You pay rent on every hour. You only earn on some of them.
Trimio lets you rent the quiet ones to instructors you approve, and if nobody books, you pay nothing.
Free webinar for space owners · Friday 9 October · 1:00pm Melbourne time · on Zoom
Example figures. You set your own rate.
Nobody notices the empty Tuesday afternoon
It just sits there, every week. The rent, the insurance and the power go out whether anyone's in the room or not.
The usual fixes each carry their own cost. Hiring means carrying wages whether sessions fill or not. A handshake sublet means chasing the rent, with no vetting and no record. There's another way to put those hours to work, and it keeps you in charge of who comes through the door.
Work out what one hour of your space costs you in rent, insurance and power. Now count the hours nobody is in it.
Somewhere near you is an instructor with clients asking for a session and nowhere to put them. Trimio is the bit in between: you set the rate and approve who comes in, and nothing is owed until a client books.
Three steps, and you stay in charge of every one
List the hours you're not using, and set your rate
Choose the room, the hours and the hourly rate. List Tuesday afternoons and nothing else if that suits you. No minimum, no exclusivity, and you can keep hiring the space out however you already do.
Approve who comes in, and choose how they get in
Instructors apply to use your space. You chat with them privately in the app, and nobody teaches there without your yes. You decide how they get in, and you can revoke approval at any time.
Get paid automatically when sessions run
When a client books a session in your hour, the booking and payment run through the app. Your payout usually reaches your bank within two business days. No invoicing, no chasing.
If nobody books, you pay nothing
One service fee, made up of 13% of the session's revenue and $1.00. It covers every payment in and out, including your payout. It's the same for hosts and instructors.
The one time you'd pay: if you cancel a session people have booked. Every client gets their money back and you aren't paid for that session. You pay a cancellation fee that covers the payment costs on those bookings. There's no set figure, but when you press cancel, the app shows you the exact fee before you confirm. You're never liable for what the instructor would have earned. It's the reason hosts keep a credit or debit card on file.
No subscription. No listing fee. No lock-in.
What are your quiet hours worth?
Put in your rooms, your hourly rate and the hours that sit empty. The calculator shows what those hours could be worth each month after the service fee, and how much of your rent that would cover.
It shows what your empty hours could be worth, not what you will earn.
Who comes in, and how
You approve every instructor
Nobody uses your space without your yes, and you can take it back at any time.
Everyone is identity-checked
Every host and instructor completes identity checks through Stripe, connects an Australian bank account and keeps an Australian credit or debit card on file. Those checks confirm who someone is; whether they're right for your space is your call.
Most owners start with someone they know
An instructor on your team who'd like more hours. A good candidate you couldn't hire at the time. Someone a colleague vouches for.
You decide how they get in
A keypad code of their own, a lockbox, a key, or someone already on site. You share access details in a private chat, and the app's schedule keeps a rolling record of who used your space and when.
You talk to them before you decide
Approving someone is a conversation, not a form. Every instructor who applies to use your space arrives with a message thread, and you use it to ask whatever you would ask in person before you say yes.
After that, the same thread carries the practical run of the hire: the code or key arrangement for the day, the house rules, what is already in the room. It stays with the booking, so it is still there in three months when you cannot remember what you agreed.
Trimio doesn't hold keys or codes. You share access details in that chat, on your terms, and you can withdraw approval at any time.
Example messages. Every thread sits with the booking it belongs to.
The parts that stay with you
We'd rather you knew this before you list than found it out afterwards.
Choosing who's right for your space
Qualifications, insurance and references are yours to check. We give you the tools to say yes or no; we don't choose on your behalf.
Supervising your space
How your space is used stays your responsibility, the same as any hire. Supervising it doesn't mean standing in it: your approvals, access arrangements, house rules and the session record are how you keep an eye on it.
Your insurance and your lease
You need cover for the use of your space and equipment, and if you rent your premises, check that your lease allows you to hire the space out.
Questions owners ask first
All questionsWho comes into my space?
Only instructors you approve. Every instructor completes identity checks through Stripe before they can use Trimio, then applies to use your space. You talk with them privately in the app first, and nobody gets in without your yes. You can take approval away at any time.
Stripe's checks confirm who someone is. Whether they're right for your space is your call.
Do I need to be there to let them in?
No. Supervising your space doesn't mean standing in it. You do it by choosing who comes in, deciding how they get in (a keypad code of their own, a lockbox, a key, or someone already on site), setting the house rules, and keeping an eye on the record of every session in the app.
Many owners are there for the first session to show the instructor around, then hand over their own way in. You share access details in a private chat in the app; Trimio doesn't hold keys or codes.
What if I need to cancel a session?
You can cancel any session before it runs. If people have booked it, every client gets their money back and you aren't paid for that session. You pay a cancellation fee that covers the payment costs on those bookings. It depends on how many people booked and what they paid, so there's no set figure, but when you press cancel the app shows you the exact fee before you confirm. You're not liable for what the instructor would have earned.
Cancelling a session doesn't withdraw your availability: the hour stays open for new bookings unless you withdraw it.
Will instructors take my clients?
That risk exists already. An instructor who wants to run their own thing will do it whether Trimio exists or not. The question is whether they do it in your space, paying you rent, or down the road in someone else's. Some owners start by giving their own team first refusal on the quiet hours.
Can I use Trimio where I am?
Yes. The app is live and you can list your space wherever you are in Australia. Whether instructors are already looking in your area is a different question, and the app shows you that. If it's quiet where you are, listing early is what brings them: instructors can't book a room that isn't listed. Most owners start by telling the instructors they already know that their quiet hours are open. Tell us where your space is and we'll point instructors your way as they join.
Instructors can't book a room that isn't listed
That's the whole of it. The owners who open their quiet hours first are the ones instructors find first, and you can start with the instructors you already know. Listing costs nothing, and if nobody books, you pay nothing.
In a free 30-minute downtime audit, we go through your space, your hours and your costs together. You come away with a clear figure for what those hours cost you, and whether renting some of them out makes sense for you.
Not ready for that? Join the free webinar or run your numbers first.