Appointment Hour Booking – Booking Calendar vs Booking Package

Appointment Hour Booking is a WordPress plugin for creating booking forms for appointments with a start time and a defined duration over a schedule. The start time is visually selected by the end user from a set of start times calculated based in the “open” hours and service duration. The duration/schedule is defined in the “service” selected by the customer. Each calendar can have multiple services with different duration and prices. This plugin is useful for different cases like booking of medical services where services with different duration and prices may be available, for personal training sessions, for booking rooms for events, for reserving language classes or other type of classes and other type of services/resources booking where start times are selected and the availability is automatically managed using the defined service duration to avoid double-booking (the booked time is blocked once the booking is completed). Main Features: Easy visual configuration of calendar data and schedules Working dates, invalid/holiday dates and special dates can be defined Supports restriction of default, maximum and minimimum dates Open hours can be defined for each date Each calendar can have multiple services defined Each service can have its own price and duration Start-times are calculated automatically based in the open hours and service duration Available times are managed automatically to avoid double-booking Multiple services can be selected on each booking Services can have multiple capacity Automatic price calculation Customizable email notifications for administrators and users Form validation and built it anti-spam captcha protection Manual and automatic CSV reports iCal addon with iCal export link and iCal file attached into emails Calendar available in 53+ languages Multiple date formats supported Blocks for Elementor and Gutenberg Multi-page calendars Printable appointments list Features in commercial versions: Visual form builder for creating the booking form fields Booking form can be connected to payment process (Ex: PayPal Standard, PayPal Pro, Stripe, Skrill, Authorize.net, TargetPay/iDEAL, Mollie/iDEAL, SagePay, Redsys) Payments are SCA ready (Strong Customer Authentication), compatible with the new Payment services (PSD 2) – Directive (EU) Addons for integration with external services: reCaptcha, MailChimp, SalesForce, WooCommerce and others Addons with additional features: appointment cancellation addon, appointment reminders addon, clickatell and twilio SMS add-ons, signature fields, iCal synchronization, Google Calendar API, Zoom Meetings … Appointment Hour Booking can be used for: Booking services or resources: Define schedule, open hours, services, prices and durations and let the calendar plugin manage the schedule. Sample cases: Medical services, personal training, resource allocation, booking rooms, classes, etc… The services can have a maximum capacity (example: number of persons that can book/attend the service at the same time). The default capacity is 1. If the service capacity has been set to 1 the time-slot will be blocked for new bookings after getting one booking. If the service capacity has been set to a greater number (example: service with capacity 10) the time-slot will be blocked after filling the capacity (example: after getting bookings for a total of 10 persons). This feature is described in detail at https://apphourbooking.dwbooster.com/blog/2019/01/24/bookings-for-multiple-persons/ The Troubleshoot Area Use the troubleshot if you are having problems with special or non-latin characters. In most cases changing the charset to UTF-8 through the option available for that in the troubleshot area will solve the problem. You can also use this area to change the script load method if the booking calendar isn’t appearing in the public website. The Notification Emails The notification emails with the appointment data entered in the booking form can sent in “Plain Text” format (default) or in “HTML” format. If you select “HTML” format, be sure to use the BR or P tags for the line breaks into the text and to use the proper formatting. Exporting Appointments to CSV / Excel Files The appointment data can be exported to a CSV file (Excel compatible) to manage the data from other applications. That option is available from the “bookings list”, the appointments can be filtered by date and by the text into them, so you can export just the needed appointments to the CSV file. Other Versions and Features The free version published in this WordPress directory is a fully-functional version for accepting appointments as indicated in the plugin description. There are also commercial versions with additional features, for example: Ability to process forms/appointments linked to payment process (PayPal, Stripe, Skrill, …) Form builder for a visual customization of the booking form Addons with multiple additional features Payments processed through the plugin are SCA ready (Strong Customer Authentication), compatible with the new Payment services (PSD 2) – Directive (EU) that comes into full effect on 14 September, 2019. Please note that the pro features aren’t advised as part of the free plugin in the description shown in this WordPress directory. If you are interested in more information about the commercial features go to the plugin’s page: https://apphourbooking.dwbooster.com/download

Booking Package is the simplest way to facilitate room rentals, service bookings, event bookings, or any type of online booking on WordPress. The appointment booking system within the Booking Package management tool allows for direct handling within WordPress pages. By transitioning from manual paper registrations to digital appointment management on the server, you can effortlessly monitor booking availability. VIEW OUR PLUGIN DEMO PAGES: Booking Calendar System for Hairdressers, Clinics, etc. Booking Demo in English Booking Demo in Japanese (日本語版の予約システムのデモ) Booking Demo in Japanese (日本語版のエステ・エアサロン向け予約システムのデモ) Booking Calendar System for Hotels Booking Demo in English Booking Demo in Japanese (日本語版のホテル用予約システムのデモ) Booking Demo in Spanish (Demostración del calendario de reservas para español) Easy and Intuitive Interface – Supports Various Booking Types Across Industries Booking Package makes it incredibly easy to set up, from system installation to creating a booking schedule. With its simple and intuitive interface, even beginners have no worries. It offers a rich set of features that cater to various booking types in different industries, such as school bookings, classroom