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Creating a Booking Plan: Step-by-Step

Updated over 2 months ago

Once your child profiles are fully set up, you're ready to build their Booking Plans ✨. These plans are the foundation for invoicing, registers, and reporting — so it's important to get them right from the start.


1. Add the Bill Payer

Head to the child’s Booking Plans ✨ tab.
Click Add bill payer and select an existing parent/contact from their profile.

💡 Only this contact will receive invoices via the Parent App.


2. Set the Plan Dates & Title

Click New Plan to start.

  • Add a clear title (e.g. “Autumn 2025”)

  • Choose a start and end date — this should reflect the full time period the child will attend with the same schedule.

🗓️ Term-time only?
End the plan before holidays and create a new plan after the break.
We’re working on an auto-holiday tool for term-time schedules — expected by 10th August 2025.

⚠️ Only one active plan per child is allowed. Plans cannot overlap.


3. Add Sessions and Extras

  • You’ll see weekdays based on your Opening Hours (update via Settings > Opening Hours)

  • Click the on any day to add a session or extra

  • Sessions:

    • Auto-fill based on age and main room

    • Room can be changed if needed (affects reports!)

  • Extras: Add items like meals, nappies, etc.

✨ Use "Copy this schedule to all weekdays" if the pattern is the same every day
✏️ Edit or delete individual entries using the ❌ icon


4. Add Funding (if applicable)

  • Enter the child’s weekly funded hours

  • The system will auto-distribute funding across booked sessions

  • You’ll see funding values per session in the weekly preview

💡 The monetary value is visible to you, but hidden from parents
⚠️ If funding exceeds the booked sessions, we’ll flag it

📅 Coming Soon: Support for multiple fundings in one plan — releasing by 10th August 2025


5. Add Discounts (optional)

You can apply a percentage-based discount to the full plan — great for sibling discounts or custom arrangements.


What Happens Next?

  • The plan appears above the calendar with title and date range

  • Sessions and extras populate the calendar, marked with a “P” icon (Plan Booking)

  • Weekly summary panel shows:

    • Sessions

    • Extras

    • Funding

    • Discounts

✏️ Click the pencil icon to edit the plan
🗑️ Use the bin icon to delete

📍 You can preview bookings by clicking any date in the calendar,
but you’ll need to edit the plan (not the calendar) to make changes.


Trouble Creating a Plan?

Make sure these 3 conditions are met:

  1. The child has a Date of Birth

  2. A Main Room is assigned

  3. At least one Parent or Contact is on the profile

Missing any of these? You'll see a flag and won’t be able to save the plan.

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