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Online Booking - Booking Request

Written by Amelia
Updated over a week ago

You can easily manage all incoming booking requests directly from the Online Booking Dashboard. From there, you can:

  • Accept requests

  • Decline requests

  • Move requests to the waitlist

Manage Booking Requests (🖥️ Desktop)

When a client submits a booking request through your Online Booking page, it immediately appears in: Online Booking → Booking Requests

Sort & Search

You can:

  • Sort by submission time or appointment time

  • Display newest or oldest requests first

  • Search by pet name, client name, or phone number

This makes it easy to prioritize and locate specific requests.


Booking Request List Overview

Each request provides key information at a glance:

Submitted At

Displays the date and time the request was submitted.

Client

Shows:

  • Client name (clickable to open profile)

  • Phone number

  • Message button

  • Alert note icon (if alerts exist)

Additional indicators:

  • 🗺️ Yellow map icon (Mobile Grooming only): Client is outside your service area

  • 🟢 “New” tag: Client has 0 finished appointments

  • 📦 Package/Membership icon (hover to view details)

  • 🔵 “Info Update” tag: Client updated profile information during booking

Pet

Displays:

  • Pet name (clickable to open profile)

  • Breed

  • Weight

  • Pet image (or default icon)

  • Vaccine status (syringe icon if expired/missing — requires vaccine notification toggle enabled)

  • Pet code (hover for details)

  • Incident icon (if past incidents exist)

  • Deactivated icon (if profile is inactive)

Service

Shows:

  • Selected services

  • Assigned staff (if applicable)

Appointment Date

Displays requested or auto-assigned appointment date & time.

Payment Status

  • Unpaid – No payment required

  • Unpaid (Pre-auth enabled) – Card will be pre-authorized 24 hours before appointment

  • Prepaid – Deposit or full payment collected

Action Options

You can:

  • Schedule

  • Update Info

  • Accept

  • Decline

  • Move to Waitlist


Accepting Booking Requests

The action button varies depending on service type.

Schedule (Grooming Requests)

For grooming requests, click Schedule.

You’ll be redirected to the Advanced Edit Appointment page, where you can:

  • Modify service details

  • Use Smart Scheduling

  • Adjust time/staff

  • Click Book Now to confirm


Update Info

If the client updated profile information (e.g., vaccine records), you’ll see Update Info.

Click it to review changes.

You may choose:

  • Update Profile – Accept changes but don’t schedule yet

  • Update and Schedule – Accept changes and schedule

  • Dismiss – Ignore changes


Accept (Boarding / Daycare / Evaluation)

For boarding or daycare requests, you’ll see Accept.

Boarding Requests

  • Select lodging

  • If evaluation is missing, you’ll see a yellow Missing Evaluation alert

  • Option to add evaluation to stay

  • If grooming is attached, you must assign staff and time for grooming (shown as Extra Service)

Evaluation Requests

You may:

  • Select evaluation service

  • Assign staff
    (Both optional)

After Accepting Boarding/Daycare Requests

A notification pop-up will appear asking whether to notify the client via:

  • Text

  • Email

  • Both

  • Not this time

For grooming requests:

If the care type is not included in your “Booking Request Accepted” auto-message template, no pop-up will appear and no notification will be sent.

After Accepting or Scheduling

The request is removed from the Booking Request list.

To verify later:

  • Check Appointment List Report → “Created By” column

  • Or review Appointment Update History


Decline Booking Requests

To decline:

  1. Click the three-dot icon

  2. Select Decline

If there are pending profile updates, you must review or dismiss them before declining.

After declining, you may:

  • Send Text

  • Send Email

  • Send Both

  • Select “Not this time”

Once declined, the request disappears from the list.

To review declined requests later:

  • Check Message Center (if notification was sent)

  • Or contact Support for history logs


Move to Waitlist

You can move grooming requests to the waitlist if you’re not ready to accept.

  1. Click the three-dot icon

  2. Select Add to Waitlist

  3. Complete waitlist details

  4. Confirm

Please view more in the Online Booking - Waitlist.


Viewing Booking Request Details

Click any booking request to view:

  • Client contact info

  • Address

  • Appointment details

  • Submitted responses

  • Vaccine documents

  • Pet images

  • And more

Grooming (Mobile Grooming)

For mobile businesses:

  • Client address displays on a map

  • Your service area also displays for comparison

Boarding & Daycare

You can assign lodging directly from the request detail page for both boarding and daycare request.

Important Note:

When accepting a Boarding booking request, you can assign lodging during the acceptance process.

For Daycare booking requests, the option to assign lodging is not available.


Pending Requests on Grooming Calendar

Pending grooming requests appear as:

🟠 Orange appointment cards on Grooming Calendar

You can click directly from the calendar to accept.

Boarding and Daycare pending requests do not display on lodging calendar or home section.


Manage Booking Requests (📱App)

Online Booking management is limited on the app.

Go to: Notifications → Online Booking → Requests

From there, you can:

  • View request details

  • Schedule

  • Decline

  • Move to waitlist

By click on each booking request, you can view all request detail, and choose to decline, move to waitlist, or schedule the booking request.

Info Updates on App

If profile updates exist:

  • A yellow notice appears

  • Click Review Updates

  • Accept or dismiss changes

Important App Limitations

  • Only grooming requests are supported

  • Boarding/Daycare must be managed on desktop

  • Date range stats cannot be adjusted (default = last 30 days)


FAQ

Do information updates work on web and app?

  • Yes.

  • Make sure your MoeGo App is updated to the latest version.

Do businesses need to review all updated information?

  • Missing information is automatically updated.

  • Only conflicting updates require manual review.

Why can’t clients see availability?

  • Availability depends on:

    • Client address

    • Service duration

    • Staff working hours

    • Smart Scheduling rules

  • You can review the Abandoned Booking list to identify issues and follow up.

Where do I access Online Booking settings?

  • Desktop only:

  • Online Booking Dashboard → Top Right → Settings

  • Online Booking settings are not configurable via the mobile app.

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