bookings, massage bookings, event bookings, seminar bookings, facility bookings, conference room bookings, studio bookings, hospital appointments, dental appointments, briefing bookings, and more. Responsive Booking Interface The interface of the booking calendar is highly responsive, allowing clients to view it on commonly used browsers and devices. Seamless integration with your website Booking Package plugin ensures a seamless integration with your website, without the need for iframes or new windows during the booking process. Your customers can always stay on your website while making their bookings. Setting Booking Time in Hours or Minutes Booking Package allows for easy management of booking time. The time can be defined in hours or minutes, with the flexibility to set it at one-minute intervals for creating a versatile schedule. Online Payments By integrating PayPal and Stripe payment systems, customers can easily make payments during the booking process. User Account Functionality Customers visiting the website can register as users through the Booking Package plugin, allowing them to skip entering personal information during the booking process. Administrators can manage registered customers under Booking Package > Users in the dashboard. Users with the “Subscriber” role in WordPress, in addition to Booking Package users, can also skip entering personal information during the booking process. Features of the Free Version booking System: You can create a booking schedule on a day-by-day basis, considering weekdays. You have the ability to create unlimited booking calendars. Manage booking information. Edit personal information of booking users. By using the service feature, your customers can select their preferred services during the booking process. The service feature allows unlimited registration of service names, durations, and costs. You can operate the booking system simply by embedding a shortcode into fixed pages or posts. Upon completion, modification, or cancellation of a booking, emails are sent to the customer and the administrator. No advertisements are displayed. If you choose to make bookings through phone calls or direct visits by customers, it can be easily done through the booking calendar on the dashboard. You can accept an unlimited number of bookings from customers or through the dashboard. In the booking system for customers, you can freely change the background color of the calendar and input forms. It supports booking reception for accommodation facilities such as hotels. You can manage the booking calendar for each type of hotel room. Easily view customer information from the dashboard. Added a download function for visitor booking information. There is a feature to notify developers of JavaScript syntax errors in the Booking Package. Visitors can now perform booking procedures within the widget. You can set regular closing days. You can specify a deadline time for each booking time slot. For example, if you set a deadline 30 minutes before the 15:00 schedule, the booking will end at 14:30. Each input field that customers enter during the booking process can be freely added or edited within the dashboard. You can use a feature to display the remaining capacity of booking dates as a string or symbol. It is compatible with WordPress site networks. You can delete all published booking schedules for all dates or dates from the current day onwards. You can insert any page into the booking completion page. You can set Google Analytics goals on the booking completion page. In the booking calendar for hotels, you can set hotel rates for each day of the week. In the booking calendar for hotels, you can set minimum and maximum stay durations. Extra features of the Premium version: Ability to modify visitor’s booking time and service details. Online payment through Stripe, including support for “Apple Pay” and “Pay with Google”. Online payment through PayPal. Fixed year and month for visitor’s booking calendar. When enabled, visitors can only view the specified month and cannot navigate to other months. Display of remaining capacity for each booking time slot. User account functionality for visitors within our plugin. Option to define a specific period and delete published booking schedules within that period. Ability to add options to services, providing flexibility for visitors. Cancellation of bookings by visitors or users. Service availability can be specified within specific time frames. For example, a service may be available only on Mondays and Fridays from 09:00 to 12:00. Selection of multiple services within a single booking. Multiple booking calendars can share schedules from a single booking calendar. About the side menu of Booking Package in your Dashboard. What can I do with “Booked Customers”? You can check and edit customers’ bookings. You can change the status of customers’ bookings. You can create bookings for customers. You can download a CSV file. What can I do with “Users”? You can check the user’s booking history and modify the status. You can update the user’s email address and password. You can add and remove users. What can I do with “Calendar Settings”? Create a new booking calendar. Add, edit, and delete appointment times for the created booking calendars. Add and edit items for personal information entry in the created booking calendar. Add and edit services to the created booking calendar. Manage taxes and surcharges in the created booking calendar. Set up rules for the created booking calendar. What can I do with “Calendar Settings”? Create a new booking calendar. Add, edit, and delete appointment times for the created booking calendars. Add and edit items for personal information entry in the created booking calendar. Add and edit services to the created booking calendar. Manage taxes and surcharges in the created booking calendar. Set up rules for the created booking calendar. What can I do with “General Settings”? Set up the common rules for all booking calendars. Set up PayPal and Stripe payment gateways. Configure regular holidays and special holidays. Customize the CSS for the front-end booking calendar. Renew or cancel your subscription. Supported language English Danish Spanish Russian Japanese (日本語) Chinese (简化的字符预订系统) Taiwan (繁體中文預訂系統) Supported currency USD EUR GBP AUD – Australian Dollar BRL – Real brasileiro CAD – Canadian Dollar CHF – Swiss franc COP – Colombian Peso CZK – Koruna česká DKK – Dansk krone HUF – Magyar forint HRK – Croatian Kuna PHP – Philippine Peso UAH – Ukraine Hryvnia RUB – Российский рубль THB – Thai Baht JPY – 日本円 TWD – 台湾元 CNY – 人民币 KRW – 한국 원 AED – United Arab Emirates