a flooded pitch or a lodge under repair. Block a space in the eola calendar and it stops being bookable, on linked Pitchup pitches too.

Block accommodation spaces from the eola calendar

Close flooded pitches or a lodge under repair for a few nights: block spaces from the calendar’s Accommodation view and they stop being bookable, including on Pitchup if they’re linked.

New: block accommodation spaces from the calendar

Two children laughing on snow tubes, with a £50 credit voucher bought as a gift

How to set up credit and activity vouchers in eola and promote them for Christmas, so customers buy gifts now and book with you next season.

Sell more vouchers this Christmas | eola

Christmas is the busiest time of year for activity vouchers. Here’s how to set them up in eola and get them in front of gift buyers before December.

Sell more vouchers this Christmas

A family canoeing on a lake, with an end of season checklist showing review links on, vouchers on sale and next season’s dates open

Eight things to do in eola before you close for winter: tidy your listings, ask for reviews, keep income coming and open next season early.

End of season checklist for activity businesses

Before you take a breather after the busy season, a few jobs in eola will keep income coming over winter and get next season off to a strong start.

A person abseiling down a waterfall, with an eola AI flag on a questionnaire answer about a medical condition

The AI questionnaire checker reads every completed questionnaire and flags the answers your team should check before the session. Included in eola Pro.

How the AI questionnaire checker works | eola

The AI questionnaire checker reads each completed questionnaire, scores every answer and flags the ones your team should look at before the session.

How the AI questionnaire checker flags answers to review

A group doing yoga outdoors, with a thank-you email asking them to review the business on Google and Tripadvisor

Add your Google, Tripadvisor or Facebook review links in eola and we’ll ask every customer for a review after their visit. Free on every plan.

Review links: ask customers for a review after their visit

Add up to three review links and eola asks every customer for a review in the thank-you email after their visit, with a follow-up two weeks later.

Review links: ask every customer for a review after their visit

Group paddleboarding at Ardingly Activity Centre with an eola session participant list and a Download CSV button

Every session in eola now has a Participants tab: everyone taking part, with the questionnaire answers you choose, to print or download.

Print or download a session’s participant list

Every session now has a Participants tab listing everyone taking part, with the questionnaire answers you pick, ready to print for instructors or download as a spreadsheet.

New: print or download a session’s participant list

Group tubing at Cardiff Ski and Snowboard Centre with eola booking widget times marked Sold out and Nearly full

Full sessions and fully booked activities now stay in your eola booking widget, marked Sold out, with the next day that has space.

Sold-out sessions stay visible in your booking widget

Full sessions and fully booked activities now stay in your booking widget, marked Sold out, so customers see your whole timetable and the next day with space.

New: sold-out sessions stay visible in your booking widget

Boy skiing at Alpine Snowsports Aldershot with an eola membership pass ready to add to a phone wallet

Members can add their pass, and their children’s, to Apple Wallet or Google Wallet, and staff can find any named member or child in search.

Membership wallet passes and member pages

Members can now keep their membership, and their children’s, in Apple Wallet or Google Wallet, and your team can find anyone on a membership in search.

New: wallet passes and clearer membership pages for your members

Children skiing at Torquay Alpine Ski Club with an eola family membership plan

Create a membership, add price plans and benefits, move members to a new price, and see how renewal reminders and member totals work in eola.

How to set up memberships in eola

A step-by-step guide to creating memberships in eola, from price plans and benefits to what members see, renewal reminders and moving members to a new price.

Setting up memberships in eola: plans, benefits and members

Windsurfing at Ardingly Reservoir with a list of new eola features from July to September 2026

Membership discount codes, QR code check-in, single-session capacity, Chat with support and a dashboard noticeboard. Everything we shipped in Q3 2026.

What’s new at eola: July to September 2026

Membership discount codes, QR code check-in at the front desk and a new noticeboard on your dashboard: here’s everything that changed in eola between July and September 2026.

What’s new: membership discount codes, QR check-in and a noticeboard

Archery at Llys-y-Fran with eola questionnaire progress for a session

Complete or update question packs for customers, review one party’s answers, flag answers with AI and make forms quicker for returning customers.

Managing customer questionnaires on eola

Question packs are now easier for customers to finish and for your team to manage, from completing answers on a customer’s behalf to AI checks on every completed questionnaire.

Managing questionnaires and question packs for your customers

Sailing at Llandegfedd Lake with an eola session whose capacity has been changed

Change the capacity of one session, show several resources at once and filter by product type. What’s new in the eola calendar and how to use it.

Single session capacity and calendar filters | eola

Change the capacity of one session without touching the whole activity, filter the calendar by several resources or by product type, and other calendar improvements from 2026.

Change a single session’s capacity and filter your calendar

Group tubing at Norfolk Snowsports Club with an eola QR code check-in confirmation

Scan the QR code in a customer’s booking email with a handheld scanner and they’re checked in straight away. Here’s how it works and how to set it up.

Check customers in with a QR code scanner | eola

Plug a handheld scanner into your front desk computer and check customers in by scanning the QR code in their booking confirmation email.

