Self-service ski rental booking system

Yes – add each size as its own product and lock each pair. Settle one thing first: how alpine bindings get set when nobody is there (bindings ↓).

Name each size – for example "Alpine skis 150 cm" or "Snowboard 140 cm" – so renters pick their size when they book and you never rent out more pairs than you have. Lock each pair with a code padlock in a rack, or keep them in one locked ski room, container or cabinet with one Igloohome lock on the door; boots, poles and helmets can be extras in a locked cabinet that every renter gets their own code for. Ask for height, weight or boot size when they book, put your safety rules in your terms and show a short video on using the gear before the code appears.

The self-service ski rack NMB Rent set up at Kläppen · How Igloohome describes the Kläppen ski rack

Every pair counts as one lock on your plan, and so does each shared door. Starter covers one location with up to 6 locks for 299 SEK a month excl. VAT, with no commission. 6 pairs and a ski-boot cabinet are 7 locks – Growth, 599 SEK a month with 8 locks included. 20 pairs in one ski room are 21 locks: 599 + 13 × 120 = 2,159 SEK a month excl. VAT, with one physical lock to buy. Rent out kayaks or SUPs in summer? Switch them off in winter and the skis on: locks that are switched off don't count toward your plan, so both seasons fit in one plan.

On top come Igloohome's code fee of about 20 SEK per lock a month and Stripe's fee per payment, plus the locks, bought once – Igloohome's EU shop lists the Padlock 2 at €159.99 (October 2026). What could 20 ski sets in one ski room earn?

Decide that before you go unmanned. Alpine ski bindings have a release setting that has to match each renter's boots, weight, height, age and ability, and snowboard bindings need adjusting to the renter's boot size and stance. Staffed ski shops normally set and check release values with a binding tester, following the ISO 11088 standard – so ask your insurer what it requires before renters set their own. NMB Rent set up its Kläppen rack with SkiClicker, a tool for adjusting bindings quickly.

Or fit alpine sets at your counter and keep self-service for cross-country sets (skis with matching boots and poles), snowshoes, kick-sleds and sledges, where renters pick their own size and there's no release binding to set.

A complete set often costs 200–600 SEK a day – cross-country at the low end and alpine at the top – on Nordic rental businesses' public price lists (October 2026). Price by the hour for an afternoon and by the day for a ski week, make longer rentals cheaper per day, and charge more for bookings that start in the winter holiday weeks.

The Igloohome Padlock 2 is rated for −20 °C to 50 °C and waterproof (IPX7), with up to about 9 months per charge – and a flat padlock can be powered for a moment from a power bank through its USB-C port. The Keybox 3's AAA batteries are rated only down to −10 °C, so use padlocks on an outdoor rack and keep any key box sheltered. Ask renters to brush off frost before they type the code. Often colder than −20 °C where you are? Talk to us before you buy locks.

Close that day in the admin and move or refund its bookings from your phone – the codes follow the bookings. Put your weather rules in the terms renters accept when they book.

Yes. Switch online payment off, and borrowers book, accept your terms and get their own code without paying – for example for the winter holiday. Or let members borrow for free and charge everyone else. Lending for free