Short-term Rental: Renting out Equipment

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Pro

Use this procedure to rent out short-term rental equipment. This example is for bicycle rentals by the hour; adjust for your needs.

To rent out a bicycle:

1. Make sure you have defined your bicycle rental items and preferences as described here.

2. Start a new sales order:

3. Set the Status field to "Rented"

4. List a "Rental Bicycle" item with a quantity of one. Enter the units serial number, if set up to prompt for it.

5. List your "Bicycle Rental Charge" service item with a quantity equal to the number of hours being rented.

6. List the customer information.

7. Record other pertinent information in the Instructions field.

8. Take a deposit per your requirements and save the order.

9. Print a copy of the order for your customer.

Related Topics

Create a sales order

Take a deposit

List a customer on a document

Print a sales order

Sales order preferences

Short-tern rental overview