Coaching at people's homes means spending part of your day on the road. A calendar that ignores travel has you accepting two sessions you can't possibly run back to back.
The hard part isn't filling the calendar, it's filling it in an order that makes geographical sense.
You set a buffer between two appointments. The calendar won't offer a slot that would have you crossing town in fifteen minutes.
Your page lists the towns you travel to. Out-of-area enquiries dry up, and the ones that do come in are worth answering.
Seeing your week area by area, you place new appointments where you already are. Less driving for the same revenue.
A client who cancels at the last minute costs you the session and the journey. Automatic reminders cut no-shows sharply.
Payment taken at booking: no more forgotten cheques, no more cash to ask for on the doorstep.
Floor, entry code, equipment available on site, pets, timing constraints. The client record keeps what you always forget between two visits.
It's the setting that changes everything, and the one everyone forgets to put in place. Without it, the calendar offers a slot at 10am and another at 11am eight kilometres away — and you turn up late at the second one, or cancel it.
Set that buffer to your real average journey, not the optimistic one. You'll accept fewer sessions a day on paper, and you'll actually run more of them.
Three approaches coexist, and none is better than the others: a single rate that absorbs the travel, a supplement per area, or a per-kilometre rate beyond a given radius. BetterSport supports all three — by creating several services, or by adding a supplement per area.
What matters is that the client knows before booking. A supplement discovered at the payment stage costs more in trust than it brings in.
Yes, by creating one service per area with its own price and duration. The client picks theirs when booking.
It applies the buffer you set between two appointments. It doesn't work out the exact route between two addresses.
The client record notes what's available on site. You pack your bag accordingly instead of carrying everything every time.
Cancellation terms are set service by service. With payment taken at booking, a late no-show doesn't leave you empty-handed.
