To offer party rental add-ons in Papalocal, open Add-ons & suggestions under Online booking. Pick what to suggest with each item, or with every booking. Customers see up to 5 suggestions under their cart. A bundle gives a set of items one price when they're booked together.
Step by step
Before you start: you need a Papalocal account, your rental company on Papalocal and the items you rent.
0:00Open Add-ons & suggestions. In Rentals, open Online booking and go down to Add-ons & suggestions.
0:08Choose what's suggested. Pick My picks, then what customers book together, Only my picks, or Off.
0:15Pick add-ons for an item. Under When they book… suggest…, choose what goes with each item. The video suggests the Quiet Generator with the Castle Bounce House.
0:21Suggest one with every booking. Under Suggest with every booking, add an item, like the Hand Washing Station.
0:26Use what customers already pair.Booked together most often lists the pairs your customers book. Tap Suggest this to make one of them your pick.
0:33Make a bundle. A bundle is one price for items booked together. Name it, pick the items, set the price and tap + Add bundle.
0:40See if it's working.Is it working? shows your average booking over the last 90 days, and how many had two or more items.
0:45Save add-ons. Tap Save add-ons. The booking form shows them now.
Good to know
Where customers see them. Under their cart, as Add to your party: up to 5 items, each with a one-tap + Add.
How a bundle is priced. When every item of a bundle is in a booking, the price drops to the bundle price. It's its own line on the quote.
An optional add-on discount. You can take a percent off an add-on booked with the item you suggest it for. Only your own picks get it, and bundle items don't.
Pinewood Party Rentals and its bookings are made up, and so are the prices, including the $450 Splash Party Pack.
Written with AI from this video's script and screens.
Add-ons and bundles are one part of running your rental company on Papalocal.
The everything app. As simple as you want it, or as complete as you allow it to be.
Looking for party rental booking software? Suggestions and bundles show inside your own booking page.
The plan holds, in one place:
Your customer list: each lead and customer, with their quotes and jobs on one page
Quotes, jobs and schedule
Invoices and pay links
Your website, on a domain you own
Google Business Profile sync, for your first location
Reviews: links, QR codes and an embed
Time clock, team chat and training
The same account holds your own side too: music, books, messages, your money and your people. Some of it has paid upgrades.
Free to sign up, no card. Your account and your business page have no monthly charge. One thing is on from the start: AI replies to your reviews, $0.15 each plus AI usage. You can pause them.
Once you turn the plan on: $30 a month (one person; each added employee is $10 a month), plus 1.25% of payments your customers make through Papalocal, plus Stripe's processing fee. It's billed daily from a prepaid balance. Once your card is saved, it's charged a top-up within the hour, and again each time the balance falls under a month's charges plus 15%. You choose the top-up amount ($25 or more; $100 until you change it). You can cancel the plan online after its first 30 days; cancel any add-ons on it first.
Papalocal's founder, Garret Merkley, has started 7 local service businesses in 16 years. He bought one, sold one and closed some.
Yes, as a bundle: a name, the items and one price. When every item is in a booking, the price drops to the bundle price.
Can it suggest what customers often book together?
Yes. Choose My picks, then what customers book together. Booked together most often lists the pairs, and Suggest this makes one your pick.
Can I turn suggestions off?
Yes. Choose Off, and no suggestions show under the cart.
How do I see if it's working?
Is it working? shows the last 90 days: your average booking, and the share of bookings with two or more items.
What does it cost?
It's free to sign up, with no card. Your account and your business page have no monthly charge. One thing is on from the start: AI replies to your reviews, $0.15 each plus AI usage. You can pause them. The plan starts only when you turn it on: $30 a month (one person; each added employee is $10 a month), plus 1.25% of payments your customers make through Papalocal, plus Stripe's processing fee.
How is it billed, and can I cancel?
It's billed daily from a prepaid balance. Once your card is saved, it's charged a top-up within the hour, and again each time the balance falls under a month's charges plus 15%. You choose the top-up amount ($25 or more; $100 until you change it). You can cancel the plan online after its first 30 days; cancel any add-ons on it first.
Will Papalocal find me customers?
No. Papalocal gives you the tools. Finding customers is your work.
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