Bookings
Run service from the Day Planner
Make and amend bookings, move tables, take payments, seat guests and follow the day's covers from one screen.
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In short: open Bookings › Day Planner to take, move, seat and complete the day's bookings.
Find a booking
- Go to Bookings › Day Planner, then choose your venue. It opens on today.
- Click Show booking list for a list by status, or Search to find a guest on This day or Any date.
Work with a booking
Click a booking to open its panel. See use the booking panel.
- Add profile note: shows on every future visit.
- Notes: for this booking and your team only, never the guest.
- Add, next to Payment links: take a deposit, cancellation charge or full payment.
- To edit details or move table, see edit a booking.
Seat, move and complete
- Click Seat Guest when they sit down. Part of the party? Set Status to partially seated, then click Fully Seated later.
- Click Complete when they leave.
- Click Complete again to confirm.
- Drag a booking sideways to change its time, or up or down to change its table.
Add bookings
- Create: phone bookings. See create a booking.
- Walk-in (today only): tap a party size and assign tables. Guest details are optional.
Check it worked
Seated guests show as Seated, and new bookings appear on the grid.
Good to know
- With Square, mark a booking Seated before Complete, or the deposit does not come off the bill.
- A booking's Tables field is greyed out while linked to a Square bill. Move the bill in Square. See Square bill on the wrong booking.
- To block tables or times, see block time.
- For Stats, Messages and More options, see the Day Planner header.
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