Booking form and availability calendar for pet sitters. Accept day based booking requests and manage availability in WordPress.

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<p>TailDesk is a booking plugin for pet sitters who manage bookings by day instead of by time slot.</p>
<p>It helps you accept pet sitting requests directly from your WordPress website, show availability based on daily capacity, and manage bookings from the WordPress admin area.</p>
<p>TailDesk is built for solo pet sitters, dog sitters, cat sitters, small pet care businesses, dog daycares, home boarding services and other pet care services that need a focused day based booking workflow.</p>
<p>Use TailDesk when you want visitors to request one or more days, while you stay in control of availability, capacity, booking status and invoices.</p>
<p>Key features:</p>
<ul>
<li>Add a booking request form with a dedicated Gutenberg block or shortcode.</li>
<li>Add an availability calendar with a dedicated Gutenberg block or shortcode.</li>
<li>Create multiple services, each with its own daily rate and daily capacity.</li>
<li>Limit booking forms to selected services.</li>
<li>Control the order of booking form fields in the block editor.</li>
<li>Manage day based availability instead of time slots.</li>
<li>Show clear day states for available, limited and fully booked dates.</li>
<li>Let visitors submit booking requests without creating an account.</li>
<li>Receive booking requests directly on your WordPress website.</li>
<li>Receive email notifications when a new booking request is submitted.</li>
<li>Manage bookings, statuses and internal notes in WordPress.</li>
<li>Generate and print invoices from the booking admin screen.</li>
<li>Configure global date format, pricing format and notification settings.</li>
<li>Configure invoice company details, tax settings and yearly invoice numbering.</li>
<li>View upcoming capacity and new booking requests in the WordPress Dashboard.</li>
</ul>
<p>TailDesk works well for:</p>
<ul>
<li>solo pet sitters</li>
<li>dog sitters and cat sitters</li>
<li>dog daycare requests</li>
<li>holiday pet care</li>
<li>home boarding</li>
<li>small pet care businesses</li>
<li>other day based (pet care) services</li>
</ul>
<p>Both frontend tools can be added in two ways:</p>
<ul>
<li>Block editor: use the <code>TailDesk Booking Form</code> block and the <code>TailDesk Availability Calendar</code> block.</li>
<li>Shortcodes: use <code>[taildesk_booking_form]</code> and <code>[taildesk_availability service_id="123"]</code>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>TailDesk Pro</h3>
<p>TailDesk Pro is an optional extension for pet sitters who need more control over bookings, pricing and workflows.</p>
<p>With TailDesk Pro you can:</p>
<ul>
<li>add service extras and advanced pricing rules</li>
<li>set minimum booking days per service</li>
<li>use more flexible capacity rules per service</li>
<li>add custom booking fields per service</li>
<li>sync website bookings with Google Calendar</li>
<li>use other Google Calendar events as capacity blocking overlays</li>
<li>customize customer emails per service</li>
<li>use multiple invoice templates and more advanced invoice layouts</li>
</ul>
<h3>Blocks</h3>
<h4>TailDesk Booking Form</h4>
<p>Insert a pet sitting booking request form anywhere with the block editor.</p>
<p>Visitors can select a service, choose a date range, enter their details and submit a booking request without creating an account.</p>
<p>Site owners can choose which services are available in each form and control the order of customer fields.</p>
<h4>TailDesk Availability Calendar</h4>
<p>Insert a service availability calendar anywhere with the block editor.</p>
<p>Choose the service in the block settings and show month by month availability on the frontend.</p>
<p>The calendar shows clear availability states, so visitors can see which days are available, limited or fully booked before they send a request.</p>
<p>You can also send visitors to a custom page or form when they click an available date.</p>
<h3>Shortcodes</h3>
<p>You can also use shortcodes if you are working with classic themes, widgets, templates or page builders.</p>
<p>Booking form:</p>
<pre><code>[taildesk_booking_form]
</code></pre>
<p>Availability calendar:</p>
<pre><code>[taildesk_availability service_id="123"]
</code></pre>


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