Lanes fill themselves
Guests book online — in the evening, on Sundays, on the bus. The mini calendar shows only real availability, and confirmation goes out automatically, without anyone needing to pick up the phone.
buuktime for Bowling
Bowling
From a birthday party with bumper lanes to a cosmic bowling night out: buuktime fills your lanes — developed with bowling center operators with over 30 years of experience.
90 days free · no credit card · ends automatically
Saturday afternoon, the third birthday party of the day at the counter — and you have no idea if four lanes side by side are free on Friday.
- The phone rings for a corporate group booking next week while two parties are already waiting at the counter — whoever doesn't get an answer right away books somewhere else.
- The sticky note with the bumper-lane details for the birthday party sits next to the register, the spreadsheet for the double-lane reservation lives somewhere else — and eventually someone books the same lane twice.
- A group cancels three hours ahead, and the lane sits empty all evening — until you're back on the phone hoping someone feels like bowling on short notice.
How buuktime solves it
Groups stay together
Whether it's a birthday party on bumper lanes or a corporate event with six people per lane, group split automatically distributes participants across multiple lanes, so you never have to work out who goes where by hand.
A cancellation becomes a new booking
When a group cancels, the waitlist suggests matching guests — one click, and the offer with an acceptance window goes out by email. That's how the lane fills instead of sitting empty.
Straight from dinner to the lane
"Pizza first, then bowling" is no longer a spreadsheet exercise — the two-part follow-up reservation books the dining and bowling times automatically in the right order.
Special features for bowling
Developed at a real counter — not on a drawing board.
- Required questions at booking — like shoe size for rental shoes or number of kids for bumper lanes, right in the booking form
- Manage bumper lanes as their own resource, separate from the regular adult lanes
- Split groups across multiple lanes with automatic participant distribution — birthday parties and corporate events stay organized
- Happy hour and time rules for evening cosmic/moonlight bowling times, with their own surcharge or discount
- Two-part experience packages (dining + bowling) with automatic follow-up reservation
- Walk-in capture in seconds, right in the lane plan
- The COMBO view shows bowling lanes, dining tables, and other resources like billiards or laser tag in one calendar
Frequently asked questions — Bowling
Can we manage bumper lanes for birthday parties separately from regular lanes?
Yes. You set up bumper lanes as their own resource and add required questions to the booking form, like "number of kids under 10" — so your team knows exactly how to prep the lane before guests arrive.
How does buuktime stop two groups from getting the same lane?
The calendar technically prevents double booking — a lane that's taken can't also be booked online or by a second staff member. The drag-and-drop rearrange assistant also helps when you need to shuffle things around on short notice.
Does buuktime work with my existing scoring system?
buuktime manages reservations, pricing, and guests independently of your scoring hardware. You keep your system and only replace the paper chaos around it.
How much does buuktime cost for a bowling center?
As a pioneer customer you try buuktime free for 90 days. After that you pay the pioneer price for good: 50% off the regular rate, as a fixed amount per lane, no commission, no per-booking fee. You receive the amount for your center in writing before the free phase ends.
See for yourself — with your own venue.
Set up your venue today and take your first online booking this week.
90 days free · no credit card · ends automatically