# Rental Inventory Tracking: Check Availability Fast

Source: https://maito.app/workflows/check-equipment-is-free-for-a-rental-request

Ask Maito what is free for a rental request. It checks inventory and bookings, spots items in repair or returning late and drafts the customer reply.

A customer's request is checked against stock, buffers and holds, so you can confirm once with no double bookings.

[Sales](https://maito.app/workflows/team/sales) · [Events](https://maito.app/workflows/industry/events) · When you ask · Updated October 19, 2026

Works with

-   Slack
-   Email
-   [Airtable](https://maito.app/workflows/tool/airtable)
-   Calendly
-   Cal.com
-   Gmail
-   Microsoft 365
-   Superhuman Mail

## How do you check that equipment is free for a rental request?

To check that equipment is free for a rental request, mention Maito in Slack with the items and dates. It reads your inventory and bookings, counts what is truly available, flags items in repair or coming back late from another customer, and drafts the quote and reply for you to send.

## How it's done today

The owner checks several spreadsheets and remembers what is dirty or out.

## What Maito does

1.  Read the dates and gear in the request
2.  Check stock including cleaning and return buffers
3.  Hold the items that fit
4.  Draft a quote reply for approval

## Example

**Priya** (11:02 AM):

Acme Events wants 10 round tables and 60 chairs for Sat Nov 14, pickup Friday. What's free? Draft the reply.

**Maito** (11:03 AM):

For Friday Nov 13 to Monday Nov 16, from the booking system:

• Round tables: 10 free (we own 24)  
• Chairs: 48 free of 120

The 12 missing chairs come back from Globex on Fri Nov 13 evening. They need a day for cleaning, so they aren't free until Sat Nov 14 at 9 AM, after Acme's pickup.

Catch: 6 tables show free but are flagged for a scratched top repair due Nov 11. I counted them only as 4 reliable, so 10 includes those 6 if the repair is late.

Options: offer 48 chairs plus 12 folding chairs, or Saturday pickup. Draft reply is ready with a quote at $4.50 per chair and $12 per table, $768 plus delivery. Items are held for 24 hours.

**Priya** (11:09 AM):

offer Saturday morning pickup instead. Update the draft.

**Maito** (11:10 AM):

Updated: Saturday pickup at 9 AM, all 60 chairs, 10 tables, $768 total. I've extended the hold on the 4 repaired tables only if the repair is confirmed. Ready for you to send.

## How to set it up

When you ask Check equipment is free for a rental request

Set up

Nothing to set up. Ask in Slack or by email whenever you need it.

Connect inventory system

-   Airtable
-   Shopify

Connect booking system

-   Calendly
-   Cal.com

Connect email

-   Gmail
-   Microsoft 365
-   Superhuman Mail

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## What it won't do

It can only count what your inventory records show. If an item's condition is not recorded, it cannot know about it.

## Questions

### Which systems does it read?

Inventory from Airtable or Shopify, bookings from Calendly or Cal.com, and customer emails from Gmail or Microsoft 365.

### Does it hold items for the customer?

Only when you ask. It can note a hold in the draft, but it does not confirm a booking or send a quote without your approval.

### What about items due back late?

It checks return dates and cleaning or repair time, and tells you when an item is not usable until after the customer's pickup.

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