Riders, no-shows, and completing a lesson

Open a lesson to manage its roster, then mark it complete and decide rider by rider who is billed, who spends a credit, and who rides free.

Opening a lesson - from the Lessons tab or the Calendar - shows its roster: who is riding, what each will be charged, and what has already been paid.

Managing the roster

  • Add riders while there is room and the lesson has not been completed. You can’t add someone twice, and you can’t go past the lesson’s capacity.
  • No-show marks a rider who didn’t turn up. They stay on the roster reading “Didn’t show” and are left out of the billing when you complete the lesson.
  • Remove takes a rider off the lesson entirely and frees their spot.
  • Where the barn supplies the horse, assign one to a rider from the roster.

Completing the lesson

Select Mark Complete. The Complete lesson dialog lists every rider still in the lesson who hasn’t already paid, and offers each one a choice:

  • Use credit - offered only when that rider holds lesson credits at your barn. It spends one and shows how many are left.
  • Bill - the rider’s price goes to Pending Charges, ready for their next invoice.
  • No charge - completed, nothing billed.

The confirm button summarizes what will happen - “Use credit for 2 · Bill 1 rider · 1 no charge” - and the toast afterwards says how many credits were used, how many charges were added, and how many riders weren’t charged.

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Riders who already paid aren’t listed

Someone who paid by card when booking, or whose lesson was already covered by a credit, is left off the completion dialog. There is nothing left to decide for them.

Cancelling a lesson

Cancelling the lesson cancels every rider’s booking with it. Cancel the whole lesson only when nobody is riding it; to drop one person, remove that rider instead.

Charges raised here behave like any other pending charge - see Creating and sending invoices.

Frequently Asked Questions

What happens to a no-show rider’s money?
A rider marked as a no-show is not billed when the lesson is completed. If you want to charge for a missed lesson, leave them on the roster and choose Bill instead.
Can I complete a lesson with nobody in it?
Yes. It completes and the confirmation simply says no riders were in this lesson.