Live demo
Try a real booking page
This is the actual booking page for The Demo Arms, a made up pub on the live Tablez system. It is not a video or a mock-up. Pick a party size, a day and a time, and go as far as you like. Bookings made here go to a demo inbox and are cleared regularly.
Live, running on tablez.uk
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What you are looking at
The page above is embedded exactly the way it would be on your own website, using the same iframe your customers would use. On your site it takes the accent colour and logo you set in your dashboard. The Demo Arms uses the default green.
Try a few things. Pick a party of 2 and then a party of 8 and notice how the available days and times change, because the demo pub has more small tables than large ones. Tap a day marked limited to see fewer slots. Try Tuesday, which the demo pub has closed. The calendar never shows how many tables the venue has, only whether there is room.
This is the code that produced it
<script src="https://tablez.uk/embed.js" data-venue="demo-arms"></script>That is the script version, which resizes itself as the customer moves through the form. The page above uses the plain iframe version instead, so you can see it inside our own layout:
<iframe src="https://tablez.uk/book/demo-arms?embed=1" title="Book a table" style="width:100%;height:760px;border:0"></iframe>The demo venue also has its own short address, demo-arms.tablez.uk, which goes to the same booking page. Your venue gets one too: a random code on Free, or one you choose on Starter and above. Swap demo-arms for your own venue slug and paste it into your site. The booking widget page has the button and link versions and instructions for WordPress, Squarespace and Wix.
What happens on the venue's side
When you complete a booking above, the demo venue's staff app gets a request with a countdown and two big buttons, accept or decline. Because nobody is watching the demo inbox, the demo is set to confirm small parties instantly and hold larger ones as requests. On a real venue you choose the mode per party size, and on Starter and Pro the staff phones get a push notification.
The customer, meanwhile, gets a confirmation on screen with a reference and an email with a calendar file and a manage link. If you use your real email address in the demo you will receive that email, which is the easiest way to see exactly what your customers get. It is a demo address, so feel free to use a made up phone number.
Try it on your phone
Most bookings happen on phones, so that is where the page has to be good. Open demo-arms.tablez.uk on your phone. Big tap targets, no pinching, no account, done in under a minute.
Then make your own
Sign up free, add your tables and hours, and you get a page like this at your own link in about ten minutes. No card, no term, free up to 60 bookings a month.
FAQ
Demo questions
Is this really live?
Yes. The frame above loads the actual booking page for the demo venue from tablez.uk. What you see is what a customer of a real venue sees, with the venue's own name, colour and logo in place of the demo's.
Will anyone see my demo booking?
It goes to a demo inbox that nobody acts on, and demo bookings are cleared regularly. Use a made up phone number if you like. If you use your real email you will receive the confirmation email, which is a good way to see it.
Why can I not book on Tuesday?
The demo pub is closed on Tuesdays, to show what a closed day looks like on the calendar. Your own venue's hours are whatever you set.
Can I see the staff app?
The staff app is tied to a venue account, so the best way is to sign up free and make a booking on your own page. It takes about ten minutes.
Can my booking page look different from this?
You set an accent colour and logo. The layout stays the same because it is built for phones and tested on them. The wording on the page and in emails is yours to change.