Check customers in with a QR code scanner

Bike hire at Llyn Brenig with an eola front desk booking showing a member discount and card reader payment

Book walk-ins from your dashboard, see member prices before taking payment, take cash or card reader payments and settle unpaid items at the desk.

Front desk bookings and payments in eola

How to book walk-ins and phone customers from your dashboard, apply member prices, take cash or card payments and clear unpaid items at the desk.

Taking bookings and payments at the front desk with eola

The eola dashboard noticeboard and Chat with support

Get help without leaving your eola dashboard, and see product news and reminders on your new noticeboard. Here’s how both work.

Chat with support and the dashboard noticeboard | eola

Chat with support from the dashboard sidebar, answered straight away by eola’s assistant and handed to our team when needed, plus a noticeboard for product news and reminders.

Chat with support and the noticeboard: help inside your dashboard

Group paddleboarding at Ardingly Reservoir with an eola membership discount code

Create discount codes for memberships: a percentage or fixed amount off the first payment, a set number of months or every payment.

Membership discount codes in eola

Run joining offers and partner deals with discount codes that take money off a membership, and see exactly what each code has cost you.

Membership discount codes: offer money off a membership

Camping at Wimbleball Lake with an eola booking that came in from Pitchup

eola manages your Pitchup listing and syncs bookings both ways, with eola’s emails, waivers and reminders for Pitchup customers.

Pitchup bookings in eola | eola

eola manages your Pitchup listing and links it to your accommodation in eola, so Pitchup bookings appear in your calendar and eola bookings reach Pitchup.

Pitchup bookings in eola: list your stays on Pitchup

Kayaking at Llandegfedd Lake with the eola unpaid items list and a payment link

Edit and resend payment links, see unpaid bookings, store items and charges in one list, and take payment at the front desk by card reader or cash.

Payment links and unpaid items on eola

How to send and resend payment links, keep track of everything customers still owe in the unpaid items list, and take payment when they turn up without paying.

Chasing unpaid bookings with payment links and the unpaid items list

Campsite at Roadford Lake with an eola booking for a bell tent pitch and an offer to add a paddleboard session

Sell pitches, pods and rooms alongside your activities in eola, with one calendar, one widget and one basket for stays and things to do.

Sell stays and activities together with eola

eola now handles accommodation as well as activities, so campsites and centres can sell stays and things to do in one basket and run both from one calendar.

Activities and accommodation in one booking system

Kayaking in Cornwall with a list of new eola features from April to June 2026

Deposits at checkout, payment links you can update, unpaid items you can settle at the desk and a fuller customer record. Everything we shipped in Q2 2026.

What’s new at eola: April to June 2026

Deposits, easier ways to collect unpaid balances and a fuller customer record: here’s everything that changed in eola between April and June 2026.

What’s new: deposits, payment links and a new customer record

Mother and son swimming at Lisvane and Llanishen Reservoirs with an eola customer record

See a customer’s bookings, vouchers, passes, memberships and unpaid items in one place, and add notes your team can search.

The customer record in your eola dashboard

The customer record shows everything a customer has bought from you, what they still owe and your team’s notes, and search now finds what’s in those notes.

The customer record: everything about a customer in one place

eola now connects with Breezy, an AI assistant that handles customer queries and booking requests, so your team spends less time in inboxes.

Exciting new partnership: eola x Breezy

We’re excited to share our latest integration: eola now connects with Breezy — an AI assistant that helps manage day-to-day customer queries and booking requests, so your team can spend less time in inboxes and more time delivering great experiences.

Kayakers at Ardingly Activity Centre with a new eola marketplace booking

The eola marketplace puts your activities in front of new customers. See what it has brought partners like Norfolk Snowsports and Ardingly.

The benefits of the eola marketplace

The eola marketplace puts your activities in front of people looking for things to do who haven’t found you yet. Here’s what it has brought our partners.

White water rafting at Cardiff International White Water with an eola deposit option at checkout

Let customers secure activities and stays with a deposit, then pay the balance before their visit. How it works, reminders, refunds and set-up.

Deposits on eola: take part payments at checkout

Offer deposits on the activities and accommodation you choose. Customers pay part of the price to secure their booking, and we remind them to pay the balance before their visit.

Deposits: let customers secure a booking with a part payment

Three skiers in colourful ski suits heading down a snowy piste with mountains behind

How eola runs lessons, tubing, kit, instructors and members for UK ski schools, dry slopes and snowsports centres, with results from Norfolk and Alpine.

Running a dry slope: lessons, tubing and members | eola

Lessons, tubing and kit on one calendar, waivers signed before the slope, members who book themselves, and results from Norfolk Snowsports and Alpine. Here’s how eola works for ski schools, dry slopes and snowsports centres.

Dry slope bookings: lessons, tubing and memberships

Norfolk Snowsports Club using eola for their online bookings

Discover how Norfolk Snowsports Club streamlined operations, improved customer experience, and generated £36,000 in new revenue after switching to eola.

How Norfolk Snowsports grew revenue with eola

Norfolk Snowsports Club transformed the way they operate after switching to eola, reducing admin, improving the customer experience and bringing in £36,000 in new revenue through the marketplace. By moving away from a legacy system, the team gave staff more control, simplified memberships and created new opportunities for growth.

