What is Recurring Booking?

Recurring bookings automate the scheduling of repeat appointments for regular clients. Instead of booking each visit individually, the client or business sets up a repeating schedule, for example, a haircut every four weeks on Thursday at 2 PM, or a weekly yoga class every Monday morning.

This feature is essential for service businesses with high client retention. Salons, personal trainers, therapists, cleaning services, and wellness practitioners all benefit from the ability to lock in recurring revenue and guarantee schedule consistency for their most loyal clients.

From the client's perspective, recurring bookings provide convenience and reliability. They know their preferred slot is secured without having to remember to rebook each time. From the business's perspective, recurring bookings provide predictable revenue, reduce scheduling gaps, and build long-term client loyalty.

Recurring booking systems need to handle several complexities: conflicts when the recurring slot falls on a holiday or when the staff member is unavailable, flexible modification without canceling the entire series, and automated reminders for each instance even though it was booked as a series.

Advanced recurring booking features include automatic payment processing for each occurrence, the ability to skip individual dates, series end dates or a maximum number of occurrences, and different recurrence patterns (weekly, biweekly, monthly, or custom).

Addagio supports recurring bookings with flexible frequency options, automatic calendar blocking, per-instance reminders, and the ability for clients to modify or cancel individual occurrences without affecting the rest of the series.