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Set your table turnover rules once – the system enforces them from then on
Would you give a couple on Friday night a different time slot than a party of ten on Tuesday afternoon? That's exactly what this is for: duration rules by party size, day and time window – with exceptions, breaks and fixed seatings.
Click a rule
Party size
any
Days
every day
Time window
all day
Available durations
If no other rule matches the booking, this one applies.
Three conditions, one result
Every rule has at most three conditions — and when a booking matches, the system automatically offers that rule's durations:
Who?
Party-size ranges: couples, small tables, large groups — each can have its own. Custom ranges included.
When?
By days: weekdays, weekends, specific days — and within them, an exact time window if needed (say, only after 6 pm).
For how long?
Define the available lengths in half-hour steps, from 1 hour up to 6 — guests choose only from these.
How restaurants use it
Peak-time turnover
On Friday–Saturday nights small tables get shorter slots and large parties longer ones — small tables turn more often, big-table revenue stays intact.
1–4 guests → 1–1.5 h · 5+ → 2–4 h
Comfort for large groups
Birthday and team-dinner parties don't need to ask for extra time: the system gives them a wider window from the start.
8+ guests → 3–6 h automatically
Afternoon vs. evening
Allow long, unhurried bookings in quiet afternoon hours — and tighter frames in the evening rush.
Before 6 pm → 2–4 h · after → 1–2 h
Seasonal switching
Rules can be rewritten any time: one strategy for terrace season, another for the December rush or a long weekend.
Relaxed in summer · tight in December
Exceptions are rules too
Not every day is the same — special days override the usual order for a single date or on a weekly recurring basis:
Break-window rule
A blocked window within a day — one-off or recurring. Kitchen closed between shifts, weekly deep-clean: guests simply can't pick those hours, while the rest of the day stays bookable.
Closed and non-bookable days
Two separate tools: on a closed day the restaurant isn't operating and no slots appear. On an “open but not bookable online” day you ARE operating — but full house, a private function or a walk-in night means no online tables are offered.
Fixed-seating days
On special days you can switch to seatings: guests don't pick a free time, they choose from the start times you set (say 6:00 pm and 8:30 pm). Built for NYE, wine dinners, full-house nights.
Event labels on time slots
You can attach an event to a special day (live music, themed night) — it doesn't filter the slots, it labels them on the booking form: guests see the event at the slot and can indicate they're coming for it.
Not the same as event creation: standalone events with their own registration form (concerts, ticketed dinners) are a separate feature. Event creation with its own form
Set it once. It works every night.
Create your account, write down your own rules — and from then on your booking calendar works the way your restaurant actually does.