Interior designers: booking first home consultations online

Clients thinking about redoing a room browse ideas in the evening and want to talk to a designer while the idea is fresh. Let them book a first home consultation online, choosing the type of project and a slot on the days you visit their area. You arrive knowing the room, the budget range and the style, and your daytime stays free for projects.

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. Give consultations one place per slot.

Durations and prices are examples: set your own. Say in the description whether the consultation fee is deducted if the project goes ahead.

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 client's calendar file. Ask in the description for:

Create one service per area if you cover a large city or region, and open each area's consultation slots on the days you're nearby. Slots repeat each week on the weekdays you choose until an end date. Leave travel time between home visits.

For clients further away, a video consultation with photos and measurements works well as a first step. Book doesn't create video links: send yours by email after the booking.

When the client goes ahead, book the next meetings yourself from your bookings list: concept presentation, materials choice, site checks. First and last name are enough; if you enter the client's email, they get a confirmation with a calendar file for each meeting. Rescheduling works across services.

Clients can't move or cancel online: they contact you. 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.