Spray tan pros: getting clients to book at the right time

A spray tan booked the morning of a wedding, or five days before, disappoints the client and reflects on you. Use your booking page to steer timing: say in each description when to book relative to the event, open slots on the evenings before weekends, and ask for the event date in the booking note. When a booking comes in at the wrong time, you see it straight away and can move it before the client is disappointed.

On Book, each service has a name, a price and an optional description shown on your public page. Put the timing rule at the top of the description, where clients read it before choosing a time: "Book one or two days before your event. Shower after the development time you're given." Adapt it to the solution and development time you use.

Weddings and parties cluster at weekends, so the right times are Thursday and Friday evenings. Each slot belongs to one service, sits within one day and has its own capacity; slots repeat each week on the weekdays you choose until an end date, so a regular Thursday–Friday pattern takes minutes to set up.

Durations and prices are examples: set your own.

The booking form takes first name, last name, email and phone, plus an optional note that reaches you in the new booking email. Ask clients to write the event date and time. When you read the booking, you know at once whether it's well timed.

If a client books five days early or on the morning itself, message them and move the booking from your list to a better slot. Rescheduling works across services, so a studio booking can become a home visit if that's the only free time. Book doesn't email clients about changes, so your message is what tells them.

For a wedding, book the bride and the party together two days before, as one long group slot with one place, booked by the organiser. A trial tan a few weeks earlier can be its own service.

For holidays or long events, a short top-up can extend the result. Offer it as its own service. Regulars can have their next tan booked from your list; if you enter their email, they get a confirmation with a calendar file.

Clients can't move or cancel online: they contact you and you move the booking. Book doesn't send reminders, so the calendar file and a short message the day before help. Book costs €5/month, everything included: unlimited services and bookings, no commission, no contract.