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Create group appointments

A group appointment is one booking for several people on the same day. Everyone gets their own appointment, notifications and forms, and one of them is the primary contact for the group.

Turn on group appointments first. See Set up group appointments.

Book a group from the calendar

  1. 1

    In the Calendar, click an empty time slot. In the panel that opens, click the New appointment title and choose New group appointment.

  2. 2

    For the First appointment, click Add primary contact and choose a client, or leave it empty for a walk-in. Set the Start time, add services and choose the team member for each one. Add any Client Notes.

  3. 3

    Tick Notify client via email or text to send this client their own confirmation, then click Save appointment.

  4. 4

    Click Add appointment and repeat for each person in the group. Each appointment can have its own start time, services and team member.

  5. 5

    Check the date at the top, and add a Group note about the booking as a whole if you need one.

  6. 6

    Click Book appointments.

Each appointment appears on the calendar with a group icon.

Before booking, use the menu on an appointment card to Edit it, Make primary contact or Remove it from the group.

If Stripe or Square is connected and a service needs a deposit, you'll also see Book & collect deposit. The primary contact pays the deposit for everyone in the group.

The primary contact

The first client you add becomes the primary contact. The primary contact:

  • pays when you check out the whole group, and pays group deposits
  • is charged the cancellation fee when the whole group is cancelled
  • can't be cancelled, deleted or removed on their own while others are still in the group

A walk-in can't be the primary contact. If everyone in the group is a walk-in, the group has no primary contact until a client joins.

Add an existing appointment to a group

You can also group appointments that are already on the calendar.

  1. 1

    Click the appointment on the calendar to open it.

  2. 2

    Click the more options (three dots) button at the bottom and choose Add to group.

  3. 3

    Choose a group booked on the same day, or New group appointment to start a new group with this appointment.

To add more people to a group that's already booked, see Manage group appointments.

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