Guides for booking businesses
Short, practical how-tos for taking bookings and forms online. No fluff, no made-up statistics.
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How to make an online form for your business (step by step)
Plan, build and share an online form for sign-ups, enquiries or enrolment in about ten minutes, with the questions that actually get answered.
4 min readGoogle Forms for bookings: where it works and where it breaks
Google Forms is great for surveys, but taking bookings with it causes double bookings and manual work. When to keep it and when to switch to a booking form.
How to reduce no-shows for appointments and classes
Practical ways small businesses cut no-shows: confirmations, reminders, easy cancelling, waitlists and clear policies. No tricks, just setup.
5 min readHow to set up online appointment booking for a small business
Set up a booking page for 1:1 appointments: services, opening hours, buffers, notice period, staff and an intake form. A checklist you can finish today.
Client intake form questions by business type
Ready-to-use intake form questions for fitness, yoga, massage and spa, physio, salons, tutoring, coaching and photography, and which to make required.
4 min readYoga and fitness waiver and health form: what to include
What a yoga or fitness studio health form and waiver usually cover, how to collect them online with each booking, and what to check with a lawyer.
How to create a class or course registration form online
Build a registration form for a class, course or workshop: the questions to ask, spot limits, confirmations and what to do when it fills up.
4 min readStudent enrolment form for tuition centres: a template
A student enrolment form template for tuition centres and tutors: student, parent and subject questions, plus trial lessons and term sign-up online.
How to add a booking calendar to your website (Wix, WordPress, Squarespace, Shopify)
Embed a booking calendar on any website with one line of code, or add a Book now button that opens it in a pop-up. Steps for Wix, WordPress, Squarespace and Shopify.
3 min readHow to take bookings from Instagram and WhatsApp
Turn Instagram DMs and WhatsApp chats into bookings: put one booking link in your bio, quick replies and Google profile, and stop the back-and-forth.
How to run a class timetable with spot limits online
Put your weekly class timetable online with a spot limit per class, instructors, spots left and a waitlist, so members book and you stop counting heads.
3 min readHow to manage a class waitlist without the admin
An automatic class waitlist: who gets the spot when someone cancels, how long they have to claim it, and how to stop it from becoming a messaging job.
Questions
Who writes these guides?
The CalendarForm team at BobWork. They describe how to set things up in practice; product details match what CalendarForm does today.
Do I need CalendarForm to use them?
No. The advice works with any tool; the steps show how to do it in CalendarForm.