Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar – Amelia

Description

Experience the most powerful booking system for appointments and event booking on WordPress! Amelia is a reliable booking calendar that automates online appointment scheduling and event booking processes.

?Our easy-to-use scheduling and event booking WordPress plugin has an intuitive design and provides you and your clients with an unparalleled booking experience. ?

Amelia’s booking calendar presents services and events in a perfectly organized and easy-to-navigate manner, enabling your clients to find the most convenient time slots for their appointments or to reserve their spots for upcoming events.

Amelia Lite WordPress Booking Plugin is an excellent solution for companies, individuals, event management agencies, and managers. Our booking system guarantees a comfortable and user-friendly experience.

In addition, the whole booking calendar is designed with a mobile-first approach, and both the admin and customers will experience a booking system that works perfectly across various devices.

A free appointment and event scheduling app gives your business the freedom to grow ??

• No more no-shows with email and SMS reminders and follow-ups.
• Reach global customers with automatically detected time/zones and online meetings and events.
• Developers and website admins love Amelia’s WP admin panel easy to understand and uses clean, concise code with webhooks.

Amelia’s booking plugin features a new modern, smooth & fast appointment booking form optimized for conversion and ready in a minute.

WHO IS THE AMELIA WORDPRESS BOOKING PLUGIN FOR?

Many businesses and individuals who depend on stable appointment booking, service booking, or event management and scheduling on their WordPress websites can entirely rely on Amelia’s appointment and event booking system.

• Salons (hair salons, nail salons, cosmetologists, chiropractors, tattoo artists, piercing studios, tan salons, etc.)- Features of our booking system salons love are automated reminders because their clients show up on time; payment integrations because they get paid on time; Google Calendar synchronization because it prevents double bookings; and more because running your salon has never been easier than with powerful booking system.

• Consultants (coaches, lawyers, psychologists, bookkeepers)- Features of our appointment booking system consultants love are recurring appointments because they always have time for regulars and it offers them financial stability; group appointments because they can help more people at once; and video conferencing tool integrations because they cater to clients all over the world.

• Healthcare (doctors, dentists, nutritionists, homeopaths)- Healthcare service providers love using our WordPress booking plugin, especially features like custom input fields, service packages and promotions, and custom schedules for doctors and nurses because they provide top-notch care to patients without worrying about management.

• Education (online tutors, language teachers, private lessons)- Education professionals especially love our scheduling features that allow them to show their availability calendar and book one-on-one and group classes without having to worry about administrative tasks.

• Fitness & Gyms (yoga classes, personal trainers, dance instructors, online classes)- Fitness specialists and gym staff love our WordPress booking plugin because clients can book 24/7, they can offer discount coupons with Amelia, and automate email and text notifications so clients always show up and get amazing results.

• Coaching sessions (perfect for online classes and online coaching sessions)- Coaches enjoy the power of an easy-to-navigate booking system with features like virtual sessions, 24/7 booking, high-converting booking forms, secure online payments, and coupon codes that boost loyalty.

• Personal and Professional Services (photographers, cleaning, catering, automotive services and technicians, musicians)- Professional service providers especially love scheduling and availability calendars because clients can book appointments 24/7 and they can focus on delivering high-quality services.

• Any Event type – Event management has never been easier than with our Event booking WordPress plugin because it’s rich in features like dynamic ticketing, deposit payments, and recurring events.

Every event organizer and host praises Amelia for the easy-to-use and intuitive features the plugin offers.

?? Important note: Certain integrations, unlimited number of employees, custom notifications, reminders, multilingual support, different ticket options for events, and other features are not available in Amelia Lite. If you want to know more about Amelia premium versions, please visit our official Amelia Booking home page.

You can also try out Amelia before committing Amelia Demo.

USEFUL LINKS ??

Official Page || Amelia Demos || Documentation || Youtube || Instagram || Twitter || Facebook || Discord Community || Premium Versions

AMELIA LITE BOOKING PLUGIN FEATURES ??

