Free online booking for solo and small service businesses

Online booking and scheduling for caterers.

List your tastings and drop-off catering by the head, and clients book themselves.

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Free plan, no credit card required

What your clients see. The starter booking page for your trade, services already filled in. Clients pick a service and an open time, add a few details, and send the request. No account, no app.

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Let clients book without leaving your site

Already have a website? Paste one line of code and your booking page opens right on it - card payments, deposits and all.

Works with WordPress, Squarespace, Wix, Webflow, Shopify, GoDaddy and any website that takes custom HTML.

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Built around how caterers actually work

No forced payment processor, no setup calls. Just a page clients can book on today.

Know before you quote

Custom fields for guest count, event date, and service style, optionally required.

Credit tastings toward the event

Charge a tasting fee up front, then apply it to the final invoice when they book.

Protect your event calendar

Require a minimum notice window and show your cancellation policy before booking.

Everything your booking page needs

Every setting below lives in your dashboard and takes effect on your public booking page immediately.

Custom intake fields

Ask about guest count, event date, and service style before booking.

Multiple service styles

Offer drop-off, buffet, and plated service, and let clients pick.

Add-ons for extras

Offer extra serving staff, a bar package, or rentals as add-ons.

Minimum notice window

Require a set number of hours notice before a same-day booking.

Blackout dates

Block off days you're not taking events, in one click.

Booking button

Add a "Book Now" button to your own site or Facebook page.

What a catering booking page starts with

Pick Caterer at sign-up and setup suggests these services, add-ons and prices. Keep, reprice or untick them as you go, and change anything later under Settings > Service types and Add-ons.

Three steps to your first booking

01

Sign up - your starter menu is ready

Tell us your business name. Your booking page starts with the Caterer services and add-ons shown above, so you're not starting from a blank page - change anything in Settings.

02

Customize your settings

Set your hours, prices, policies, and notification preferences from your dashboard - most changes take seconds.

03

Share your link

Send clients to your booking page, embed it on your site, or link it from social media. Bookings land straight in your dashboard.

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Everything you need to take real bookings.
  • Your own public booking page
  • Unlimited services & add-ons
  • Business hours & blackout dates
  • Coupons & tax
  • Spam & VPN protection
  • Card payments via Stripe
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Questions caterers ask

Can I ask about guest count, event date, or service style before booking?

Yes - Custom Fields let you collect this on the booking form, optionally required.

Do clients have to book through my booking page, or can I add bookings myself?

No. Clients don't need to use your public booking page for a booking to show up in your account. You can click Add client to save someone's contact details ahead of time, or use New booking to log an appointment yourself. That's handy for phone calls, emails, walk-ins and referrals. Price it from your services and add-ons, or choose Custom quote to enter a one-off price you've already agreed. It works like your booking page: add more than one person, pet or vehicle to one booking (if you've turned that on), answer your own booking questions, apply a coupon code, and see your open times for the day - required questions can be left blank, and you can still pick any time. These bookings sit in the same account as your online ones, so you can keep all your clients and appointments in one place. Bookings you create yourself don't email the client automatically. Open the booking and click Email client to send a pre-filled confirmation.

Can clients pay me by credit or debit card?

Yes - turn on Stripe Payments in your dashboard and a client's card gets charged, in full or as a deposit, straight into your own Stripe account before their request is even sent. It's entirely optional, though - you're always in control of payment, and can just as easily take cash, run a card in person with something like Square, or send your own payment link instead.

Can I offer both venue catering and kitchen pickup?

Yes - the Caterer preset starts with a "Pickup at our kitchen" location alongside the delivery options - rename or remove them under Locations.

Can I require notice before a same-day booking?

Yes - set a minimum notice window in hours.

Can I block off days I'm not taking events?

Yes - Blackout Dates mark specific dates as fully unavailable.

Do I need a separate app to manage bookings?

No - 1MinuteBooking is entirely web-based and works from any browser.

Can I charge for travel, and block time on my calendar for the drive?

Yes - with location options. The Caterer preset starts with "Pickup at our kitchen" (no charge), "Delivery - within 20 miles (30 km) of us" (no charge), "Delivery - 20-40 miles (30-65 km) away" (+$20) and "Delivery - more than 40 miles (65 km) away, we confirm first" (+$40). Change the names, prices and travel times, or add your own, under Settings > Locations. The extra price is added to the client's total and shown next to the location on your booking page. An optional note above the options can say where the distance is measured to. Each location also has a travel time - your drive. It is never shown to the client and is not added to their appointment. It blocks your calendar so no one can book you during the drive: before the appointment by default, or before and after if you set "A location's travel time blocks your calendar" to Before and after (Settings > Locations). For example, a 10:00-11:00 AM appointment with 30 minutes of travel blocks 9:30-11:00 AM, or 9:30-11:30 AM with Before and after.

Is this catering scheduling software, or just a booking form?

Both. Your booking page only offers start times that fit: inside your hours (up to two windows a day), long enough for the service plus any add-ons, clear of other bookings and your buffer, and within your notice and advance limits. Blackout dates take days off the page, and whether an unconfirmed request holds its slot is your call under Settings > Hours & availability. If you travel, the travel time on each location blocks your calendar around the appointment without showing on the client's side. A per-unit service like Drop-Off Catering (Per Guest) raises the price with quantity without blocking extra time. There's no two-way calendar sync, texting or automatic reminders: a confirmed booking has an Add to Calendar button for Google, Apple and Outlook, and a one-click reminder email.

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