Built around your shop — not bolted on

By the time they hang up, an inflatable obstacle course drops is quoted, booked, and on the tech's phone.

Not an AI receptionist bolted onto someone else's software. DispatchNode prices from your bounce house rental catalog and rules, books the job on the board, collects Stripe, and the tech sees it on their phone.

14-daytrialTop operators book 30+ deliveries per Saturday in peak seasonAvg ticket: $295 average weekend rental
Bounce House Rental industry scene

Anatomy of a Lost Job

7:15 PM - Urgent Call

A parent calls to rent a bounce house and water slide for a birthday party this Saturday.

7:50 PM – No Answer

"Please leave a message or press 1 for..."

7:18 PM - Lead Hangs Up

Searches Google, hires a competitor who answers.

Bottom Line

-$350

Estimated Rental Lost

The Old Way:
Losing Rentals to Voicemail.

A driver stares at 10 backyard deliveries that all need inflating and anchoring before 10 AM Saturday. One locked gate or wrong address burns 20 minutes, pushing the last three setups past party start times and triggering furious parent phone calls.

A mom texts at 6 PM Thursday to swap the water slide for a dry castle. The warehouse crew has to unpack and repack the entire delivery truck, burning 90 minutes of labor and delaying Friday staging.

A child jumps on an inflatable at 2 PM with no signed waiver and no anchor-inspection photo on file. One twisted ankle later, the $2-million insurance policy is void because the documentation never existed.

Quote, book, collect, and dispatch — on one call

Quotes from your catalog

Live catalog and rules — not a script that says someone will call you back.

Books it on the board

Confirmed job, not a voicemail. Umber holds the slot, then writes it onto the board.

Collects, then dispatches

Stripe before hang-up. The tech sees the job, the map, and the notes on their phone.

Anatomy of a booked job

7:15 PM - Urgent Call

A parent calls to rent a bounce house and water slide for a birthday party this Saturday.

7:15 PM - Instant Answer

Umber answers instantly and qualifies the lead.

7:17 PM - Job Booked

Unit and date selected. Deposit collected. Delivery window confirmed.

Bottom Line

+$350

Revenue Captured While You Slept

Configured to your trade

Call → quote → book → deposit → dispatch

Not a receptionist bolted onto someone else's software. One agent, your rules — on the phone and the widget — and the job lands on the tech's phone.

  1. 01

    Call

    Twilio number or the website widget

  2. 02

    Answer

    Umber · 29+ languages · first ring

  3. 03

    Quote

    Live catalog and rules

  4. 04

    Book

    Confirmed on the board

  5. 05

    Deposit

    Stripe before hang-up

  6. 06

    Dispatch

    Map + tech's phone

Your bounce house rental operation — not just the phone

Intake, catalog, and dispatch in your terms. The same person on the call and the widget. Unlimited techs and office.

Your agent, your voice

  • You pick Umber and the speaking voice — or clone yours
  • Callers hear your shop, not a generic receptionist
  • Knowledge base, pronunciation, and bounce house rental intake in your language

Dispatch & calendar

  • Live map, travel buffers, recurring routes
  • Time clock with GPS; availability on the call
  • Holds a slot, then books it onto the board

CRM, quotes & jobs

  • Intake and catalog and rules the way your shop already talks
  • Estimates the customer approves by text
  • Jobs created from the call transcript

Get paid

  • Invoices + Stripe links, including mid-call deposits
  • A/R dunning, job costing, 1099 contractor payouts
  • QuickBooks Online & Xero on Starter+

In the field

  • Native iOS & Android — no per-tech fee
  • photos, signatures, and checklists
  • Before/after PDFs and on-my-way ETAs

The customer

  • No-login portal from an SMS link
  • Pay, approve quotes, reschedule, see ETA
  • Reminders, review asks, agreement renewals

Contracts & cadence

  • Service agreements with e-sign review
  • Recurring jobs generated on a cadence
  • 60 / 30 / 7-day renewal reminders

Shop, parts & fleet

  • Pricebook, inventory, vendors, serialized assets
  • Bay, counter, or warehouse when you need them
  • Vehicles, equipment, optional telematics

Office, team & growth

  • 11 roles, audit log, website & campaigns
  • Google + Outlook calendars; Gusto time sync
  • REST + MCP API on Starter — your catalog, your terms

Live today Stripe · Twilio · QuickBooks Online · Xero · Gusto · Google Calendar · Outlook · Slack · CallRail · Lob · Mapbox / Google Maps · REST + MCP

Bounce House Rental markets

Local AI dispatch pages for top metros — same shop OS, city-specific operating context.

New York · Los Angeles · Chicago · Houston · Phoenix · Philadelphia · San Antonio · San Diego · Dallas · Austin · Jacksonville · San Jose · Fort Worth · Columbus · Charlotte · Indianapolis · San Francisco · Seattle · Denver · Nashville · Oklahoma City · El Paso · Washington · Las Vegas

More metros at /locations · each city page is self-canonical for bounce house rental.

Umber - Your AI Voice Agent for Bounce House Rental

Meet Umber

Your AI Voice Agent for Bounce House Rental

Answers the phone, asks for their street address, texts them a deposit link, and drops the confirmed job into your schedule.

Bounce House Rental — why missed calls hurt

Market reality

A mom scrolling her phone at 9 PM Wednesday wants a bounce castle for Saturday. She taps three Google results and texts the first one that replies. The operator whose phone is on silent at 9:04 PM loses a $295 weekend rental to the competitor who answered in 12 seconds.

How Umber wins the job

A mom calls Wednesday at 9 PM for a 7-year-old's party. The AI agent answers on the first ring, cross-references the child's age against unit dimensions, selects the Castle Combo, and quotes $275. The routing engine identifies two existing Saturday morning stops in the same neighborhood and slots a 9 AM delivery window between them. It collects a $75 deposit via secure payment link and texts a digital waiver. On Saturday morning, when another parent cancels due to rain, the AI agent texts the waitlist within 30 seconds, books a replacement party, and reroutes the delivery truck without any human touching the dispatch board.

Frequently Asked Questions

How does the platform enforce signed safety waivers before a bounce house is inflated?

The system texts a digital waiver link immediately after booking confirmation. If the waiver remains unsigned by 8 AM on delivery day, the driver's app displays a red lock screen that blocks inflation until an on-site digital signature is captured and timestamped.

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