How do I set up tables for accurate availability?

Create areas, add tables with a min and max capacity and a seating priority, and create combinations to join tables for larger parties.

What is the day planner?

The live view of service: tables down the side by area, a timeline across the top, and each booking a pill you drag to move, resize to change duration, or tap to open.

How do I progress a booking during service?

Move its status from arrived to seated, through the courses, to complete, from the planner.

Yes. A close-out blocks a table for a period, and non-bookable features like the bar can be placed for orientation.

Does it stop double-booking?

Yes. The planner checks for collisions and warns before a move that would clash with another booking.

Product reference · Table bookings

Floor plan, tables and the diary

Set up areas, tables and combinations so availability is accurate, then run the live day planner to seat and progress bookings as service flows.

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When you'd use it

During setup, to make availability accurate; and every service, to run the room from the day planner.

How it behaves

Create areas for each part of the venue, such as Main Floor, Terrace or Bar. Add tables with a name, a minimum and maximum capacity, and a seating priority, and set accessibility flags where they apply. Create combinations to join tables for larger parties. Place tables on the visual floor plan so the diary shows real occupancy at a glance.

The day planner is the live view of service. Tables run down the side, grouped by area, with a continuous timeline across the top, and each booking is a pill coloured by its status. Drag a pill to move it, drag its edge to change the duration, and tap it to open the guest, party, notes, allergens and charges. Progress the status as service runs, from arrived to seated, through courses, to complete.

A table can be blocked for a period with a close-out, the planner warns before a move that would clash with another booking, and tables can be assigned to staff for the service.

Configuration and options

Areas: Named parts of the venue that group tables.
Tables: Name, minimum and maximum capacity, and seating priority.
Accessibility flags: Highchair, wheelchair, buggy and dog-friendly markers.
Combinations: Joined tables that seat larger parties.
Booking statuses: The lifecycle from arrived through courses to complete.
Close-outs: Blocking a table or period so it cannot be booked.
Staff assignment: Assigning tables to team members for a service.
Auto-seat walk-ins: Dropping a walk-in straight onto a free table.

Good to know

Cancelled and no-show bookings are hidden on the planner by default.
Non-bookable features such as the bar or kitchen can be placed on the plan for orientation only.
The planner checks for collisions and warns before a move that would clash.