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See how many turned-away bookings you could have seated
Replay your real bookings to see how many guests a table move or shorter sitting could have seated.
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In short: run the test in Bookings › Smart Seating to see bookings a table move or shorter sitting would have seated.
Run the test
- Go to Bookings › Smart Seating, then choose your venue.
- Set From and To. They start on the last 7 days.
- Click Run the test. It is read-only: nothing is moved and guests see nothing.
- Read Bookings turned away and the openings it found.
Optional switches
- Shorter sittings allows a slightly shorter sitting when that opens a slot, and saves straight away. Then set Trim by at most and, if you want, a party size limit.
- Measure it on live searches scores real guest searches without changing anything guests see.
Good to know
- Guests always see the sitting length before they book.
- Turn the optimiser on is marked Coming soon.
- If the replay fails, try a shorter date range.
- FOH, Bookings Manager, Marketing and IT cannot see Smart Seating.
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