Stretch Tents Ireland Ltd. is a small operation based in Ireland, run by a founder who grew up around the festival scene. He started out working in sound and lighting as a teenager, eventually building his own business in that world. Over time, his focus shifted, and today the company rents out stretch tents, the flexible, fabric-covered structures often seen at festivals and outdoor events because they can be rigged into all kinds of shapes and don’t need a flat, hard surface underneath.
Most of his customers are festivals, home weddings, and corporate events, and every tent rental includes delivery and installation, since the tents need to be rigged and re-rigged properly on site. With just two people running the whole business, he wanted a way to keep track of stock and bookings without carrying it all in his head. That’s what led him to Booqable, and specifically to the order tracking and inventory management side of things.
Knowing what’s booked at a glance
Before Booqable, the business ran on Google Calendar and memory. That worked when things were quiet, but as more bookings came in, it got harder to know exactly what was already promised to a customer and what was still free.
Since joining Booqable recently, he chose to remain collecting most orders manually over the phone or by email, then logging them into the back office himself. Booqable’s order system lets him build out each booking by hand, attach the right tent and equipment to it, and see it on the calendar alongside everything else already booked. For a two-person team, this has meant:
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A clear view of what’s booked and what’s free, without checking a calendar app and his memory at the same time
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Fewer double bookings, since every order is tied to actual stock rather than a guess
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A record he can look back on when a customer calls to check details
For a business built on one-to-one relationships with customers, not double-booking a tent for a wedding and a festival on the same weekend matters a lot. Booqable’s order tracking gives him that confidence without adding extra admin to his day.
A stock list that finally makes sense
The bigger pain point, though, was stock. Knowing what was booked out, what needed cleaning or repair, and what was actually sitting free had been the hardest part of running things with such a small team. Booqable’s inventory management gives him a proper stock listing, where every tent and piece of kit is entered once and then tracked automatically as it moves through bookings. In practice, this has given him:
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One place to see exactly what stock is available on any given date
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Less time spent double-checking what’s out on rental versus what’s back in
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A system that keeps working as his client list keeps growing
When asked what’s made the biggest difference, he pointed straight to the stock listing, saying it’s made his bookings and invoices much easier to manage. What started as a way to stop losing track of gear has turned into something he now relies on for every booking he takes.
Room to grow
“Love it all,” he says of Booqable. “Really makes my booking and invoices much easier.” He’s already thinking ahead to linking his Google Calendar to Booqable once he has time, and he expects the business to keep growing from here.
For a small crew doing big installations, Booqable has given Stretch Tents Ireland a back office that can keep up, one tent rental at a time.
