Wedding planners: scheduling meetings up to the big day
How wedding planners can schedule planning meetings up to the wedding with online booking: milestones, supplier visits, tastings and a final run-through.
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Between signing and the wedding, each couple needs a series of meetings: budget, venue, suppliers, tastings, final details. Fix them as bookings on a timeline, so every couple sees the next step in their calendar and you see every couple's milestones in yours. You stop juggling dates across message threads, and nothing slips in the busy weeks before the season.
A meeting timeline by milestone
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. Create one service per meeting type, each with one place per slot.
| Service | Example slot | Places | Example price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Budget and priorities meeting | 1 h 30 | 1 | Free |
| Supplier review meeting | 1 h | 1 | Free |
| Venue walk-through | 2 h | 1 | Free |
| Final run-through | 1 h 30 | 1 | Free |
Durations are examples: set your own. Leave the price empty for meetings included in your package.
Booking the timeline
Right after the couple signs, book the main meetings yourself from your bookings list, spaced back from the wedding date. First and last name are enough; if you enter the couple's email, they get a confirmation with a calendar file for each meeting. Rescheduling works across services, so a meeting can move when a supplier changes their dates.
Letting couples choose
For flexible meetings, open slots in your planning hours, such as weekday evenings and Saturday mornings, and send couples the link. Slots repeat each week on the weekdays you choose until an end date. A booked slot leaves your page, so two couples never get the same hour.
Supplier visits and tastings
Tastings and supplier visits happen at the supplier's place and time. Book them as their own bookings with the address in the description or your note, so the couple's calendar shows where to go. Book doesn't email clients about changes, so if a supplier moves a tasting, move the booking and tell the couple yourself.
Several couples at once
Your synced calendar shows every couple's meetings side by side. Your bookings sync with Google, iPhone or Mac calendars. If an assistant planner runs some meetings, create services in their name, since Book has no staff field.
The final run-through
Book the final run-through a few weeks before the wedding: timings, suppliers' arrival, contacts on the day. The couple can't move or cancel online; they contact you. Book sends no reminders and doesn't take payments. Book costs €5/month, everything included: unlimited services and bookings, no commission, no contract.
When should I book the planning meetings?
Can couples choose some meeting times?
Can I see all couples' meetings together?
Does Book remind couples of meetings?
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