Walkies keeps all your bookings in one calendar. You can set up your services and prices, book one-off and repeating visits, stays and group walks, choose when clients can book you, and let clients send booking requests from the Walkies Journal app.
Services and prices
Services: walks, drop-ins, hikes, runs, pet taxis, daycare, boarding, overnight stays, home sitting, training, grooming, meet & greets and more, each with its own duration and price. Charge more for extra pets, and charge stays per day, per night or once. See How do I add a service?
Surcharges: charge more at busy times, like weekends, holidays or early mornings. See How do I add a surcharge?
Booking
One visit: see How do I book an appointment?
Repeating: weekly, on the days you choose, for up to a year. See How do I book a repeating appointment?
Stays: boarding, overnight stays, home sitting and daycare, with a start and an end. See How do I book a stay?
Group walks: pets from more than one client on one appointment. See How do I book a group walk?
Team members: choose who's doing each appointment, one person or more. Team members only see their own appointments. See What can team members see and do?
Changes: reschedule, drag to a new time in Day view, or cancel. See How do I reschedule or change an appointment? and How do I cancel an appointment?
To compare the ways to book, see Which way should I book an appointment?
Your calendar
Views: List, Day, Week, Month and All, on the Appts tab.
Colors and birthdays: color appointments by activity type, team member or status, and show pet birthdays, in Menu > Your app settings > Appointment settings.
Calendar sync: see your appointments in Apple Calendar, Google Calendar or another calendar app, with a read-only subscription link. See How do I sync Walkies with my calendar?
Reminders: in Menu > Appointment notifications, get a push notification before each appointment, and send clients a reminder the day before. Client reminders need Walkies Max.
When clients can book you
Client booking: clients request appointments in the Walkies Journal app, and you accept or decline them in Inbox > Requests. It's on every plan, including Free. See How do I let clients book with me? and How do I accept or decline a booking request?
Availability and working hours: turn on Check availability so clients only see times you're free. See How do I set my availability and working hours?
Special hours: different hours, or a day off, on one date. See How do I add special hours or a day off?
Busy and Holiday: block out time on your calendar. See How do I block out time with Busy? and How do I add a holiday?
Travel buffer: stop clients booking you back to back. See How do I add a travel buffer between appointments?
Appointment windows: clients choose an arrival window, like Morning, instead of an exact time. See How do I set up appointment windows?
Cancellations: let clients cancel in the app, with the notice you choose. See How do I set my cancellation policy?
How these fit together: How do availability, working hours and appointment windows work together?
Good to know
Your hours, Busy and Holiday only limit what clients can request. You can always book anything yourself, and you'll see a warning if it overlaps.
You choose whether your client is told each time you book, change or cancel an appointment.
Each booking can be invoiced when it's booked, when it starts, or not at all. See Which way of invoicing should I use?
You can ask clients to pay when they book. See How do I take payment when clients book?