The barn implemented a Google Calendar! On it, they track lesson times, clinics, the show schedule, farrier/vet visits, and anything else that happens at the barn. I have my phone set up to give me a run down of my day's itinerary from my own Google Calendar on my lockscreen, so after I added the barn's calendar to mine, I can see without even unlocking my phone whether or not the indoor arena will be open today, and at what times.
For a semi-private barn like ours with a lot of lessoners and very few boarders, this is invaluable. Probably 3/4 of all of us live at least a half hour away, with the longest drive being two hours, so being able to easily stay on top of things at the barn from home is wonderful, and it makes us feel more connected.
My idea for this post came from the CoTH thread "Anyone used an online scheduler for lessons?" We don't have need for that, but I was interested to hear that products like this exist. Do any of your barns have an online calendar or lesson scheduler?
