Zone booking for Parking
Zone booking is a new feature in the GoBright portal that allows you to group multiple parking spots into designated zones. Rather than reserving a specific parking space, users can now book a zone, offering more flexibility and ease of use.
When a zone is booked, the user secures the right to park within that area—no need to choose a specific spot in advance. On arrival, they simply select any available parking space in the booked zone. This approach is ideal for organizations looking to streamline the parking reservation process for their employees.
Later in this article, you’ll find step-by-step instructions on how to configure Zone booking and how to make a booking within a zone. But first, here are some key points to know:
Zone bookings for Parking can be made through the GoBright portal, the GoBright mobile app, by scanning an NFC or QR sticker, or via the Map Viewer Version 2.
Only NFC/QR code stickers can be linked to parkings within a zone. Other hardware such as Interact, Connect, RF sensors, or Map Viewer Version 1 is not supported with zone-linked parkings.
Zone booking can be set up with or without early presence confirmation and check-in.
Parking availability and visual indicators
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All parking spaces in a zone will show as green (available) until the number of bookings reaches the zone’s capacity.
For example, if a zone contains 4 parking spots and 3 users have booked, all spaces will still appear green—since one is still available. -
Once the zone is fully booked:
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The zone turns orange to indicate it’s time to check in.
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The zone turns red if all spots are occupied.
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Check-in is only possible by scanning an NFC or QR sticker on-site. The check-in for zone booking is not supported through the GoBright portal, Interact, or Connect devices.
Configuring parking zones
Follow the steps below to configure your parking zone.
1. Go to Settings > Park > Parking spaces and on the ‘Add’ button select the arrow. Then select ‘Add zone’.
2. Adjust the required settings on the left, then choose to add either a single parking or multiple parkings to the zone.
3. When adding multiple parkings, complete the required fields including the starting number, total number of parking places to create, and any desired name prefix or suffix. Then, click ‘Generate’.
4. After generating the parking spaces, select ‘Insert’.
5. Save your newly created parking zone.
6. You can find the zone in the Park > Parkings section, where its capacity is also displayed.
7. Link the parking spaces on the maps following the usual process.
Make a booking in a parking zone
Booking a desk grouped in zone can be done via the GoBright portal, the GoBright mobile app, scanning an NFC/QR sticker and on the Map viewer Version 2.
When you hover over a parking on the map in the Portal or click on a parking space on the mobile app within a specific zone, you’ll see an overview of other users who have bookings in that zone. You can also view the number of available parking spaces remaining.
Hover over a parking in the GoBright portal:
Click on a parking place in the mobile app:
Select any parking within the zone to proceed with your booking. At this point you’ll also be able to see the zone’s capacity and view which users have booked in the same zone for that day.
All parkings in the zone will stay green, indicating they’re available, until the zone’s full capacity has been booked. Once the last spot is booked, the parkings on the map will change to either orange or red, depending on whether the check-in option is enabled.
Upcoming features
The following features are currently unavailable with Zone booking but are planned for upcoming implementation.
Software features:
- Zone booking for integrated parking spaces.
- Issue reporting
Hardware features:
- Link zone parking to GoBright Interact
- Link zone parking to GoBright Connect