How Norfolk Snowsports improved their operations and increased revenue with eola

We’ve made memberships more flexible for you to manage and easier for your customers to use. Meet Members, now live for all outlets.

Our biggest update yet for Memberships

Children donutting at Alpine Snowsports Aldershot with a list of new eola features from January to March 2026

Named members and individual logins for memberships, minimum nights for accommodation and new calendar filters. Everything we shipped in Q1 2026.

What’s new at eola: January to March 2026

Named members with their own logins, minimum nights for stays and new calendar filters: here’s everything that changed in eola between January and March 2026.

What’s new: named members, minimum nights and new calendar filters

Between monthly subscription fees, transaction charges, and payment processing fees, the numbers can get confusing quickly.

Booking platform fees: what you need to know

In the world of online booking platforms, "What's the cost?" isn't always a straightforward question. Between monthly subscription fees, transaction charges, and payment processing fees, the numbers can get confusing quickly. In this blog post, we aim to demystify the labyrinth of booking system fees so you can make an informed decision for your business.

Booking platform fees: What you need to know

A new exciting chapter here at eola, learn all about our plans for the future and how it will impact the activity and adventure indsutry.

Exciting leadership update at eola

We're entering a new chapter here at eola, and we wanted to share some important updates with our awesome community of partners and adventure enthusiasts.

Paddleboarding at Roadford Lake with eola seasonal prices for paddleboard hire

Set higher or lower prices for chosen dates on each activity or stay in eola. Any date without a seasonal price stays at your standard price.

Seasonal pricing for activities and stays | eola

Set high or low season prices for chosen dates on each activity or stay, and eola charges the right price automatically.

Seasonal pricing for activities and accommodation

New booking notifications stacked on a pale yellow background

Titles, taglines, descriptions, photos and prices: how to write eola listings that customers find, understand and book, on your widget and the marketplace.

How to write activity listings that get booked

A practical guide to titles, taglines, descriptions, photos and prices, so your listings get found on Google and the eola marketplace and turn browsers into bookings.

We've redesigned our activity cards to improve engagement and boost bookings! Discover the key updates, and how these will impact you and your customers!

A new and improved activity card design

With summer just around the corner, we’ve made some big improvements to your activity cards. These updates are all about helping enthusiasts find and book your experiences faster.

Let’s take a look at what’s changed and how it’s going to help bring more customers your way!

A fresh new look for your activities

Nat from Frogs Rafting shares her move to an online booking system, the doubts she had at first, and how eola changed the way they work.

How Frogs Rafting transformed their business with eola

Nestled in the picturesque landscapes of France, Frogs Rafting, led by Nat and her husband, has been delivering thrilling rafting and canyoning experiences for over a decade. Frogs Rafting has managed to carve out a reputation for their exceptional adventures, however, like many outdoor activity providers, they faced significant challenges in streamlining operations and embracing modern technology.

In a candid conversation with eola, Nat shared her journey of integrating an online booking system, the apprehensions she initially faced, and how eola changed the way they run the business. Here’s her story.

How Frogs Rafting uses eola to transform their business operations

eola is designed with water centres in mind, studying their day-to-day struggles and constantly updating to solve them - here's how we do it

Online rental system for kayaking and canoeing

Running a kayak and canoe rental business can be challenging, but with the right tools, it becomes a rewarding experience. Efficiently managing bookings is crucial to avoid overbookings and ensure smooth operations. An effective online booking system helps maximise revenue by increasing visibility and reach to potential customers. This ease of operation not only enhances customer satisfaction but also frees up time for business owners to focus on delivering memorable outdoor adventures.

Best online rental system for kayaking and canoeing

A person holding a bank card while paying for a booking on a laptop

What an online booking system is, how it works for you and your customers, and what it means for an activity, tour or rental business.

What is an online booking system for activity businesses?

What an online booking system is, how it works for you and your customers, and how to get started with one for your activity business.

What is an online booking system? A guide for activity businesses

A booking system can take your water centre to its full potential. Here's all you need to know to pick the ideal software for your centre.

Choosing an online booking system for your water centre

Thinking about switching to an online booking system for your water centre? Great idea!
An online system can make it easier for your customers to book anytime, boost your bookings, and take a lot of the admin stress off your shoulders. Let's dive into why this switch is worth it and how to pick the right system for your needs.

Children learning to ski at Torquay Alpine Ski Club with an eola winter pre-season checklist and a Christmas voucher

Get ready for winter in eola: open half-term and Christmas dates, check prices and waivers, brief your team, sell vouchers and make booking easy.

Winter pre-season checklist for activity businesses

Nine things to do in eola before the winter season starts: dates, prices, listings, waivers, team, payments, Christmas vouchers and the places customers find and book you.

Hiring summer staff? Here are our tips on how to manage activities staff and utilize the eola system with the new addition of shiftie.

Hiring summer staff for your activity centre?

The arrival of summer comes with the great opportunity to hire new seasonal staff for the activity industry. However, this can be very challenging for most businesses to deal with. eola is here to make your business run smoother and easier with our booking system.

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