Frequently Asked Questions

Booking Cove is a scheduling platform built for businesses that rent out chairs, seats, and stations — think salon chairs, barber seats, beauty rooms, studio desks, or treatment stations. Each business gets their own branded booking portal at a unique URL, making it easy for the professionals who rent from you to check availability and book their slots online.

Our platform is ideal for hair and beauty salons, barbershops, nail bars, tattoo studios, wellness and treatment spaces, co-working and hot-desk operators, and any business that rents chairs, seats, or stations to independent professionals. If you have stations to fill and renters to manage, Booking Cove is for you.

Create a free Booking Cove account, add your chair or station with its price and available slot lengths, and share your branded booking link with stylists or barbers looking for a chair. They book and pay you directly — you keep 100% of the rent, with no commission taken. See our salon chair rental guide for a full walkthrough.

You can list a spare tattoo booth, piercing station, or treatment room directly on your own Booking Cove booking portal, and optionally add it to our public Find A Space directory so guest artists and practitioners searching for space nearby can discover and book it. Read our tattoo booth rental guide for tips on pricing and listing.

Absolutely. We take data security seriously. All data is encrypted in transit (HTTPS), and we never store any payment card details on our servers. Our platform is fully GDPR compliant. See our Privacy Policy for full details.

Every account starts with a 14-day free trial — no card required. After that, it's a flat £9.99/month (or the equivalent in your local currency) to keep your booking portal active. There's no commission on the rent you collect from professionals renting your chairs, seats, or stations, and no per-booking fees — just one low monthly rate. You can cancel anytime.

You'll be prompted to add a payment method to keep your account active — you're never charged before your trial actually ends, even if you add a card early. If your trial ends without a payment method on file, your account (and your renters' ability to book) is paused until you subscribe. Nothing is deleted, and you can pick up right where you left off.

Yes — cancel anytime from your account's Billing page, no phone calls or emails needed. You'll keep full access until the end of the billing period you've already paid for, and you won't be charged again after that.

No. Booking Cove's only charge is the flat monthly subscription described above — we never take a percentage of the rent or fees you collect from the professionals renting your chairs, seats, or stations. You handle that collection with your renters however you already do, offline; we simply give you the scheduling and management tools.

Getting started takes just a few minutes with a 14-day free trial — no card required. Simply create an account, choose a unique URL slug for your business, add your chairs, seats, or stations, and you're ready to take bookings.

Not at all. Booking Cove is designed for business owners, not developers. Setting up your booking portal is as simple as filling in a form. If you do have a website, you can also embed your booking calendar directly onto it using our embed widget — just copy and paste a single line of code.

Yes. Each business gets a branded portal at a unique URL (e.g. bookingcove.com/your-business-name). You can add your business name, logo, station descriptions, and photos so the professionals who rent from you enjoy a fully polished experience that feels like your own.

Once your portal is set up, simply share your unique booking URL with your clients by email, social media, or on your website. Depending on your settings, clients can either self-register or you can add them directly from your admin dashboard.

Yes. Your booking portal is always online. Clients can check availability and make bookings at any time of day or night. You'll receive email notifications for new bookings, and everything is reflected instantly in your admin calendar.

Yes. You can configure buffer times per chair or station so the platform automatically blocks out time between bookings for cleaning, setup, or changeover. This prevents double-booking and keeps your schedule running smoothly.

Yes. The platform supports recurring bookings so regular clients — such as weekly therapy sessions or standing rehearsal slots — can be easily managed without having to re-enter the same details every time.

Absolutely. You can embed your live availability calendar directly onto your existing website using a simple embed widget. Copy one line of code from your admin settings and paste it wherever you want the calendar to appear — no coding knowledge needed.