Booking widget and settings

What this feature is for

The Booking Engine settings screen controls the public booking widget your guests use to reserve online. From here you shape availability, prepayment, and how each space confirms a booking, so the widget matches how your restaurant actually seats guests.

Who can use it

Owners and Admins configure the booking widget. Staff and Viewers do not change these settings.

Availability and required module/permission

These settings require the Booking Engine module and the permission to update Booking Engine configuration. Prepayment settings are further restricted to the Owner.

Prerequisites

Confirmation mode is set per space. If a space uses manual confirmation, its bookings arrive as pending and must be confirmed in the Bookings screen; instant-confirmation spaces accept bookings automatically.

Common tasks

Adjust availability: set which spaces take online bookings and their capacity limits.
Choose confirmation: pick manual or instant confirmation for each space.
Require prepayment: enable a deposit or prepayment where you want to secure bookings (Owner only).

Buttons and statuses

Each space shows its current confirmation mode and whether it is open for online bookings. Changes here take effect on the public widget once saved.

Warnings and important constraints

Settings apply to the active restaurant only. Turning on prepayment or manual confirmation changes how new online bookings behave immediately, so review the impact before saving.

Troubleshooting guidance

If guests cannot book a time online, check that the space is open for bookings, within opening hours, and that capacity and lead-time rules allow the requested slot.

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Booking widget and settings