Restaurant Bookings FAQs

3 Easy Steps to Sell Your Gift Vouchers with RSVP

Quick explanation on how to get set up with the RSVP gift voucher tool

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Create a Stripe Connect account

Required to charge your guest a prepayment, capture credit card details, prevent no shows / late cancellations, or event tickets

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Grant additional people access to your restaurant/s

Keep an open flow of information among various team members with different permission levels

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Create a new table layout for your restaurant

Create and save multiple layouts that you can link to your various Seating Rules

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Create a default combined table

Preset table combinations that the system can automatically allocate larger bookings to

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Keep some tables for manual bookings only

Reserve some capacity at your restaurant to only be bookable by your team

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What types of communications templates does RSVP offer?

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Customize emails to guests

Add a personal message to the automated confirmation, reminder, and cancellation emails guests receive

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Use tags to add dynamic information to your communications templates

Personalize confirmations or reminders with things like name or booking ID. Applies to emails and SMS.

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Link an email template and seating rule

Send a specific custom message to guests booking under a specific rule

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Add the RSVP widget to your website

Allow guests to book directly from your website

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Close my restaurant for a full or part of a day

Block availability for specific periods due to extraordinary closures or private events

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Allow guests to join the waitlist for your restaurant

An additional, optional feature with the code you need to activate it

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Access the NEW table management (FOH v2) tool

It just takes a couple clicks from the RSVP admin to manage bookings

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What the different colors mean when I manage restaurant bookings (FOH v2)

Quickly understand the visuals of the FOH (front of house) tool

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Create a new booking (FOH v2)

Manually create a booking for a guest who contacts you directly from the FOH

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Creating a booking for a guest with prepayment or credit card details capture (FOH v2)

How to make a booking from the restaurant's side if your policy requires credit card details or prepayment

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Create a booking for your waitlisted guest (FOH v2)

Move a guest off the waitlist when a table becomes available

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Modify an existing booking (FOH v2)

Change booking details to add / remove info like phone number, email, notes, tags, date / time, or table assignment

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Move a booking to a different table (FOH v2)

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Seat a walk-in guest (FOH v2)

Build good habits on your team and always create a booking for a walk-in

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Seat a guest that has arrived (FOH v2)

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Clear a table after a guest leaves (FOH v2)

Make the table available to be booked again and to track how long guests actually sit

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Add a guest profile note (FOH v2)

Give your team a quick reminder of who your guest is or what they like

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Cancel a guest's booking (FOH v2)

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Viewing canceled bookings (FOH v2)

See which guests' bookings have been cancelled, whether managed by themselves or by your team

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Mark a guest as a no show (FOH v2)

Keep track of no shows so you know who has a habit of missing their booking

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What do the different reports in the FOH mean? (FOH v2)

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Access the table management (FOH) tool

It just takes a couple clicks from the RSVP admin to manage bookings

Written by Tiffany
Updated over a week ago

What the different colors mean when I manage restaurant bookings

Quickly understand the visuals of the FOH (front of house) tool

Written by Tiffany
Updated over a week ago

Create a new booking

Manually create a booking for a guest who contacts you directly from the FOH

Written by Tiffany
Updated over a week ago

Modify an existing booking

Change booking details to add / remove info like phone number, email, notes, tags, date / time, or table assignment

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Updated over a week ago

Move a booking to a different table

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What does a pop-up saying "Not Available" mean on the FOH?

Should you choose "Force" or "Cancel" when this window appears?

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Seat a walk-in guest

Build good habits on your team and always create a booking for a walk-in

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Seat a guest that has arrived

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Clear a table after a guest leaves

Make the table available to be booked again and to track how long guests actually sit

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Add a guest profile note

Give your team a quick reminder of who your guest is or what they like

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Create tags for guests

Attach dietary or status tags to your guest's profile

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Cancel a guest's booking

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Viewing canceled bookings

See which guests' bookings have been cancelled, whether managed by themselves or by your team

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Mark a guest as a no show

Keep track of no shows so you know who has a habit of missing their booking

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What do the different reports in the FOH mean?

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Charge your guest a prepayment, no show, or late cancellation fee

Capture credit card details at the time of booking to use this option

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