Guides for venues that take bookings

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Best reservation system for small restaurants with 7 options ranked by monthly cost

Reserving, Resos, Eat App, Yelp Guest Manager, OpenTable, Resy and SevenRooms compared by published price and cover fees, with a worked month for a 40-seat room. 02

PlayByPoint pricing and cost per month by plan

PlayByPoint lists Starter at 99.99 USD, Starter+ at 199.99 USD and Advanced at 399.99 USD a month, plus add-ons. What a cage or court facility pays over a year and what it gives up. 03

Skedda pricing and Skedda cost per month by plan

Skedda lists Plus at 249 USD and Premier at 349 USD a month, billed yearly and priced per space. What is included, what is custom and how a small venue compares. 04

Winery reservation system for tasting rooms, with deposits and group holds

What a tasting room needs from a booking tool: slots by seating, a deposit per guest, card holds for groups and text reminders, and what it costs compared with a ticketing suite. 05

ROLLER pricing and ROLLER cost per month by plan

ROLLER publishes no prices. Its four plans, what each includes, usage fees and card processing, the third-party listings that disagree and what a flat booking plan costs instead. 06

Tablein pricing and Tablein cost per month by plan

Tablein costs 79 USD on Starter, 139 on Growth or 209 on Success per restaurant. Reservation caps, extra reservation fees in EUR, the yearly Success offer and three restaurants worked out. 07

Eat App pricing and Eat App cost per month by plan

Eat App costs 99 USD a month on Lite, 199 on Core or 389 on Pro (69, 159 and 299 billed yearly). The add-ons for payments, POS and deposits, the cover limit question and three restaurants worked out. 08

Yelp Guest Manager pricing and Yelp Reservations cost per month

Yelp Guest Manager costs 159 USD a month on Basic (500 covers) or 349 USD on Plus, 129 and 279 billed yearly, with no cover fees. Yelp Host, the cover cap and three restaurants worked out. 09

Tock pricing for restaurants and Tock fees per month with the prepayment fee worked out

Tock costs 289 USD a month on Essential with a 3% fee on prepayments, or 459 USD on Premium with 2%, plus processing and no per-cover fee. The 17,000 USD break-even between plans and three restaurants worked out. 10

Booqable pricing and cost per month for rental shops, with a year worked out

Booqable lists Start at 29, Grow at 69 and Scale at 149 a month on yearly billing. Add-ons, worked years for a dock and a kayak shop, and when a flat booking plan fits better. 11

Mangomint pricing and cost per month for salons and spas, with a year worked out

Mangomint charges 120 USD per location plus 10 USD per user a month, with phone, marketing, payroll and card fees on top. Three salon and spa years worked out. 12

Squire pricing and Squire barber app cost per month, with fees and a year worked out

Squire charges a flat fee per shop: about 30, 50, 150 or 250 USD a month, with no per-barber fee. Card processing, payroll and add-ons on top, a seven chair year worked out, and how it compares with Booksy. 13

SevenRooms pricing and SevenRooms cost per venue, with the contract and add-ons

SevenRooms is quote only: about 499 USD per venue a month to start on a yearly contract, plus paid add-ons for email, texts and events. What a first year adds up to, and how it compares with OpenTable and Resy. 14

Peek Pro pricing and Peek Pro cost with the booking fee worked out per order

Peek Pro has no monthly fee and takes a reported 6 to 8% booking fee on every online order, passed to your customers or absorbed, plus card processing. The fee at three venue sizes next to a flat plan, and what to ask on the demo call. 15

CourtReserve pricing per plan and per court, with add-ons and text fees

CourtReserve costs 199, 369 or 549 USD a month for 8, 16 or 32 courts (159, 329 or 499 billed annually), plus 25 USD integrations, Flex Leagues, branded app setup and text overage. The bill at three club sizes. 16

FareHarbor pricing and FareHarbor fees, including the booking fee your customers pay

FareHarbor has no monthly fee and adds a booking fee of about 6% to your customers' checkout, plus processing and partner fees. What that adds up to at three venue sizes next to a flat plan. 17

