Valet Teams Can Now See Which Parking Zones Are Full in Real Time

Valet Teams Can Now See Which Parking Zones Are Full in Real Time

SINGAPORE, 23 September 2026. ValeKit, the valet parking system from Flowlyn Labs, has opened early access to Live Zone Occupancy, a real-time capacity view built for valet teams working through a busy period.

The feature gives managers a current answer to a question that comes up several times on any given evening. How much room is left, and where.

Capacity has been an estimate

On most sites, remaining capacity is something a manager judges rather than reads.
Experienced managers judge it well. Someone who has run a property for two years develops a reliable sense of when one level is finished and the next should open. That judgement is built over hundreds of shifts and it is genuinely valuable.

What it cannot do is travel. It sits with one person, it is unavailable when that person is at the other end of the building, and it has to be rebuilt by whoever takes the next shift. Live Zone Occupancy puts the same picture in front of everyone at the same time.

Built on data the system already records

The feature needed no change to how teams work at the curb, which is the reason it was possible to build.

ValeKit already records a zone and a spot every time a vehicle moves into the parked state, along with the numbered key hook it is assigned. That happens on the runner's phone as part of the normal flow and has done since the product launched. Until now the information was used to retrieve vehicles quickly and to keep a complete ticket history.

Live Zone Occupancy reads the same records and aggregates them. Each zone shows how many vehicles it currently holds against how many spaces it has, and the count updates as tickets move into and out of the parked state.

Because the count comes from work already being recorded, there is no extra step for a runner and nothing separate to maintain. That matters more than it might sound. A count somebody has to update by hand tends to drift within a couple of weeks, and a capacity figure that has drifted is less useful than none at all.

What operators see

The view lists every zone configured for a location alongside its current count, its capacity, and how much of it is in use.

Zones are defined by the operator rather than fixed by the software. A zone can be a garage level, a surface lot, a valet-only aisle, or an overflow arrangement with a neighbouring property, so a site is set up to match how the operation actually runs.

Three uses came up repeatedly during development.

Opening overflow at the right moment. Most properties hold a secondary option in reserve, because it is further away or needs a member of staff posted to it. Opening it early ties up someone needed at the door. Opening it late creates a queue under the canopy. A live count puts a number behind that decision.

Handing over a shift. Both managers look at the same view, which shortens the briefing and removes the part that relied on recall.

Talking to the property. Contract operators are periodically asked by clients whether a site needs more space. A record of how full each zone ran turns that into a conversation supported by evidence. Reporting is not part of early access, but the underlying data begins accumulating as soon as the feature is switched on.

Scoped for the first release

Early access covers the live count and the capacity view. Forecasting, alerting and historical occupancy reporting are planned for later stages.

That reflects what operators asked for first. A reliable current count is useful on its own and is the foundation for anything built on top of it, so it made sense to prove it across a range of sites before adding more. A hotel with one garage level and forty spaces is a different problem from a stadium running four lots and an overflow agreement across the road.

Early access terms

Live Zone Occupancy is available now to existing ValeKit accounts on request, at no additional charge during early access.

Participating operators are asked to configure zones to reflect the site rather than accept a default, since the count is only as accurate as the zone definitions behind it, and to report anything the count gets wrong.

General availability will follow once the feature has been tested across a range of site types. No date has been set.

About ValeKit

ValeKit is a valet operations platform that provides tools for vehicle check-in, retrieval management, guest communication, payments, and team operations. The platform is designed to help valet teams manage daily parking operations from mobile and web-based tools. Learn more at https://www.valekit.com/