The YITH Booking and Appointment plugin for WooCommerce is a comprehensive tool designed to facilitate businesses managing bookings, rentals, reservations, and appointments through a WooCommerce-powered platform. Here’s a detailed overview of its features and functionalities:
Core Features:
- Create Unlimited Bookable Products: Tailored for various services or products, allowing for versatile use (e.g., appointments, rentals, accommodations).
- Booking Duration Settings: Flexibility to set booking durations based on hours, days, weeks, or months, accommodating diverse business needs.
- Price Configuration: Customize pricing structures per hour/day/month or based on the number of persons, offering versatility in pricing strategies.
- Advanced Price Rules: Set specific rules for high/low seasons, discounts, or durations, allowing for dynamic pricing management.
- Availability Rules: Configure product availability based on specific days, times, or custom schedules, ensuring flexible booking options.
- Multiple Person Types: Create and manage various user categories (students, seniors, specific disability groups) and assign custom pricing.
- Resources Management: Offer additional resources or let users choose specific service providers (e.g., doctor, stylist) while booking.
- Service Offerings: Add optional or mandatory services (free or paid) to bookable products to enhance customer options.
- Custom Costs Addition: Include fixed or per-person costs (e.g., cleaning fees, additional services) to the booking prices.
- Customizable Search Forms: Enable users to search for services by location or specific features, providing convenient filtering options.
- Booking Management Dashboard: Conveniently monitor, manage, and filter all bookings, ensuring efficient control over reservations.
- Booking Calendar: Visualize bookings through an in-built calendar and sync them with external services like Booking, Airbnb, and more.
- Google Calendar Integration: Seamlessly sync bookings with Google Calendar for a comprehensive overview of scheduled appointments.
- Manual Booking Creation: Manually create bookings, assign them to users, and associate them with specific orders for better management.
- Customization Options: Tailor the user experience by replacing “Add to Cart” buttons, redirecting users, and customizing labels.
- Notifications & Emails: Automated notifications for admin and customers upon booking creation, status changes, payment confirmation, etc.
- Deposit Payments: Ask for upfront deposits using the YITH WooCommerce Deposits / Down Payments plugin to secure bookings.
Additional Features:
- Proteo Booking Skin: Utilize the Booking Skin with the Proteo theme, providing easy import of demo content and settings for a quick setup.
The plugin offers extensive functionalities catering to various industries requiring booking management, ensuring flexibility, ease of use, and comprehensive control over the reservation process.