One-click Timetastic import
Bring across departments, people and this year's approved leave in one upload. Migrate your whole team in minutes.
Track annual leave, approve requests in one click, and see who's off across your business. The simple, affordable alternative to Timetastic, BreatheHR and BambooHR.
Built for teams who've outgrown spreadsheets but don't need (or want to pay for) a full HR suite. Cheaper. Simpler. Quicker to set up.
| Book Time Off | Timetastic | BreatheHR | BambooHR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price per user | £1 / month | £1.20 / month | From £22 / mo base | Custom enterprise |
| 30-day trial, no card | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| Focus | Leave only | Leave only | Full HR suite | Full HR suite |
| One-click Timetastic import | ✓ | - | - | - |
| Setup time | Minutes | Minutes | Days | Days |
Switch between calendar and wallchart views. Filter by department. Spot clashes before they happen. Half-days, bank holidays and pending requests are all colour-coded so the picture is clear in two seconds.
Managers don't even need to log in. Holiday requests land in their email with Approve and Decline buttons. The team gets a notification the moment a decision is made. No chasing, no spreadsheets, no Slack messages getting lost.
Emma from your team has requested annual leave. Review the details below and approve or decline.
Bank holidays for England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are pulled directly from the official GOV.UK feed and refreshed automatically every year. Group your team into departments, set a manager, and cap how many people can be off at once.
A focused staff holiday tracker. No bloated HR features, no per-feature pricing, no learning curve.
Bring across departments, people and this year's approved leave in one upload. Migrate your whole team in minutes.
Annual leave, sickness, unpaid, training, parental · whatever leave types your business actually needs.
Set your own leave year start date and carry-forward limits. Allowances roll over automatically each year.
Book mornings or afternoons separately. Allowances calculated to the half-day.
Submitted, approved, declined, cancelled · automatic emails for every status change, to staff and managers.
Book the same leave for a whole team or the entire company in one action · ideal for a Christmas shutdown or a training day. Cancel the whole group just as fast.
Plans change. Remove a single day from a multi-day booking, or cancel the whole thing · the right days are refunded automatically.
Export your team, leave requests, and departments as CSV at any time. Your data is always yours.
No demo calls. No sales process. Sign up with an email and you're live.
Create your account with an email address and verify with a one-time code. No card required to start your 30-day trial.
Invite staff individually, or import your whole team in one go from your Timetastic full-organisation export, including this year's approved leave.
Staff request holidays, managers approve from their inbox, everyone sees who's off. That's the whole product.
No setup fees, no per-feature add-ons, no minimum seats, no contract.
Billed monthly · cancel anytime
No card required to start
Already using Timetastic? Download your full-organisation export from Timetastic, upload that one file to Book Time Off, and you're done. Departments, people, allowances and this year's approved leave all come across together. No spreadsheet wrangling, no manual re-entry.
.xlsx here.£1 per user per month, billed monthly. No contracts and no hidden fees. Your first 30 days are free, and you don't need to enter card details to start. If you decide not to continue, your account simply ends and your data is removed.
Book Time Off is built to be the simplest, cheapest option in the category. We're £1 per user per month vs Timetastic's £1.20. We're a fraction of the cost of broader HR suites like BreatheHR, BambooHR, CharlieHR or Workday, which charge anywhere from £22 to several hundred pounds a month and bundle features most small teams never use. If you just want to track holidays, we're the right pick. For a full side-by-side, see our Timetastic alternatives and best leave management software comparisons.
Yes. Sign up with an email, verify with a one-time code, and you have full access to every feature for 30 days. We'll only ask for payment details if you choose to continue.
Yes. The Timetastic import brings across your departments, people, allowances and this year's approved leave in one upload. You can run it from the onboarding wizard or from Settings → Import data at any time.
Yes. We pull bank holidays directly from the official GOV.UK feed and refresh them each year automatically. You can choose between the England & Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland calendars at the team or per-person level. Bank holidays are never deducted from staff allowance.
No. Book Time Off is a rolling monthly subscription. Cancel from your billing settings whenever you like and you won't be charged again. You can also delete your account and all associated data immediately if you'd rather.
Your subscription quantity automatically syncs with your active team size. Add a new starter, your next bill goes up by £1. Archive a leaver, it goes down. Archived users still count toward billing until you permanently remove them, which keeps their leave history accessible.
Small and medium businesses who want a no-nonsense staff absence tracker. Particularly suited to teams of 5-100 people who've outgrown spreadsheets but don't need (or want to pay for) a full HR suite.
30 days free. No card. No contract. £1 per user per month if you stay.
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