This article is part of the Bicycle rental business management guide.


1. What good rental software needs to do


The minimum features for a bicycle rental business are:


Real-time availability calendar. The system knows at every moment which bikes are rented and which are free, and updates automatically when bookings are confirmed or cancelled.


Online bookings. Customers can check availability, choose dates and confirm the booking from their phone or your website, outside your opening hours. Without this, you lose every booking that comes in at night or when you're serving another customer.


Digital contract with electronic signature. The customer signs before arriving. Check-in goes from 10 minutes to under 2. The contract is automatically archived.


Integrated payments. Payment at booking time or when collecting the bike, without a physical card reader. QR Pay Link, payment link, or card. Deposits also managed by the system.


Verifactu-certified invoicing. Every invoice is automatically registered in the AEAT system. No manual processing, no extra cost.


2. What separates specific software from a generic tool


Generic accounting software can generate invoices. It can't manage real-time fleet availability or send a contract to the customer before they arrive.


A generic booking system can take bookings. It's not designed to track which specific bike each customer has or to automatically block that unit.


What makes software work for bicycle rental isn't that it's "complete". It's that it's built around the real operational flow: customer arrives, signs, pays, takes the bike, returns it, the system records everything.


3. PULSO: rental software built for this


PULSO includes everything above from the Starter plan (€29/month): unlimited fleet management, online bookings, digital contracts, QR payments without a card reader, and Verifactu included. No transaction commissions, no lock-in.


When you register you can book a free onboarding session: a real person sets everything up with you in 20 minutes.


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Frequently asked questions


Can I use PULSO if I have several types of bikes?
Yes. You can set up different equipment types (leisure bikes, electric, MTB) with independent pricing and availability within the same system.


Does the software work for customers paying in foreign currency?
PULSO supports charging in USD, GBP, AUD and other currencies alongside EUR. Useful if you have many international customers.


Is there an extra charge for Verifactu?
No. It's included in all plans at no additional cost.