Tyre fitters: handling the seasonal changeover rush

The first cold snap and the first warm weeks bring a rush of drivers wanting their seasonal tyres on, and the phone rings all day. Open changeover slots online weeks before the season: drivers book a time at any hour, your bays fill evenly through the day, and your team fits tyres instead of answering calls.

On Book, each service has a name, a price and an optional description shown on your public page, and each slot belongs to one service, sits within one day and has its own capacity.

Durations, places and prices are examples: set your own.

Give each slot as many places as you have bays and fitters free at that time. Two bays means two places: two cars per slot. When the last place is taken, the slot leaves your page, so you don't take more cars than you can fit.

Open the season's changeover slots a few weeks ahead with an end date. Slots repeat each week on the weekdays you choose until an end date, so a month of slots takes minutes. Share the link by email or text with last season's customers, and put it on your shop sign and listing.

The booking form takes first name, last name, email and phone, plus an optional note that reaches you in the new booking email and appears in the driver's calendar file. Ask for the registration plate and storage reference in the note, so the tyres are out of storage before the car arrives.

If you keep a bay free for walk-ins, give slots one place fewer than your bays. On quiet days outside the season, you can open fewer slots.

If you fit at customers' addresses, use arrival windows and one service per area, so the rush becomes planned rounds.

Drivers can't move or cancel online: they call you, and rescheduling works across services. Book doesn't email clients about changes, sends no reminders and doesn't take payments. Your bookings sync with Google, iPhone or Mac calendars. Book costs €5/month, everything included: unlimited services and bookings, no commission, no contract.