GVW Appointment Scheduler gives your clients a fast, mobile-friendly booking wizard and gives your team a proper salon calendar.
For clients
- Four-step wizard: service → add-ons & specialist → date & time → details
- Search and category tabs for long treatment menus
- "No preference" option that books the least-busy available specialist
- Live availability calendar that only shows days and times that are really free
- Running summary with total price and duration
- Confirmation screen with Google Calendar and Apple/Outlook (.ics) buttons
- Self-service page to reschedule or cancel up to your cut-off time
For the salon
- Day view with a column per stylist, and a week view
- Drag and drop to reschedule; click an empty slot to book a walk-in or phone booking
- Booking drawer: change status, reschedule, add private notes
- Admin override to book outside availability (with confirmation)
- Dashboard: today's schedule, upcoming count, revenue, no-shows, top services, staff performance
- Bookings list with filters, search, bulk status changes and CSV export
- Customer records with visit history, lifetime value and private notes (allergies, colour formulas…)
Scheduling engine
- Services with duration, price, colour, image, buffer time before/after
- Add-ons that add time and price (e.g. "Deep conditioning +15 min")
- Staff-specific price and duration per service (e.g. senior stylist charges more)
- Weekly working hours per staff member with multiple periods per day (breaks)
- Staff time off and salon-wide closures / public holidays
- Minimum notice, maximum days ahead, slot step (5–60 min)
- Double-booking protection with a final conflict check at save time
Notifications
- Branded HTML emails: confirmed, pending, rescheduled, cancelled, reminder, new-booking alert to salon and stylist
- Editable subject and body with placeholders
- .ics calendar invite attached to confirmations
- Automatic reminders (configurable hours before) and auto-completion of past appointments
Roles
- Salon Manager – full access to bookings and settings
- Salon Staff – link a WordPress user to a staff member so they see only their own appointments