Engineering for hospitality

Every enquiry. Every event. Yours.

Track every hire enquiry from first message to a booked, paid event.

Private hire and event enquiry software for UK venues, from first message to a paid deposit or ticket, on one flat price per venue with no fee per event.

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Ticketed events. Sell tickets for a one-off night or a run, paid up front through your own booking flow. Guests get a wallet pass for the door.

Powering 2,500+ UK venues

Art HospitalityNº 90OIR GroupFolkPlonk'dPetiscoSankey'sWild InnsThe StablesCoast & CountrySiam NiyomVietnamese Street KitchenHowiesCaldera
La-YamRadioPizza PunksBuoy & OysterThe Northern CollectiveVittoria GroupAmarettoNo.12 Hotel & BistroThe Truffled HogMalonesKneadThe George at BurnhamFifteenOmomo
The Welsh HouseFuegoValiant Pub CompanyParadise PalmsFat HippoThe BoundaryArtisan InnkeepersFauna BrewingSmoke BBQMount EdgcumbeRocca GroupPotyoOrnithologyRico Libre
The problem

Lost in the inbox.

Gillian’s party for 40, a week in a mailbox and a spreadsheet.

One hire enquiry, 40 covers

Before

Day 6 · deposit unpaid
Mailbox · events@6 days ago
Gillian RossChristmas party for 40 · budget £2,400
Enquiries_v4.xlsxOwner: ?
DepositUnpaid
Chased by phone, twiceFriday 11 December still held
  • Hire enquiries in a mailbox, copied into a sheet
  • No stage, no owner, no idea what it’s worth
  • The deposit chased by phone when someone remembers

After

Booked · deposit paid
Gillian RossWebsite enquiry form
Booked
Party40Budget£2,400OwnerEvents
Proposal · Christmas party

Hi Gillian, our festive menu for 40 is attached, with a link to pay the deposit and hold the 11th.

£500.00 deposit paid by linkOn the day planner · Fri 11 Dec
  • Every enquiry a card, with a stage and an owner
  • Her budget on the card and in your pipeline
  • A deposit link that reminds her on its own
Same party, same budget. The difference is a board, an owner and a payment link.
How it works

Capture, qualify, close.

Every hire enquiry on one board, owned by someone, moving towards a deposit and a booked event.

Capture, qualify, close
01Capture

Every enquiry lands here

From your website enquiry form or added by hand, each hire request becomes a card with the guest, party size, date and their budget.

02Qualify

Owner, budget, stage

Assign an owner so it’s clear who’s on it, reply in the inbox, and move it from pending to in-progress to tentative as it firms up.

03Close

Deposit, then booked

Send a deposit link that chases itself, gather pre-orders so the kitchen’s ready, and once it’s confirmed the enquiry becomes a booking on your day-planner.

In practice

The enquiry.

One record with the guest, their budget, where it sits, who owns it, the whole conversation and the deposit, from first message to paid.

Guest, budget, requirements

Party size, date, what they’re after and the budget they told you, on one card.

Owner and status

Who’s responsible and exactly where it sits, from pending to tentative to booked.

Reply in the inbox

Message the guest by email or text from the same screen, with templates and files.

Deposit that chases itself

Send a payment link with reminders, and auto-cancel the hold if it’s not paid in time.

An enquiry, end to end
TentativeOwner
Budget
Deposit paid
The toolkit

Run the pipeline.

Everything to turn a hire enquiry into a booked, paid event, without a spreadsheet in sight.

Stages

Move each enquiry from pending to in-progress to tentative to booked.

Owner & subscribers

Assign a lead so it’s clear who’s on it, with others kept in the loop.

Budget & pipeline value

The budget the guest gave you, rolled up so you see the money in play by stage.

Deposit links

Send a deposit request that reminds and auto-cancels the hold if unpaid.

Pre-orders

Let the party choose their food ahead, linked to the booking so the kitchen’s ready.

Reply in the inbox

Message the guest by email or text from the enquiry, with templates and files.

Web enquiry form

Embed a form on your site so requests land straight on the board.

Becomes a booking

A confirmed enquiry lands on your day-planner, nothing re-typed.

Events

Events, sorted.

From a Christmas run to a one-night supper club, events run through the same bookings you already use, on the same day-planner.

  • One-off or multi-day

    Run a single night, a continuous run of days, or a handful of dates that aren’t back to back.

  • Ticketing

    Sell tickets up front through your own booking flow, with a wallet pass for the door.

  • Pre-orders

    Let the party choose their food ahead of a set-menu night, so the kitchen knows what’s coming.

  • Private hire by enquiry

    Make a space enquiry-only, so a hire always comes through the pipeline first.

  • Deposits and the diary

    Take a deposit up front, and block standard bookings while the event takes the room.

One-off, a range, or individual dates
Pre-ordersDepositTicketedPrivate hire
Proof

The proof.

Operators running on Stampede, in their own numbers.

A Sunday roast at an ART Hospitality venue
24,604covers in a single month
0.3%no-show rate across eight venues
“You innovate at a rate I have never seen in a software company.”
Edwin Kirk, founding director, ART HospitalityRead the story
Food at the George & Dragon, a Sankey's venue
4.59 → 4.80Google rating, year on year
2.3×average bill from email bookings
“Having everything under one roof is simply superior, full stop.”
Matthew Sankey, owner, Sankey'sRead the story
A dish being finished at Howies, Edinburgh
3,920guests enriched with real spend
6 weekstheir first six weeks with Stampede
“Every payment lands on the guest who made it now. Everything a guest does with us, online and in our venues, finally joins up in one view.”
Louis Scott, Howies, EdinburghFull story coming soon
89%
Wi-Fi marketing opt-in rate
55p
average value of a guest contact
2,500+
UK venues run on Stampede
How we measure these figures
Why Stampede

A pipeline that pays.

One board for every hire enquiry, deposits secured before the date, and a clean handover into the booking.

One pipeline

Not a spreadsheet

Every hire enquiry on one board with a stage and an owner, so you always know what’s live, who’s chasing it and the money on the table.

Deposits secured

Money before the date

Send a deposit link that reminds the guest and cancels the hold if it goes unpaid, so you’re not left holding a room for a no-show.

One system

Enquiry to event to booking

When it’s confirmed it flows into the same bookings and day-planner as everything else, with pre-orders and the guest attached. Nothing re-typed.

Guides

The how-to.

The steps venues use to fix it, whatever system they run, and where Stampede does each one.

  • Pre-order · Olivia’s party12 of 16 ordered
    OliviaShort rib
    CallumHake, brown butterGF
    AishaWild mushroom risottoV
    GillianSquash tartVG
    +8 more ordered · 4 still to choose
    Guide · 4 steps

    How to take group bookings and pre-orders without the admin

    The enquiry, the deposit and every plate, sorted before the night.

  • Day planner · TueQuiet night
    171819202122
    T1
    T2
    T4
    T6
    T9
    T12
    14 of 60 covers booked
    Guide · 4 steps

    How to fill quiet nights

    Ask the right guests, give them a reason, and count the covers it brings.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions.

Never lose a hire again.

See a private-hire enquiry go from web form to deposit paid to a booking on the planner, in a live walkthrough with our team.