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Change a booking: the hours, the items or the day

Every item is checked again against your other bookings. Watch it in 42 seconds.

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How to change a party rental booking

To change a booking in Papalocal, open it and choose Edit reservation. Change the party's hours, add an item, or move the dates. Each item is checked against your other bookings that day, and it says when one is already booked. Save the changes, and the booking shows the new hours and items.

Step by step

Before you start: a booking in Rentals. Your Rentals page: every booking in one list shows where they are.

  1. 0:00Open the booking. Choose Edit reservation.
  2. 0:06Change the hours. Set Party starts and Party ends.
  3. 0:09Add an item. Click + Add item and pick one. It's checked against your other bookings that day, and shows Available.
  4. 0:15Try another day. Move Starts at and Ends at to Sunday, and every item is checked again. The splash pad is Already booked on Sunday, so it says so.
  5. 0:23Go back. Keep it on Saturday, and the splash pad is available again.
  6. 0:27Save. Click Save changes. The booking shows the new hours and all three items.
  7. 0:32Moving the whole party? Reschedule on your Schedule moves the drop-off and pick-up too.

Good to know

Written with AI from this video's script and screens.

Changing a booking is 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 event rental software? Every change is checked against the same calendar your online bookings use.

The plan holds, in one place:

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.

Garret MerkleyPapalocal's founder, Garret Merkley, has started 7 local service businesses in 16 years. He bought one, sold one and closed some.

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Questions

How do I edit a booking?

Open it and choose Edit reservation. Change what you need, then click Save changes.

What if the new day is already booked?

It says so beside the item, like Already booked on Sun Nov 22. Keep the old day, as in the video, or try another.

Can I move the party to another day here?

You can change the dates here. To move a whole party, Reschedule on your Schedule moves the drop-off and pick-up too.

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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