A booking page for each detailing package, so the bay stays full.

One calendar, very different jobs

A quick exterior wash takes forty minutes. A paint correction can take two days. A ceramic coating needs the car prepped, coated, and then kept out of the weather while it cures. If every customer books the same generic slot, the schedule falls apart by Tuesday.

The fix is simple on paper: one booking page for each service, and each page knows how long its job takes and what it blocks on the calendar.

What a booking page per service looks like

With Centera, each package you sell gets its own booking page. The customer picks the service, picks an open time, and enters the vehicle and contact details. You decide what each page asks.

• The interior reset page asks for vehicle type and whether there are pets or stains.
• The polish and correction page asks for color and a photo of the worst panel.
• The ceramic coating consult page books a short slot, asks for the year and model, and tells the customer to bring the key and to expect a walk-around.
• The mobile visit page asks for the address and a note about parking or power access.

Each page blocks the right amount of calendar and syncs with the calendar you already use, so a Saturday coating job doesn't get double-booked with a drop-off.

Confirmations, reminders, and reschedule links

Once a customer books, they get a confirmation with the date, the service, and a reschedule and cancel link. A reminder goes out before the appointment. That matters in a trade where a car parked outside the bay is the whole schedule. A no-show means a bay sits empty for hours.

The links are most useful when the weather turns. A driveway detail in the rain or a coating booked on a day with heavy humidity is better moved than forced. The customer picks a new time themselves and the calendar updates.

A QR code at the counter and on the window

Centera gives you a QR code that opens your booking page. Print it for the counter, the waiting area, the hood of the display car, and the van door. A customer picking up a freshly washed car can book their next maintenance wash before they leave. Someone passing the shop after hours can scan the window and book the next morning.

Where to start this week

List your five most common jobs and write beside each how long it really takes, from the moment the car rolls in to the moment it rolls out. Those are your booking pages. Then decide how much notice you need before each: a same-day interior reset is fine, a coating usually needs a few days. Set those minimum notice times first, because they protect you from a surprise booking you can't honor.

If you want to see it with your own packages, the 15-minute review is the place, and the free report shows how the shop looks online today.

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