Bookings
Set up bookings
The four things Bookings needs before it can take a booking: a resource, a booking type, opening hours and, for self-service, a booking page.
On this page
Bookings needs four things before it can take a booking. The Overview walks you through them in order and disappears once they exist.
Get ready to take bookings#
Add who or what gets booked#
Open Resources and add a team member, a room, table or space, or an item from Inventory. Give each one how many bookings it can take at the same moment — usually 1. See Resources.
Describe what people book#
Open Booking Types and start with the thing people book most: a haircut, a deluxe room, a yoga class. Choose how time is booked, how many at once, and who or what can take it. See Booking types.
Set opening hours#
Open Availability and give each resource its weekly hours. Without hours, a resource can be booked at any time. Add closures for holidays. See Opening hours and closures.
Open a booking page (optional)#
If customers should book themselves, open Booking Pages and choose which booking types the page offers and which websites may use it. Today this needs a developer; see Booking pages.
Make the first booking#
From the Overview or Reservations, choose New reservation (it follows your words: New appointment in a salon). Pick what is being booked, the time and the customer. Bookings only offers times when a resource that can take the type is open and free. See Reservations.