Zenoti pricing and Zenoti cost per location, with add-ons and setup fees

Zenoti is quote-only: about 300 to 500 USD a month per location, plus texting from 29 to 169 USD, review tools, setup fees and a 12 to 24 month contract. The first-year cost at one, three and five locations. 18

Acuity Scheduling pricing and Acuity pricing plans, with the cost by team size

Acuity Scheduling costs 20, 34 or 61 USD a month (16, 27 or 49 billed yearly) for 1, 6 or 36 calendars. Text reminders start on Standard and the HIPAA agreement on Premium. Payment fees, the seventh calendar jump and the cost at four business sizes. 19

Boulevard pricing and Boulevard cost per month for salons and spas

Boulevard lists Premier at 293 and Prestige at 410 USD a month per location, with Essentials capped at 5 providers and a fall offer for new customers. Add-ons, onboarding, the reported 12-month contract and the cost at three business sizes. 20

Fresha pricing and the Fresha new client fee for US salons

Fresha charges 19.95 USD a month solo or 14.95 USD per bookable team member, a one-time 20% fee on new marketplace clients and about 2.79% plus 20 cents on online payments, with Insights and Loyalty sold as add-ons. The cost at four team sizes. 21

Square Appointments pricing and Square Appointments cost per month

Square Appointments costs 0, 49 or 149 USD a month per location, with processing of 2.6%, 2.5% or 2.4% plus 15 cents in person and 3.5% on keyed cards and no-show fees. Room management needs Premium. The cost at four business sizes. 22

Mindbody pricing and Mindbody cost per month for spas and studios

Mindbody quotes US prices by call: about 99 to 159 USD for Starter, 259 to 279 USD for Accelerate and 499 USD for Ultimate per location, plus processing, a 20% marketplace fee and a 24-month term. The cost at three business sizes. 23

GlossGenius pricing, GlossGenius cost and monthly fee per plan

GlossGenius charges 28, 56 or 168 USD a month by plan, 24 to 148 USD billed yearly, a flat 2.6% on card payments and 40 USD plus 6 USD per staff member for payroll. The cost at four salon sizes, and where a per-location plan costs less. 24

Vagaro pricing and Vagaro cost per month, with fees and add-ons

Vagaro charges 30 USD for the first calendar and 10 USD per extra calendar up to 90 USD, plus add-ons from 10 to 100 USD and card fees. The real bill at three salon sizes, and when a per-location plan costs less. 25

Booksy pricing and Booksy fees, the monthly cost per staff member

Booksy charges 29.99 USD a month plus 20 USD per extra staff member, card processing and a 30% Boost fee on new marketplace clients. The bill at five team sizes, and where a per-location plan costs less. 26

Resy pricing for restaurants with plans, fees and the yearly cost

Resy has four plans at 289 and 459 USD a month, no cover fees and a 2% or 3% fee on prepayments. What each plan costs over a year, and when a flat per-venue system costs less. 27

OpenTable pricing for restaurants with plans, cover fees and the real monthly cost

Basic, Core and Pro at 149, 299 and 499 USD a month plus 1.00 to 1.50 USD per network cover. Three restaurant sizes worked out, and when Core beats Basic. 28

Booking confirmation email content, timing and the lines that get a reply

The confirmation is the most opened message a venue ever sends. Here is what belongs in it, when to send it, and the wording that turns it into a cancellation you can still sell. 29

Restaurant reservation deposit rules that cut no-shows without losing bookings

Deposits stop no-shows and they also stop bookings. This is how to ask only where the exposure is real, and how to word it so the guest books anyway. 30

No show fee policy a venue can actually enforce

A fee announced after the event is an argument. A fee agreed at the moment of booking is a policy. What to write, where to put it, and when to waive it. 31

Why double booking keeps happening and how confirmations and buffers stop it

Double bookings are rarely carelessness. They are what happens when four books describe one dining room. Here is the mechanism and the fix.