Amazing Deal Alert! We’ve partnered with SuperbThemes to bring you and your customers an unparalleled booking experience and more appointments than ever. As a result of this partnership, you get a FREE WordPress theme to use on your website integrated with Amelia’s booking system. You will literally get more online bookings than ever before, without any hassle as you get both the theme and the booking system in all-in-one.

Booking forms for online scheduling appointments and events management with a great user interface and user experience your customers will love.

You can easily embed appointment booking forms with two shortcodes:
– [ameliastepbooking]
– [ameliacatalogbooking]

By choosing one of them, you can choose whether you want to show the booking flow in a step-by-step view to your customers or you prefer the catalog view. With a catalog view, all services are presented in the form of cards.

• No coding or design skills are required to embed Amelia booking shortcode into your website – Amelia Booking shortcode

• Easily embeddable event-booking form with the [ameliaeventslistbooking] shortcode which allows you to show your events in the form of a list where all the most important information will be shown: Event date and time, location, capacity, status, price, etc.

• Accept online payments through Square.

• A convenient Calendar view on the back-end, giving a complete overview of all scheduled appointments end events – Calendar Admin View

• Configuration of your provider’s details and working schedule so you can choose in which time frames you want to be available for booking –General Settings

• Creation of services and categories in which those services will be organised – Services and Service Categories

• Creation of Events that can last one or multiple days – Events

• Tracking your booking business’ KPIs in the Dashboard like revenue, percentage of load, number of approved appointments and conversions. You can also take a look at your next upcoming appointments easily – Dashboard page

• Customization of booking confirmation Email and SMS notifications for both customers and the provider – Email and SMS notifications.

• Automatic prevention of double-booking

• Picking a primary between 20+ languages:

Arabic, Belgian, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese translation, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish,

• Setting the redirect URL on which the customers will be redirected after the booking.

• You can build your website pages with booking forms using Elementor, Divi, or Gutenberg blocks, and you can now choose between an on-page or pop-up booking form.

• Importing customers from a CSV file – Import Customers.

• Showing booking slots on the Calendar in the client’s time zone.

• Easy customization of the booking form to fit your branding – How to Customize

ACCEPT ONLINE PAYMENTS FOR FREE

We’re thrilled to announce an exciting new integration between Square and Amelia, that brings free payment processing to your fingertips!

Now, even in the free version of Amelia, you can effortlessly accept payments for bookings and events using Square.

Download Amelia Lite today, integrate it with Square, and forget about missed payments!

What does Amelia Premium and Square integration mean for you?

By integrating Amelia with Square, you can effortlessly accept online payments, providing clients with a secure and easy payment experience.
Collect payments online, request deposit payments to reduce no-shows, offer refunds, and maintain full control over your bookings and payments at all times.
This powerful integration improves your business operations, ensures smooth transactions, and improves client satisfaction.

PREMIUM APPOINTMENT AND EVENT BOOKING FEATURES ??

• Custom Service Duration ? – Define a single Service with multiple durations your customers can choose from, define different prices for these durations, and define different prices for those durations per employee.

• Resources ?? – Ability to create shared or single resources that limit the bookings, available only in Pro and Elite licenses.

• Address Custom Fields ?? – Customers can enter their address which is linked to Google Maps, so it is easier to find the location where you will provide your service.

• Pay via a link ?? – A great option for your customers to be able to pay after booking through a link, from mail, or Customer Panel.

• Email and SMS scheduled notifications ?? – Different types of reminders and follow-ups with templates.

• Custom notifications ?? – Create new templates, multiple reminders or follow-ups for appointments, schedule them at different times, or create a specific message for each service.

• Recurring appointments ?? – Book multiple appointments for the same service that will repeat in a specific time increment.

• Custom Fields for the booking forms ?? – Create different types of custom fields for the customer to enter during the booking process (special requests, their address, file upload or any question relevant to your business)

• Integrations ?? – Zoom, Google Meet, Google Calendar, Outlook Calendar, Lesson Space, Facebook Pixel and Google Analytics.

• Accept online payments ?? through PayPal, Stripe, WooCommerce, Mollie, and Razorpay. Online payments through Square are part of the AMELIA LITE and are FREE.

