Student Guide

What you need: Email, password, name, phone number

1. Go to DriveBook homepage
2. Click "Sign Up"
3. Select "I'm a Student"
4. Enter your details
5. Check email for confirmation link
6. ✅ You're ready to go!

Tip: Add a profile photo and location for better instructor matches.

1. Go to the booking page
2. Browse all approved instructors listed by name
3. See each instructor's profile: photo, rating, hourly rate, vehicle types (manual/automatic)
4. Click on an instructor to see their full profile
5. Read their bio, reviews, and availability
6. When ready, instructor books you for available date/time

All instructors shown: Only approved instructors with active subscriptions appear. No filtering by location, price, or specialty available in the app.

Rating info: You can see instructor reviews and star rating (1-5 stars). Higher rated instructors usually get more bookings.

1. Instructor selects your name, date, time, and duration
2. System calculates price (instructor hourly rate × duration)
3. Booking created and waiting for payment
4. You receive SMS with payment link
5. Click link and enter your card details (secure Stripe page)
6. Click "Pay $X.XX" → Stripe processes payment
7. ✅ After payment confirmed: Booking locked in

No instructor approval step. Once payment confirmed, the lesson is booked. Check instructor's calendar to confirm date/time.

Important: You have 10 minutes to complete payment. If you don't pay within 10 minutes, the slot is released.

You pay by card (via secure Stripe):

1. Instructor books a lesson for you
2. You get SMS with payment link
3. Click link → see lesson details and total cost
4. Click "Pay" → enter credit/debit card details
5. Stripe processes payment (your card info never sent to DriveBook)
6. ✅ Payment confirmed → booking locked in

Time limit: You have 10 minutes to complete payment. If you don't pay, the slot is released.

Safe? Yes — Stripe handles all payment security. We never see your card details.

Before confirmation: You can cancel anytime for full refund

After confirmation: Use reschedule or follow cancellation policy

1. Go to "My Bookings"
2. Find your booking
3. Click "Reschedule" or "Cancel"
4. Choose new time (if rescheduling) or confirm cancellation
5. ✅ Changes saved

Tip: Reschedule early — instructors have limited availability.

1. Go to dashboard home
2. Click "My Bookings"
3. See all bookings (past and future)
4. Click on any booking for details
5. See instructor info, location, time, notes

Booking status: Pending, Confirmed, Completed, Cancelled

After your lesson is completed:

1. Go to "My Bookings"
2. Find completed lesson
3. Click "Leave a Review"
4. Rate 1-5 stars
5. Write your feedback
6. Submit

Your honest review helps other students and helps instructors improve!

1. Click your profile icon (top right)
2. Select "Profile Settings"
3. Update your info (name, email, phone, photo, address)
4. Adjust privacy and notification settings
5. Click "Save Changes"