About the client
SkiPod brings skiing and snowboarding indoors. Guests ride a motion platform in front of curved 4K screens, choosing from 12 games and 4 difficulty levels, year-round and in the middle of the city. Sessions run 30 or 60 minutes, for first-timers and experienced riders, families, groups and private events.
Presta redesigned the SkiPod logo, designed the website and built it on WordPress, together with a complete online booking system: calendar sync, online payments and email confirmations.
The challenge
Turning interest into booked sessions.
Every SkiPod session needs a simulator, a time slot and an instructor. Without online booking, each reservation would go through phone calls and emails, with availability tracked by hand and a constant risk of double bookings. The brand also needed an identity that explains a new kind of experience at first glance.
The solution
A brand that explains itself. Booking that runs itself.
We redesigned the logo around a skier inside a screen frame and built the website around one action: Book now. Guests pick a location, an experience, an instructor, a date and a free slot, then pay online. Every instructor can have their own schedule synced with Google Calendar, so availability stays up to date and no slot is sold twice.
What we did
01
Logo redesign
Sport meets screen. The new logo places a skier inside a screen frame, sport and mixed reality in a single mark. A palette of violet, deep navy and ice white gives the brand a bold, futuristic feel on screens, signage and merch.
02
UX UI design
Built around the Book now button. Experiences, technology, the SkiPod journey and locations lead guests from curiosity to a booked session, with a clear booking call to action in every section of the site.
03
Online booking
Five steps to the slopes. Service, instructor, date and time, contact details and a final review, with secure online payment through Stripe. A summary panel keeps the chosen session and the price visible at every step.
04
Calendar sync
One schedule, always up to date. Each instructor can connect their own Google Calendar. Bookings land in it automatically, busy time blocks the booking calendar, and guests can add their session to their own calendar in one click.
01
Pick the ride, then the instructor.
Guests start with the experience they want: snow skiing, snowboarding, water skiing, group sessions or private lessons. Next they choose an instructor, or let SkiPod assign any available one.
New York and Dubai are set up as separate locations, each with its own instructors and schedule.
02
Only free slots, straight from the calendar.
The date picker shows only the times that are still free for the chosen instructor and location. Because every instructor’s schedule is synced with Google Calendar in both directions, two guests can never end up with the same session.
03
Confirmed, and already in your calendar.
After a quick review and online payment, the booking is confirmed with an order number, a QR code for check-in and an email confirmation. Guests can add the session to their calendar or print it, while the same booking appears in the instructor’s Google Calendar.
Outcome
From first click to first run.
Results
Ready to take bookings on its own.
SkiPod has everything it needs to take bookings without phone calls: online payment, email confirmations and schedules that sync with the instructors’ Google Calendars. The new identity gives the brand a recognisable face as it opens in New York and Dubai.
