Your public booking page
What this covers
The page guests use to book themselves in, and how to switch it on. Needs the Public Booking Page feature and the manage-settings permission.
What it is
A booking page of your own, at an address like:
tabledoo.com/book/trattoria-mario
Guests pick a party size, a date and a time, leave their details, and the booking lands in your system instantly. It works at two in the morning, while you are shut, and while your phone is engaged.
Two things worth knowing about that address:
- It never shows your property code. The part after
/book/is a separate, public-facing name. - You pay no commission on it. Bookings taken here cost you nothing per cover, which is the whole argument against the booking portals.
Switching it on
- Go to Property Settings → Public Pages Design
(
/settings/public-pages) and open the Booking tab. - Turn on Enable Public Booking — "Allow guests to submit reservations from your public page."
- Copy your Public URL.
- Share it.
Before you do, check the rules that decide what guests are offered — see Booking rules for your public page — and make it look like you: Branding your public pages.
Where to put the link
- Your Google listing — the highest-value place by a distance, because people searching for you are already deciding. See Add your booking link to Google.
- Your Instagram bio and the booking button on your Facebook page.
- Your own website — either as a link, or with the form built into the page. See Embedding the booking form on your website.
- Your email signature, your voicemail message, your printed menus.
If guests see a message instead of the form
| They see | Means |
|---|---|
| "Online booking is currently disabled. Please contact the restaurant directly." | Enable Public Booking is off. |
| "Online booking is not available for this restaurant's current subscription plan." | The feature is not on your plan. See Plans, features and limits. |
Try it yourself before you share it
Open the page on your phone and make a real booking for tomorrow. Check the confirmation email arrives and the booking appears in Reservations, then cancel it. This catches the two things that actually go wrong — nothing bookable because a rule is too strict, and confirmations not reaching guests.