Acupuncturists: book clients into rented room half-days

Renting a treatment room by the half-day keeps costs down, but every empty slot in a rented half-day is money paid for nothing. And if you rent in two places, clients need to know which address on which day. With Book, you open slots only on the half-days you've rented, one service per location, so clients book into the hours you're paying for and arrive at the right door.

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. You create every slot, so open slots only inside your rented half-days. Slots repeat weekly on the weekdays you choose until an end date, which fits a regular rental, such as every Tuesday afternoon until the end of your contract.

Durations are examples: set your own according to your practice and the rules that apply to you.

If you rent in more than one place, name each service with the location and give the full address, entrance and parking in the description. The location then appears in the client's calendar file, so they go to the right place.

A four-hour half-day might hold three one-hour sessions plus time to set up, change linen and pack away. Leave the first minutes of the rental for set-up and the last ones for packing up, by not opening slots then. The gaps never appear on your page.

Longer first sessions fit best at the start of a half-day. Open first-session slots only at that time, and follow-ups after.

If the room owner moves your half-day, close the old slots and open new ones. Clients already booked can't move online and Book doesn't email them about changes, so move their bookings from your list and tell them yourself. Rescheduling works across services, so a client can switch location.

At the end of a session, book the next one from your bookings list in the same location service. First and last name are enough; with their email, the client gets a confirmation with a calendar file showing the right address.

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 clients not to write health details there; discuss them in the session, according to the rules that apply to you.

Book doesn't manage room rentals, store records, take payments or send reminders. Your bookings sync with Google, iPhone or Mac calendars, so rented days and bookings sit together. Book costs €5/month, everything included: unlimited services and bookings, no commission, no contract.