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Make fancy dress hire easier to book in the UK.

Take bookings for real fancy dress hire availability and keep fitting, garment preparation and collection, options and costume return together.

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  • Live availability online
  • Clear collection and return times
  • Track costumes
  • Quotes before confirmation
  • Free and Pro payment choices

BOOK THE RIGHT RESOURCE

Put fancy dress hire availability online

Let customers choose the costume design, size and accessory set; once confirmed, it stays unavailable for the whole fancy dress hire period.

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A Book Week costume held for three days against the parade date.
New bookingAvailable
BookingCharacter costume · 3 days
OutMon 18 Aug · collection
Due backThu 21 Aug
Priced instantly£90

RUN THE HANDOVER

Plan fancy dress hire preparation

Keep fitting, garment preparation and collection, collection and costume return beside each fancy dress hire booking through bank-holiday demand.

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bookables.ai/schedule
A day on the schedule's calendar, with three jobs placed on a vertical time grid at the times they run.
Wednesday1 Jul
3 bookings
08:00
09:00
10:00
11:00
12:00
13:00
14:00
09:00 · Didsbury
Fitting · mascot suit
10:30 · On hire
Hand-out · Book Week x4
13:00 · Ancoats
Dry clean block · rail 3

Built for you

Built for every kind of costume hire business

Fancy-dress parties

Reserve the right model and useful options for fancy-dress parties, keeping the fancy dress hire blocked from pickup through costume return.

Theatre productions

For theatre productions, hold the selected model across one continuous fancy dress hire window and keep its options on the booking.

World Book Day

Plan world book day with confirmed fancy dress hire availability, clear handover timing and the selected model protected until return.

School concerts

Handle school concerts from a single fancy dress hire record covering the model, options, pickup and expected costume return.

Festival weekends

Give festival weekends a clear fancy dress hire span, reserving the chosen model while the customer has it.

Office events

Keep office events organised with the correct fancy dress hire model, practical options and an agreed return time.

Family costumes

Cover family costumes with real fancy dress hire availability and one booking from handover to costume return.

Monday returns

When monday returns changes, update the fancy dress hire booking while the chosen model remains protected for its new window.

A booking record built around fancy dress hire.

Keep the customer, selected model, hire span and fancy dress hire fulfilment details together from enquiry to costume return.

  • Options, with Pro

    Offer hats, props, footwear and garment bags on the same booking. Add your fancy dress hire rate rungs, with the cheapest valid cover applied to longer periods.

An amateur production hiring twenty pieces across a three week season.
Estimate #1042
Gemma Whitfield
Sent
  • Period costume · season hire× 20£2,400
  • Alterations & fittings6 pieces£480
  • Dry cleaning on return× 20£600
Total£3,480

See it in action

Every booking, in one app.

bookables.ai/schedule
A day on the schedule's calendar, with three jobs placed on a vertical time grid at the times they run.
Wednesday1 Jul
3 bookings
08:00
09:00
10:00
11:00
12:00
13:00
14:00
09:00 · Didsbury
Fitting · mascot suit
10:30 · On hire
Hand-out · Book Week x4
13:00 · Ancoats
Dry clean block · rail 3

Schedule

The two weeks that carry the year

Halloween and Book Week are dozens of three day holds on the same dozen garments, and each one is a dated commitment on a specific costume rather than a name on a list you cannot trust.

A Book Week costume held for three days against the parade date.
New bookingAvailable
BookingCharacter costume · 3 days
OutMon 18 Aug · collection
Due backThu 21 Aug
Priced instantly$90

Instant booking

Measurements taken with the booking

Chest, waist, inside leg, height and shoe size on the form rather than a sticky note, so the garment off the rail is the one that will do up and a returning customer is not measured twice.

An amateur production hiring twenty pieces across a three week season.
Estimate #1042
Gemma Whitfield
Sent
  • Period costume · season hire× 20£2,400
  • Alterations & fittings6 pieces£480
  • Dry cleaning on return× 20£600
Total£3,480

Get paid

Out three days, then a wash, then chased

The clean is booked against the garment so nothing is sold while it is at the dry cleaner, and every hire carries a return date that raises an email to the customer when it falls due.

Less admin, more bookings

Made for costume hire businesses

Run the fancy dress hire handover

Open the booking to see who is receiving the costumes, when the hire starts and what the staff must prepare.

  • Know what is going outSee the booked costume design, size and accessory set and hats, props, footwear and garment bags before handover or delivery.
  • Keep timing practicalUse the continuous fancy dress hire window to coordinate collection, delivery and costume return without splitting the job across loose notes.
  • Finish with a checkKeep the booking handy while the staff completes garment, accessory, fastener and cleaning checks and closes the fancy dress hire job.

Protect fancy dress hire availability

A confirmed booking blocks the selected costume design, size and accessory set or counted quantity for the whole possession span.

  • Narrow to the chosen modelAvailability follows the customer's selected costume design, size and accessory set, not a broad category that could hide a clash.
  • Cover the full hire spanThe costumes stay unavailable from collection through costume return, including multi-day bookings.
  • Price valid longer hiresAdd the rate rungs your fancy dress hire business sells; the booking can use the cheapest valid combination for the chosen span.

Take the costume hire fee your way

Keep payment status with the fancy dress hire booking, whether the customer pays offline or completes card payment online.

  • Record offline paymentOn Free, record cash or bank transfer received for the costume hire fee at collection, delivery or another agreed point.
  • Offer full card paymentWith Pro, a customer can pay the full costume hire fee by card while confirming the fancy dress hire booking online.
  • Keep money with the jobThe booking record keeps the customer, selected costume design, size and accessory set and payment status together for the staff.

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Everything you need to run your costume hire business.

Online booking

Show real fancy dress hire availability online, allowing customers to select the right model and reserve the complete hire period.

Scheduling

Keep each fancy dress hire booking tied to preparation and handover, so staff know what must happen before collection and when it comes back.

Capacity that holds

Set the places on a session once and booking stops by itself when it is full.

Email reminders

Send email reminders containing the fancy dress hire times, selected model and collection, delivery or return arrangements.

Customers

Retain customer details with the selected model and each fancy dress hire booking, making repeat collections simpler to run.

Estimates

Build a quote around the fancy dress hire model, dates and relevant extras, ready to confirm when the customer agrees.

Team

Give staff a shared view of fancy dress hire preparation, collection and return, all connected to the correct booking.

Payments

Log cash or bank transfer for the costume hire fee on Free, while Pro can take the full card payment online, keeping records clear.

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Common questions.

Yes. Customers can choose from real fancy dress hire availability, and a confirmed booking removes the selected resource for that hire window.

Yes. Set one continuous fancy dress hire span from collection to costume return. The booking keeps the selected costume design, size and accessory set unavailable throughout.

Yes. Keep hats, props, footwear and garment bags with the fancy dress hire booking so the customer's choice and the staff's preparation stay together.

Yes. Weekly or monthly standing bookings suit repeat fancy dress hire work and can end on a date, after a chosen number, or continue without one.

Yes. Prepare a quote for the fancy dress hire booking, including the selected resource and relevant options, before the customer confirms.

Record cash or bank transfer for the costume hire fee on Free. With Pro, customers can pay the full costume hire fee by card online.

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