Acupuncturists: schedule a course of treatment online

Acupuncture is rarely a single session: you plan a course, with sessions at a spacing that suits the client. When clients have to book each one themselves, the spacing drifts. With Book, a new client books a first session online, and you book the following sessions from your list at the end of each visit, so the course stays on track and every date is in the client's calendar.

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.

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

At the end of the first session, agree how many sessions and how far apart, then book the next one or two yourself from your bookings list. First and last name are enough; with their email, the client gets a confirmation with a calendar file for each session. Book doesn't send reminders, so the calendar files keep the dates visible.

Booking only a couple of sessions ahead lets you adapt the spacing at each visit. When the course is ending, book a review session to decide what comes next.

Slots repeat weekly on the weekdays you choose until an end date. Keep a few first-session slots open each week, at set times, so new clients can always start. Since you book follow-ups yourself, place them in the hours you keep for current clients, and don't open public slots there.

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 symptoms or health details there, and use neutral service names. Collect what you need during the session, according to the rules that apply to you.

Clients can't move or cancel online: they contact you, and you move the session from your list. Say in the description how much notice you need. Book doesn't email clients about changes.

If you practise in two locations, create services per location and book follow-ups in the same one. See the guide on rented room half-days.

Book doesn't store records, take payments, sell session packages or send reminders. One booking page per business, no staff field: in a shared practice, create services per practitioner. Book costs €5/month, everything included: unlimited services and bookings, no commission, no contract.