Allow for quick follow up Bookings
Each booking has to be made separately with YouCanBook.me. It's not possible to set your booking page to take repeating appointments, or to make more than one booking in the same "check out" process.
However, you can add a link that will help to speed up the process for additional bookings. You can add this to the thank you page, or an email, and it will include the information that they have just filled out in the booking form, and it will pre-fill the form next time customers book.
You will use the shorthand codes on your booking form to create this link.
Step 1: Set your shorthand codes
Step 2: Create your link
Step 3: Encode when necessary
Step 4: Make the link clickable
Example: Mary makes a follow up booking
Step 1: Set your shorthand codes
On your Booking Form > Questions, assigned each question a shorthand code, like
First name = {FNAME}
Last name = {LNAME}
Email = {EMAIL}
Phone number = {PHONE}
Each shorthand code will pull through the data your booker inputs when they make their initial booking. You will use each of these shorthand codes to construct a link that will pre-fill the booking form with that same data, saving time for their next booking.
Step 2: Add the link to the After Booking page
The follow up booking link for the shorthand codes listed above would be:
https://your-URL.youcanbook.me/?FNAME={FNAME}&LNAME={LNAME}&EMAIL={EMAIL}&PHONE={ENCODE}{PHONE}{ENCODE}
You'll want to put this link on Booking Form > After booking, in the "Display confirmation message" box.
Step 3: Prevent the link from breaking with {ENCODE}
Wrap the shorthand code in {ENCODE} if there are any fields that your booker might potentially enter a space to prevent the link from breaking. For example, if you ask for their First and Last name in one line, you'll want to use {ENCODE} around the shorthand code you assign to that field.
Wrap the {PHONE} code in two {ENCODE} to prevent it from breaking.
Step 4: Make the link clickable with Markdown
Once you have your link constructed, you can make it clickable on your After Booking page or in your confirmation emails using Markdown. The format is:
[click here to book another lesson](https://your-url.youcanbook.me/?FNAME={FNAME}&LNAME={LNAME}&EMAIL={EMAIL}&PHONE={ENCODE}{PHONE}{ENCODE})
Example: Mary books a second appointment
Mary selects her first appointment for Monday, April 18 at 9am and fills out your booking form with this information:
First name: Mary
Last name: Jones
Email address: mary@example.com
Phone number: 7342488100
She clicks "confirm booking" and it brings her to the thank you page. Her information has been filled into the curly tags in the link, so it will look to them like:
https://your-url.youcanbook.me/?FNAME=Mary&LNAME=Jones&EMAIL=mary@example.com&PHONE=7342488100
Mary clicks that link, allowing her to select their next day/time for an appointment. When she comes to the booking form, it is already filled out for her:
