Free tools for appointment-based businesses
Three utilities for the day-to-day running of a hair salon, a beauty salon, a physio practice or a personal trainer: find out what your booking platform’s fees cost you, write your cancellation policy and keep appointment reminder messages at hand. No sign-up needed, and what you type never leaves your browser.
Pick one
Booking fee calculator
What Booksy, Treatwell or Fresha costs you per month and per year with your own numbers, compared with a fixed fee and no commissions. With the rates each one publishes and the date we checked them.
Cancellation policy generator
Notice period, what happens if someone cancels late or does not show up, and a grace period for late arrivals. Three ready texts: for Instagram or WhatsApp, for your website and for your booking page.
Appointment reminder templates
Twenty messages by industry to confirm an appointment, remind clients 24 hours before, change the time and follow up after a no-show. With your business name and link already in.
Why these three
Because they are the questions that come up again and again when an appointment-based business gets organised: is what I pay the platform worth it? What do I do about people who cancel late or do not show up? And how do I remind clients without spending all day typing? Each tool answers one of them with your own numbers, in a couple of minutes.
What they are not
They are not an audit, nor legal or tax advice: the calculator estimates with the figures you enter, and the cancellation policy is a starting text you can adapt. Other platforms’ figures are the ones they publish on their websites, with the date we checked them.
Who makes them
BookingForNow, flat-priced booking software: a €0 Free plan for 1 professional and up to 50 clients, Starter at €29 per month and Pro at €79 per month, with no commission per booking. The tools are free even if you do not use it.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to sign up to use them?
No. You open the tool, enter your details and copy the result. We do not ask for an email or an account.
Do you store what I type?
No. Everything is calculated in your browser and nothing you type is sent anywhere. If you reload the page, the starting values come back.
Can I use the texts on my website or Instagram?
Yes, they are yours: copy them, adapt them and publish them wherever you like, with no need to credit us.
Are they useful if I do not use BookingForNow?
Yes. They work with any way of taking appointments: a paper diary, WhatsApp or other software. Where something depends on BookingForNow, we say so.
And when you want to stop doing it by hand
Create your booking page: clients book on their own from your link and get the email confirmation. You start with a 14-day Pro trial, no card; if you do not pick a plan afterwards, you stay on Free at €0.
Create my booking page for freeNo card · €0 Free plan with no time limit · 0% commission per booking