Your First Booking

Let's create your first booking using the Reception Desk — the walk-in form designed for front-desk staff.

Open the Reception Desk

Navigate to your garage dashboard and click Reception in the sidebar.

The Reception Desk is a three-pane form:

1. Customer (left) — Find or create a customer
2. Vehicle (center) — Select or add a vehicle
3. Job Details (right) — Choose services, assign a bay, set a time

Step-by-step

1. Add a customer

• Type a name in the customer search box
• If the customer does not exist, click New Customer
• Fill in their name, phone number, and email (email is optional)
• Click Save

2. Add a vehicle

• Click Add Vehicle for the selected customer
• Enter the make, model, year, and registration/plate number
• Click Save

3. Create the booking

• Select one or more services from your catalog (e.g., "Oil Change", "Brake Inspection")
• Optionally assign a bay and set a scheduled time
• Add any notes for the technician
• Click Create Booking

What happens next

• The booking appears on the Job Cards board in the assigned bay column
• Its status starts as Pending — confirm it to move it to Confirmed
• Drag the card to In Service when work begins
• Mark it Completed when done — this triggers invoice generation

Booking statuses

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