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# Create your first booking

Create a booking to record the client, event dates, rental items, services, and amount due for a job.

### Before you start

Complete your business profile. Bundus then unlocks **Create your first booking** on the setup card.

### Create the booking

1. Open **Bookings** from the left menu, then select **New Booking**. During initial setup, you can instead select **Create a booking** from the setup card on **Overview**.
2. Enter an **Event name** if you want to give the booking a recognisable title. This field is optional.
3. In **Client name**, search for and select an existing client. To use a new client, enter their name and select **Save as new client** when Bundus shows no matching client.
4. Choose the **Start date** and **End date**.
5. Leave **One-off booking** selected for an event or job with one start and end date.

![The new booking page showing the event name, selected client, dates, and booking type](https://1239150628-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F0xEFjtRHcsV7HPwU6C74%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-d6b8bba5e9d5b9bdce688fd2b772c208b16a57ab%2F01-booking-details.jpg?alt=media)

6. Move to **Booking items**. You can select **Items** near the top of the form to jump to this section.
7. Select **Add inventory** and choose the rental item.
8. Select **Add service** and choose the service.
9. Enter the quantity and price for each line. Check the availability and line total shown on the inventory line.

![The Booking items section showing an inventory line and a service line with quantities, prices, availability, and totals](https://1239150628-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F0xEFjtRHcsV7HPwU6C74%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-309f8a4aef84a008f68d6ad9f0497cdf15d33bb9%2F02-booking-items.jpg?alt=media)

10. Check **Booking Summary**. Confirm the client, dates, availability, number of lines, and total due.
11. Under **Security deposit**, leave **Auto from products** selected to use the deposit settings on the booked items. You can instead choose **Fixed amount**, **Percent of rental**, or **None**.
12. Select **Save booking only**. Select **Save & invoice** if you also want Bundus to create an invoice draft for the booking.

![The Booking Summary showing the selected client, dates, availability, total due, security deposit, and save actions](https://1239150628-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F0xEFjtRHcsV7HPwU6C74%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-7bd87840478dfbcaeeb8fbe9644459a6976fbc36%2F03-booking-review.jpg?alt=media)

### What happens next

Bundus opens the **Bookings Hub**, where the saved booking appears as **Confirmed**. If you selected **Save as new client**, the client is also available from **Clients**.

### Related guides

* [Complete your business profile](/help/getting-started/complete-your-business-profile.md)
* [Add inventory, services, and charges to a booking](/help/bookings/add-items-and-charges.md)


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