Make-up artists: book bridal trials and wedding days

Bridal work comes in two parts: a trial weeks before, and the wedding morning itself, sometimes with a bridal party to get ready by a fixed time. Managing both by message is how dates get double-booked. With Book, couples book a trial and their wedding date on your own booking page, each wedding date takes one booking, and the details you need arrive in the note.

On Book, each service has a name, a price and an optional description, all shown on your public page. Each slot belongs to one service, sits within one day and has its own capacity. Bridal work fits naturally into a few services:

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

Give each wedding-morning slot one place. As soon as a couple books it, it leaves your page, so the same date can't be sold twice. If you can do two weddings on one day, for example a morning and an afternoon ceremony far enough apart, open two slots that day.

Couples may want to secure a date far ahead. Slots repeat weekly on the weekdays you choose until an end date, so open Saturdays (and Fridays if you work them) through next season in a few minutes.

Each online booking takes one place. For bridesmaids and family, use a bridal party service with several places on the wedding date, or, simpler, create their bookings yourself from your bookings list once the bride confirms the list. First and last name are enough.

Say in the trial description how long before the wedding you recommend it, and what to bring: photos of the dress, hair plans, inspiration. Open trial slots on weekdays so they don't compete with wedding days.

The booking form takes first name, last name, email and phone, plus an optional note that reaches you in the new booking email. For the wedding day, ask for:

Say in the description which area you cover and whether travel is included. Set the slot start to when you arrive, not when make-up starts, so set-up time is part of the booking.

If the couple books the trial first, book the wedding morning yourself from your bookings list at the end of the trial; with their email, they get a confirmation with a calendar file. If they booked the wedding first, the trial can be added the same way.

Book has one booking page per business and no staff field. With an assistant for big bridal parties, create a bridal party service in their name; slots of different services can overlap on the same morning.

Book doesn't take deposits or payments, issue contracts or send reminders. Couples can't move or cancel online: they contact you. If you need a deposit to hold a date, handle it outside Book and say so in the description. Book costs €5/month, everything included: unlimited services and bookings, no commission, no contract.