Getting started
Your first week with Bookings
An ordered checklist for going live with Bookings: payments, tables, settings, emails, your booking page, then service.
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In short: set up payments, tables and settings first, test your booking page, then share it and run service from the Day Planner.
Before you go live, then Go live, then During service, then End of the week4 stages in order: Before you go live, then Go live, then During service, then End of the week. The live stage is Before you go live.
01Before you go live
02Go live
03During service
04End of the week
- 01Before you go live
- 02Go live
- 03During service
- 04End of the week
Before you go live
- Connect payments: Square, or Stripe if you do not take payments through Square.
- Add your areas, tables and any combinations.
- Set your venue name, timezone and booking window, party sizes and bookable times.
- Add booking types if you run different services, such as Sunday lunch.
- Want money up front? Set up deposits or cancellation charges.
- Set up confirmation and reminder emails.
- Fill in your booking page and its brand kit.
Go live
- Make a test booking on your own phone.
- Share your booking page, and add a Book button to your website, Instagram and Google.
- Invite your team with the right role.
- Taking pre-orders? Set up pre-orders from a menu in Ordering.
During service
Day Planner: Day PlannerA drawing of the day planner, with tables down the side and bookings across the day, with Day Planner marked.
Day Planner
T1
T2
Day Planner
T3
T4
T5
- Run the day from the Day Planner.
- Take phone bookings and walk-ins.
- Mark guests Seated when they sit down. With Square, this takes the deposit off the bill.
End of the week
- Add special dates for closures and holidays ahead.
- Check your numbers in Reporting.
Check it worked
Your test booking shows on the Day Planner, and you received its confirmation email.
Need help?
Times missing on your booking page? See guests see no times.
Email support at agent@stampede.ai with:
- Your venue name.
- The step you are stuck on.
Good to know
- Booking type settings override your main settings.
- Full payment needs Stripe, even if you use Square. See full payment.
- Only Admin, Moderator, General Manager and Reports can open booking settings such as Main Settings and Tables.
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