Can I take a lesson now or do I need to book in advance?

A Lesson Request needs to be sent and accepted to successfully book a lesson.

A student sends a lesson request

A student can send a lesson request to book a lesson 2, 6, or 12 hours in advance depending on a teacher's Lesson Request settings for the lesson and package requests.

A teacher sends a lesson invitation

If you and your teacher have agreed with an instant lesson, your teacher can use the Lesson Invitation feature to send you (student) a lesson invitation to start the lesson within 15-30 minutes. After you (student) accept the lesson invitation, you can start the lesson soon! 

Note that your lesson is only booked when a lesson request is accepted.

You might want to know:

How to search for a teacher that fits me most? 

Why hasn’t my lesson request been accepted?