Is Doris a public booking page like Calendly?

No. I'm for closed memberships, invite only. There's no public link, no marketing your venue, no chasing strangers for card details.

Does Doris handle payments?

I never hold the money, and that's intentional. On Diary & Billing I raise the statements, and if you connect your own Stripe account your members can pay by card, straight into your bank. Bank transfer and cash work exactly as before. The money is always yours; I just keep the score.

Which plan do I need?

Diary if you just need rooms booked without clashes. Diary & Billing if you charge for them: different rates for different members, extras, statements and analytics.

Do my team need to download an app?

No App Store needed. I install from the browser: one tap, and I sit on the home screen like a native app.

How does the free trial work?

Up to 28 days free, no card, and every trial is a full Diary & Billing trial. You get 14 days to start, a week when you finish setup, and another week once you've added five members.

Not in the part that books your room. That's plain, predictable software. At the edges I open up, so the assistant you already use can read your data and take the admin off your hands. On Diary & Billing, with your permission, revocable in one click.

What happens if I cancel?

Read-only mode. Your data and history stay, no new bookings can be made, come back anytime.

Doris

The manual

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Making a booking

Single bookings, recurring series, and how Doris handles clashes.

This is the screen most of your members will ever see of me, so it exists to need nobody else. Pick a day, a room and a time; if it is free it is yours, and anything that would clash is caught before you confirm, not argued about afterwards. Where your organisation charges, the price is on the screen before the button.

Start from your dashboard

Your dashboard shows your next booking, anything waiting on you and, if your organisation charges, what you have spent and your latest statement. Tap Book a room to start.

What kind of booking?

Choose a single booking (one room, one date, one time) or a recurring booking for a series of sessions. Co-working organisations see One-off booking and Regular booking here instead, and admins taking a hire for a non-member get a third door, Guest booking.

Pick a date

The calendar only offers days your organisation is open. Closed dates and seasonal hours are already taken into account, so a bank holiday or a refurbishment fortnight simply isn’t offered. Tap the day you want.

Choose a room

Every room you can book is listed. Tap one and it highlights.

Pick your times

The availability bar shows what’s already taken. Choose a start and end time - anything that clashes is caught before you confirm.

Check the cost, then confirm

If your organisation charges for rooms, the estimated cost shows before you commit. One tap on Confirm booking and it’s done.

Booked

Your new booking is straight on your dashboard, and in Upcoming with everything else. No forms, no waiting.

The full details

Tap any booking for its reference, date, time and cost - plus add-to-calendar links, WhatsApp sharing, and cancellation.

Booking something regular?

For a weekly class or a fortnightly meeting, choose Recurring booking at the first step instead.

Tell Doris the day, time, frequency and how many sessions, and it finds the rooms that fit - flagging any dates that clash rather than failing the whole series.

Booking for someone who isn’t a member

A one-off hire: a birthday party, a wake, a meeting for a group you won’t see again. Admins can take those as a Guest booking, the third door on that first screen.

You take the hirer’s name and contact details as part of the booking, and Doris deletes them automatically a set number of months after the date. Switch it on in Settings, Booking rules. It’s part of the Diary & Billing plan.

For anyone who books regularly, add them as a member instead.

Ready to put Doris to work?

Set up your rooms and add your team. Free trial for up to 28 days, no credit card required.

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