How to manage block bookings in ADI Admin

Use block bookings to track prepaid driving lesson time, whether the block has already been paid or is still owed, while pupil balances update as lessons are booked, changed or corrected.

This guide explains how the feature works inside ADI Admin, the diary and admin app for independent UK driving instructors.

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Basic steps

1
Open the Block bookings page from the main app navigation.
2
Choose the pupil who is buying the block and enter the number of prepaid hours.
3
Choose Paid if the money has already been received, or Unpaid if it is still owed. Both options make the prepaid hours available to use.
4
For a Paid block, enter the Payment received date. If an Unpaid block is paid later, you can mark it as Paid from Income without adding the hours again.
5
ADI Admin uses the pupil's Manual or Automatic pricing when suggesting the value of prepaid lessons.
6
When you book a lesson using prepaid time, the full lesson duration is deducted automatically from the pupil's balance.
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If a mistake is made, use the balance correction options to remove hours or add them back where appropriate.

Useful for

Tracking prepaid lesson time for each pupil
Recording whether a block booking is Paid or Unpaid
Automatically deducting time when prepaid lessons are booked
Using the correct Manual or Automatic lesson pricing
Correcting pupil balances when a mistake is made

Managing block bookings in the app

These screens show how to add prepaid hours and correct a pupil balance if a mistake is made.

Screenshots use demo data only. Names, addresses, lesson details, test details and receipts shown are examples, not real customer records.

Add prepaid hours

Choose a pupil, add the block booking hours and record whether the block is Paid or Unpaid.

Correct a balance

Remove hours if the wrong amount was added or the prepaid balance needs correcting.

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