Booking confirmation and reminder texts

The customer books. The text sends itself.

Automatic confirmations the moment someone books, reminders before they show up, door codes or directions right when they need them. Cancel the booking and the texts stop. Nobody on your staff types anything.

  • Works with the booking platform you already use
  • Carrier registration and compliance handled
  • About 2 to 4 cents per booking in messaging

What your customer sees

Thu 2:14 PM, right after booking
Desert Sky Golf: Jamie, you're booked for Thu, Sep 25, 6:30 PM, Bay 2. We'll text your door code about an hour before you play. Questions? Call or text this number.
Thu 5:30 PM, one hour before
Desert Sky Golf: See you soon! Bay 2 at 6:30 PM. Door code 483920 then the arrow key on the entry pad (works starting 15 min before your session). Press any key to wake the computer.
How it works

Five handoffs, zero humans in the loop.

01

Booking happens

Your platform fires an event with the customer's phone, the time, the bay or room, and the service.

02

Messages get scheduled

A confirmation now, a reminder at the right time before: the day before for appointments, an hour before for self-service bookings.

03

Details get looked up

Door codes from your access control, suite numbers, "park in the back" notes, pulled in right before the reminder goes out.

04

Texts send from your number

A registered business number, so replies land in an inbox you actually check.

05

Cancellations stop everything

A cancel marks pending texts as skipped, and every send re-checks the booking first. A cancelled session never gets a reminder.

06

Sent exactly once

Every message is a ledger row that moves from pending to sent. Customers never get the same text twice.

Who it's for

Anywhere a customer books online and then has to show up.

Unattended facilities

Indoor golf sims, pickleball courts, rental studios, self-storage: door codes delivered when they're needed.

Appointment businesses

Salons, clinics, dental, auto, detailing: day-before reminders that cut no-shows.

Field service

Trades and home services: "on my way" and arrival-window texts without dispatch calling anyone.

Multi-location operators

One system, each location's texts sounding like that location. The second site takes a fraction of the first.

Proof

Built and running for facilities in two states.

Trackman simulator facilities in Florida and Arizona: bookings to door codes to texts, including the carrier registration and every gotcha along the way.

What it costs

Cheaper than one no-show a month.

ItemTypical cost
Business texting numberAbout $15 per user per month
MessagingAbout a penny per segment, so 2 to 4 cents per booking
Carrier registration (A2P 10DLC)About $20 one time plus a small monthly fee
Hosting for the serviceA few dollars per month
Build and launchFixed project fee. A plain confirm-and-remind is a small project; door-code lookups add a little.

Questions owners ask

Does this work with my booking platform?

If your platform has webhooks or an API (most do: Square, Acuity, Mindbody, Jobber, Housecall Pro, Trackman/YGB, Cal.com, and many more), yes. If it has neither, we can usually poll it every few minutes instead.

Can the texts come from my existing business number?

Yes, if we port that number to a provider that supports automated messaging. Ports take one to two weeks and the old service keeps working until the port lands. Or we start on a new local number immediately.

Why can't I just text customers from my cell?

US carriers require businesses to register automated texting (A2P 10DLC). Unregistered automated messages get blocked or filtered. We handle the registration, the consent language, and the privacy and SMS terms pages the reviewers check.

What does it cost per message?

About a penny per segment, so roughly 2 to 4 cents per booking. A facility doing 15 bookings a day sends about 450 confirmations a month for under $20.

How long until the first live text?

Plan on 2 to 4 weeks. The build takes days; carrier registration and number porting set the timeline, which is why we start the paperwork on day one.

Free automation audit

Let's get your phone to stop ringing.

A free 30-minute audit. Bring your booking tool and your phone number situation, and we'll give you the timeline and cost.

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