diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/bookings_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/bookings_controller.rb
index 06ee057f..27e3c18b 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/bookings_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/bookings_controller.rb
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ def create
     @booking.user = current_user
 
     if @booking.save
+      BookingMailer.booking_confirmation(@booking.user, @booking).deliver_now
+      BookingMailer.new_booking_notification(@booking.speaker, @booking).deliver_now
       render json: @booking, status: :created
     else
       render json: @booking.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity
@@ -22,6 +24,9 @@ def create
   end
 
   def update
+    booking = Booking.find(params[:id])
+    availability = booking.availability
+
     if @booking.update(booking_params)
       render json: @booking
     else
@@ -32,6 +37,6 @@ def update
   private
 
   def booking_params
-    params.require(:booking).permit(:event_id, :availability_id, :start_time, :end_time, :status)
+    params.require(:booking).permit(:event_id, :availability_id, :start_time, :end_time, :location, :status)
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/mailers/booking_mailer.rb b/app/mailers/booking_mailer.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..50f48366
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/mailers/booking_mailer.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+class BookingMailer < ApplicationMailer
+  default from: "no-reply@example.com"
+
+  def booking_confirmation(user, booking)
+    @user = user
+    @booking = booking
+    @order = @booking.order
+    mail(to: @user.email, subject: "Booking Request Confirmation")
+  end
+
+  def new_booking_notification(speaker, booking)
+    @speaker = speaker
+    @booking = booking
+    @order = @booking.order
+    mail(to: @speaker.email, subject: "New Booking Request")
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/views/booking_mailer/booking_confirmation.html.erb b/app/views/booking_mailer/booking_confirmation.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/app/views/booking_mailer/new_booking_notification.html.erb b/app/views/booking_mailer/new_booking_notification.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/spec/mailers/booking_mailer_spec.rb b/spec/mailers/booking_mailer_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fe67407a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/mailers/booking_mailer_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+require "rails_helper"
+
+RSpec.describe BookingMailer, type: :mailer do
+  pending "add some examples to (or delete) #{__FILE__}"
+end
diff --git a/spec/mailers/previews/booking_mailer_preview.rb b/spec/mailers/previews/booking_mailer_preview.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d54e7191
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/mailers/previews/booking_mailer_preview.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Preview all emails at http://localhost:3000/rails/mailers/booking_mailer_mailer
+class BookingMailerPreview < ActionMailer::Preview
+end