Save time and money on table reservations with Easy Eatery

Okay, I'll admit it—this is a bit of shameless self-promotion. But if saving your restaurant hours of work and reducing costs sounds good to you, then you're going to want to hear this!

If you're a restaurant owner or manager, you know how time-consuming managing your bookings can be—especially during busy periods.

Whether your enquiries come through a contact form on your website or via Facebook, Instagram, even WhatsApp, then you know how juggling leads from different places, while trying to avoid missing any important details can be an overwhelming task — not to mention the hassle of chasing unpaid deposits.

No matter how careful you are, this approach can lead to mistakes and missed opportunities, and the time you and your team spend confirming bookings or chasing deposits could be better spent elsewhere.

Introducing table reservations, by Easy Eatery.

We've been working hard on our own table reservations application over the summer, and since the start of November, it has been in early access to a small group of our customers.

Over the past few weeks, we've been testing and fine-tuning the app based on their feedback and we're excited to announce that we'll open the app to all customers in the new year.

Our table reservations app is one of Easy Eatery's core features. It is designed to help you save precious time every week by streamlining your booking process by automating tedious tasks, helping avoiding no-shows, and protecting your income.

But, perhaps you're already using a booking management app to help you stay on top of your bookings? Then you're probably paying a premium for the pleasure, with most charging a commission on every reservation, which can add up quickly, especially during your busiest periods.

However, thanks to our commission-free approach to everything we do, Easy Eatery's table reservations app charges zero commission on bookings and has no booking limits, so it's always a cost-effective solution, no matter how busy you are.

The challenge of using multiple platforms:

We understand that you want to make it as easy as possible for customers to book a table. To offer flexibility, you might rely on multiple platforms:

• Website contact forms
• Social media messaging
• Email
• Phone calls

While this gives your customers plenty of choice, these platforms are not built for booking management. The burden falls on you and your team—juggling apps, tracking deposits, manually recording details, while trying to avoid double bookings or missed information. It's an inefficient approach that is prone to errors.

It's also time-consuming and takes you away from more important things.

How much time are you really spending managing your bookings?

• Manually confirming each booking you take,
• Sending booking reminders,
• Chasing unpaid deposits.

Every task takes time, and it all adds up.

Even if sending a booking confirmation email only takes two minutes, if you do that ten times per day, that's twenty minutes per day—nearly two and a half hours per week—or over 120 hours per year—just sending confirmation emails.

And that's not even considering busier periods where it could be substantially more.

Ask yourself, how would you spend the time if you suddenly had an extra sixteen days per year to invest in your business?

To cut a long and dull story short, the ideal solution for you reduces your workload and costs, freeing you up to do other things with your valuable time.

Easy Eatery can do exactly this.

Our table reservations app provides a central hub for all your bookings, so you can easily direct all enquiries and leads to a single place to make a booking.

We've spent months perfecting our app to ensure it integrates seamlessly with our website builder and offers genuine savings in both time and money, allowing you and your team to focus on what you do best.

Here's how we can help:

• A simpler approach: Guests can book online with just a few clicks via your website, with real-time availability, avoiding back-and-forth messages and enquiries.
• Increased efficiency: One place to manage all reservations, with detailed booking history, making it easy to track changes, deposits, and cancellations.
• Improved accuracy: A largely automated booking process based on real-time availability that reduces the risk of double bookings and missed details.
• Reduced workload: Your team spends less time handling booking enquiries, allowing them to focus on delivering great experiences to the customers in front of them.
• Online deposit payments: Protect your revenue by optionally charging deposits for bookings. Take payment securely online at the point of booking, billable per customer or per booking, with optional minimum guest counts before a deposit is chargeable.
• Zero commission to pay: We might have mentioned this once or twice, but unlike other platforms, Easy Eatery doesn't take a commission, and there are no limits on how many bookings you can take.

So why not save with Easy Eatery?

At the end of the day, time is money. If you're using contact forms, social media messaging, WhatsApp, or even one of our competitors to handle bookings, then you're probably spending more time or money than necessary to manage table reservations effectively.

We've worked hard to deliver a simple yet efficient solution to table reservations that will not eat into your profit margin and can save you considerable time and money over a year.

Become an early bird and save!

We're gearing up to launch our early bird programme in the new year. The programme will include access to our table reservations app, amongst other powerful features like gift voucher sales tools and, of course, our website builder.

We'll be offering early bird customers a 50% lifetime discount on Easy Eatery, among other exclusive benefits to a limited number of businesses on a first-come, first-served basis.

We expect demand to be high, so you can register your interest in our early bird programme here to avoid disappointment!.