diff --git a/src/modules/chatelet/index.ts b/src/modules/chatelet/index.ts
index 60653c9..8980b69 100644
--- a/src/modules/chatelet/index.ts
+++ b/src/modules/chatelet/index.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export interface ChateletModuleConfig {
 
 /**
  * Chatelet module — guest booking UI for the LNbits `chatelet` room-rentals
- * extension. Slice 1: read-only discovery + availability over HTTP.
+ * extension: discovery, availability and Lightning-paid booking over HTTP.
  */
 export const chateletModule = createModulePlugin({
   name: 'chatelet',
@@ -52,3 +52,4 @@ export const chateletModule = createModulePlugin({
 export default chateletModule
 
 export type { Room, AvailabilityResult } from './types/room'
+export type { Booking, BookingQuote, BookingRequest, BookingStatus } from './types/booking'
diff --git a/src/modules/chatelet/services/ChateletApiService.ts b/src/modules/chatelet/services/ChateletApiService.ts
index 015252a..c468c47 100644
--- a/src/modules/chatelet/services/ChateletApiService.ts
+++ b/src/modules/chatelet/services/ChateletApiService.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type { AvailabilityResult, Room } from '../types/room'
+import type { BookingQuote, BookingRequest, PaymentStatus } from '../types/booking'
 
 export interface ChateletApiConfig {
   baseUrl: string
@@ -9,8 +10,8 @@ export interface ChateletApiConfig {
  * HTTP client for the LNbits `chatelet` extension's guest surface.
  *
  * Plain config-wrapper (same pattern as events' TicketApiService) — not a
- * BaseService. Slice 1 is read-only guest browsing over public endpoints;
- * booking (POST /bookings) + status polling arrive in slice 2.
+ * BaseService. Guest browsing, availability and the booking request are all
+ * public endpoints; settlement is polled on the invoice via LNbits core.
  *
  * Transport note: this is HTTP-for-now. The extension also exposes a
  * kind-21000 Nostr-RPC surface (chatelet_room_list / _availability / …), but
@@ -41,6 +42,30 @@ export class ChateletApiService {
     })
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Hold the dates and get the invoice that confirms them. The backend
+   * quotes the amount (canonical `booking.deposit_sat`) — the guest never
+   * recomputes what they owe. 502 = invoice creation failed server-side.
+   */
+  async requestBooking(data: BookingRequest): Promise<BookingQuote> {
+    return this.request('/chatelet/api/v1/bookings', {
+      method: 'POST',
+      headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' },
+      body: JSON.stringify(data),
+    })
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Anonymous settlement check on LNbits core. Chatelet's own
+   * `GET /bookings/{id}` needs a wallet key, so until a public booking
+   * status endpoint lands the guest polls the invoice instead — the
+   * extension's paid-invoice listener is what flips the booking to
+   * `confirmed`.
+   */
+  async getPaymentStatus(paymentHash: string): Promise<PaymentStatus> {
+    return this.request(`/api/v1/payments/${paymentHash}`, { method: 'GET' })
+  }
+
   private async request(path: string, init: RequestInit = {}): Promise<any> {
     const headers: Record<string, string> = {
       accept: 'application/json',
diff --git a/src/modules/chatelet/types/booking.ts b/src/modules/chatelet/types/booking.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a843a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/chatelet/types/booking.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/**
+ * Booking wire types — mirror `models.py` in the LNbits `chatelet`
+ * extension (BookingRequestData / Booking / BookingQuote). Field names are
+ * kept as the backend spells them so the JSON maps 1:1.
+ */
+
+export type BookingStatus =
+  | 'held'
+  | 'awaiting_payment'
+  | 'confirmed'
+  | 'declined'
+  | 'cancelled'
+  | 'expired'
+  | (string & {})
+
+/** What a guest sends to `POST /chatelet/api/v1/bookings`. */
+export interface BookingRequest {
+  room_id: string
+  /** Hex pubkey of the guest — the identity the check-in DM goes to. */
+  guest_pubkey: string
+  /** YYYY-MM-DD, inclusive. */
+  check_in: string
+  /** YYYY-MM-DD, exclusive. */
+  check_out: string
+  num_guests: number
+  guest_contact?: string
+  message?: string
+}
+
+export interface Booking {
+  id: string
+  room_id: string
+  guest_pubkey: string
+  guest_contact: string | null
+  check_in: string
+  check_out: string
+  nights: number
+  num_guests: number
+  /** Snapshot of the room's price currency. */
+  currency: string
+  /** nights × room price, display only. */
+  price_fiat: number
+  /** Canonical total due, in sats. */
+  amount_sat: number
+  /** Portion invoiced now (== amount_sat at 100 % prepay). */
+  deposit_sat: number
+  status: BookingStatus
+  payment_hash: string | null
+  /** Hold expiry while held / awaiting_payment; null once confirmed. */
+  expires_at: string | null
+  created_at: string
+  updated_at: string
+}
+
+/** Response to a booking request: the held booking + the bolt11 that confirms it. */
+export interface BookingQuote {
+  booking: Booking
+  payment_request: string
+  payment_hash: string
+}
+
+/**
+ * Anonymous read of LNbits core `GET /api/v1/payments/{hash}` — the guest
+ * cannot read their booking over HTTP yet (that endpoint needs a wallet
+ * key), so settlement is polled on the invoice instead. `status` is only
+ * present on a failed payment.
+ */
+export interface PaymentStatus {
+  paid: boolean
+  status?: string
+}