Our team (and some amazing beta testers 🙌) have been working hard behind the scenes—and we’re so excited to finally share these new features with you! Even if self-booking isn’t your thing, there’s still lots to love in this update.

Self-Booking Forms for Your Website ✨

Fully customizable and ready to simplify new trial sign-ups!

🕛 Book from Availability Form

• Set individual tutor availability for new student bookings/consultations directly through your website — no back-and-forth emails or portal login required!  
• Customize booking rules like which tutors are bookable on each form (or at all), earliest start times, buffer time between lessons, and maximum gaps in your schedule. 
• Collect custom student details, set statuses, add group tags, and collect payment at the same time so you can replace your regular sign-up forms, or use them for different programs! 
• Set a custom price for the first booked lesson or consultation—perfect for offering a free or discounted trial!
• Hold weekly time slots, so that your students can choose to continue with the time of their first booked lesson. Learn more about this here.

📆 Book from Calendar Form

Similar to the availability form, but new students can book into a pre-scheduled lesson on the calendar. You can still customize everything—student info, payments, rules, etc.

Updates for All Forms 📄

• Custom per-form email confirmations! Now you can tailor your confirmation emails to the sign-up or booking form you have set up. This allows you to add custom information to different flows to help streamline communication. 
• Choose which custom fields are optional or required so you get the right information every time. 
• Custom conversion tracking per form! Add a unique Google or Meta tracking code to each form to see exactly where each lead is coming from!
• New styling to provide clearer submissions! Parent/student information is easier to differentiate by putting the fields in their own sections on the same page. 

2–Way Calendar Sync 🔀

You can now add your external calendar—like Google, iCal, and more—right into TutorBird! See your personal events alongside your teaching schedule to avoid double-booking. (Don’t worry, no one else can see the details.)
Learn how to add an external calendar feed to your TutorBird calendar here.

Limit How Far in Advance Students Can Book 🛑

Now you can choose how far in advance students can book into lesson slots (from the Student Portal and the booking forms!), to simplify self-scheduling based on your policies. Learn how to set that up here.

Psst… sneak peek time! 👀
Availability booking from the Student Portal? Yep, it’s in the works! Stay tuned — we’re cooking up something good 🧑‍🍳