Appointments mode

Appointments mode

• Setting up appointments: services, staff and time slotsCreate your services, your staff members and their schedules, then place the appointment booking form on your site.
• Group sessions, waiting list and remindersOffer multi-seat sessions or dated sessions, benefit from the automatic waiting list, let your clients reschedule or cancel and send reminders.
• How do you add online appointment booking to a WordPress site?To take appointments online on WordPress, install a booking plugin, describe your services and working hours, then place the form on your pages.
• How do you reduce no-shows?Email reminders, deposits, clear cancellation rules and a waiting list: four levers you can combine to limit no-shows and recover freed-up slots.
• How do I take a deposit for an appointment?Set the deposit at booking for each service (100% = full payment), choose online payment in the module, or leave payment on site. State the rule before the client books.
• How do I manage a team schedule with several staff members?One staff member per person, assigned services, individual working hours and time off, the “No preference” option and a “Team” account so everyone sees their own schedule.
• How do you offer video call appointments?Create a service with a “Video link (https)”, shared with the client once the appointment is confirmed, check the time zone and find the link in the reminders.
• Which appointment booking system should a coach use?A coach can offer a discovery call, one-to-one sessions in person or by video, and group workshops with limited places, all on a WordPress site.
• How do you set up online booking for a hair or beauty salon?Realistic service durations, cleaning buffers, a team with skills, the “Doesn't matter” choice and a deposit for long treatments: the method for a salon.
• How can a practitioner offer online appointment booking without collecting health data?A wellbeing practitioner can offer online booking as long as the form collects no health data: identity, contact details and a time slot are enough.
• How do you organise online booking for group classes and workshops?Capacity, break-even threshold, dated sessions, multiple places and a waiting list: how to design a programme of classes or workshops that can be booked online.
• How do you sell guided tours and activities online?Fixed departure times, places per booking, meeting point, tours by language, bad-weather cancellation: the method for selling tours and activities on WordPress.
• Free appointment booking software: online app or WordPress plugin?Free online calendar, booking app or WordPress plugin: what each free solution includes, the questions to ask and what GDA Kraft Booking covers.