Bookings
Manage booking alerts
See guests waiting for a time to open up, let them know when one does, or cancel their alert.
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In short: switch on Booking alerts in Booking Options, then manage waiting guests in Bookings › Booking Alerts.
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Choose your venue
Ordering
Bookings
Combinations
Main Settings
Bookable Times
Booking Options
Stripe
Landing Page
Reviews
Turn them on
- Go to Bookings › Main Settings › Booking Options, then choose your venue.
- Switch on Booking alerts, then click Save changes.
Booking types allow alerts by default. To change one, edit it under Booking Types and use Allow booking alerts under Additional settings. Events have the same switch.
Work through the list
Guest leaves their details, then A matching slot opens, then Notify, then View booking4 stages in order: Guest leaves their details, then A matching slot opens, then Notify, then View booking. The live stage is Notify.
01Guest leaves their details
02A matching slot opens
03Notify
04View booking
- 01Guest leaves their details
- 02A matching slot opens
- 03Notify
- 04View booking
- Go to Bookings › Booking Alerts. It starts on All venues. Use the venue filter for one venue.
- Filter by status, such as Pending or Notified.
- On a pending or notified alert, click Notify to email the guest matching times now, or View booking once they have booked.
- To remove one, click its delete button.
- Click Cancel alert. The guest is not emailed.
Good to know
- Guests leave their details when no times suit, and are emailed if a matching slot opens.
- FOH, Bookings Manager, Marketing and IT cannot see Booking Alerts.
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