Feature Request: Schedule classes + group sessions + multiple clients during one time slot

[AKOrganizer]

The title of this post has been edited from the original: Use Square Appointments to schedule classes or group sessions?

Has anyone successfully used Appointments to schedule classes taught to clients/gneeral public?  Looking for tips. Thanks!

[#2]

Hey @exdub-

Thanks for posting in the Seller Community. 

The ability to book group sessions or an appointment for multiple people is one of our most popular feature requests. I went ahead and moved your post over to this thread to prevent duplicates.

We do not currently have an ideal workaround to suggest. Square Appointments right now isn't optimized for group classes, events, etc. For your business, I may suggest that you use our Square Online Store instead. You will be able to list items as Events, and then sell tickets to the events per person so they can select a quantity:

Let me know if this would work as a workaround for you. Cheers! 

[#3]

We don't currently offer class or group booking with Appointments - certainly a popular request and I know how helpful it would be for you (and many others.) 

For now the only workaround I can suggest would be scheduling overlapping sessions for each client in the group/appointment. However, it's only possible for you to create overlapping appointments manually on your calendar, so this isn't something your customer's could book.

Thanks for your patience while we work to expand the features in our Appointments app. We'll definitely let you if a better solution is available in the future.

[sharo2]

Appointy.com says they can do it. They have a free plan up to 100 appointments per month and uses Square for payment. I am switching over.

[Alex_]

Hi @Pilatesgrl,

During these times, we recommend reaching out to an Appointments Specialist directly in order to look into your account. They will be able to look into any potential workarounds or features that could help. Please get in contact with us by checking out this page.

[AshleyK]

Hi @jjfish and welcome to the Seller Community! I've merged your post with an existing thread that helps answer your question, but essentially, yes, this is still a very popular feature request that we are tracking. We will be sure to post any updates in this thread to help notify everyone as soon as we have any releases to announce. Thank you!

[agillis87]

I’d like to add my voice to this. We are a farm that books group educational tours. This would be a nice feature to have. 

[Joe]

Hi there, @agillis87 - we got you down! Thanks for adding your voice her. We hope to be able to share some good news on this front soon, and we will update everyone here when we have more info to share.

Thanks, again!

[AHBM]

I am also needing to allow multiple clients to book at the same time. I am very disappointed that square does not yet offer this feature. I see people have been asking for this feature for years now, I guess it is not important enough though. Sad.

[Joe]

Hi there, @AHBM - we field thousands of feature requests each week here on the Seller Community, and bringing these features to fruition often takes an ample amount of time and effort from our engineers. We want to ensure that our releases are not just surface level products, but the best all-around resources to help you grow your business.

As soon as we have a shareable update for you in regards to this feature, we will update everyone here on this thread. Thank you.

[CURA]

Very disappointed to learn that Square does not offer this fundamental feature yet, despite receiving feedback from customers years ago. I have generally been pleased with Square to this point but now I have no choice but to explore other options. The ability to allow multiple customers to book themselves for the same time slot is crucial.

[pawffeeshop]

I am also adding my voice here. As an example being able to have 20 slots during a time period and people being able to book multiple ones at a time for their family would be AMAZING. 

[RickG]

I’ve been following this thread for over 2 years. Still relevant.