• Search the booking form for Appointments that give you the option to show the available appointments based on the search criteria ??

• Event Calendar ?? – Booking form that gives you the option to show upcoming events in a monthly calendar view.

• Manage multiple employees ?? – Create the employees’ database, with specific working hours, service schedule, capacity, and price for each, as well as configure the days off and special days.

• Manage multiple locations ??? – Suitable for businesses that offer their services in multiple locations.

• Multilingual support ?? – Translate the names of services, categories, events, extras, notification templates, etc. into multiple languages that customers can choose on your website.

• More customization ?? options to fully adjust your booking experience. Choosing colors, the order of the fields, and which fields will be mandatory.

• Custom options ?? – Such as group booking, buffer times before and after the appointment, and extras.

• Customers panel and Employees panel – For tracking and managing appointments and events.

• Discount coupons ??? – For bookings, creating and sending discount coupons to loyal customers.

• Packages of services ?? – Creating the packages (bundles) of one or multiple services with a discount available to customers on the booking form.

• Event tickets ?? – Create and offer different types of tickets for each event, with different prices.

• Set up the minimum or maximum number of attendees for each event .

• WebHooks ??– Connect Amelia with any other application using several different hooks and choosing which data you want to send.

• WhatsApp integration ? – Remind your customers or event attendees with WhatsApp reminders and follow-up messages.

• Show busy time slots ??? – Display the availability of time slots, indicating how many slots are already booked.

• Refund option ?? – Initiate a refund that will be processed through the online payment provider used to pay for the appointment/event.

• REST APIs management ?? – Empowering developers to extend integrations and customize the booking process.

• Cart Feature ?? – Streamline your booking process with seamless multiple appointments in a single transaction.

• Multiple Selections in Shortcode ???– Enhance flexibility by choosing from various options on a single webpage.

• No-show Customers Tag ???– Efficiently manage no-show customers on the backend with this tagging feature.

• Employee Badges ???– Elevate your booking experience by customizing badges for your employees.

• Hassle-Free Tax Management – Effortlessly handle and automate tax management for all your bookings and events.

HOW TO CONFIGURE AMELIA LITE BOOKING SYSTEM?

Configuring Amelia Lite Booking System to receive your first appointment or event booking through WordPress is a 5-minute job.

You can create an online reservation system for events or service appointment booking with just a few simple settings.

5 easy steps to set up Amelia Lite Booking System ????

1. Go to your WordPress’ admin page, open Amelia -> Services, and add categories and services, as described here.

2. If you already have a customers database you can easily Import it on the Customers page.

3. Customize the colors for your booking form on our Customize page.

4. Add Amelia booking plugin shortcode for the desired booking form to one of your posts or pages. For appointments, add [ameliastepbooking] or [ameliacatalogbooking] shortcode, for events add [ameliaeventslistbooking] shortcode.

   • If on your website, you have different pages for different categories of services or each of your service has a page and you want to show the booking form just for one certain service/category you can use our “Preselect Booking Parameters” option while adding the shortcode to the page or post and select one specific category or service that will be shown for the booking.

5. Save it and you are ready to receive your first bookings.

Note: You can customize provider details and schedule on the General Settings page.

HIGH-CONVERTING BOOKING FORM ALERT

Our appointment scheduling form is smoother, steps load faster and the conversion rate is higher.

What makes our booking form the best on the market ??

• Modern design – The design of the Amelia’s booking form will help you convert more website visitors into customers.

• Smooth and animated step-to-step transition – A step-to-step transition process is accelerated with modern loaders working from behind.

• Contact us option – If your clients have any questions or concerns, they can contact you using clickable email that is positioned at a visible place.

• Sidebar with the selected booking-related details – Display of the booking process in real-time is presented via sidebar. This is how we differentiate finished and unfinished steps.

• Simple customization page – You can effortlessly customize the form to extend where the look and feel match your brand needs.

• Improved conversion rate – The intuitive, simple, informative, and fast-loading form impresses customers and has higher conversion rates.

Screenshots

Blocks

This plugin provides 7 blocks.

• Amelia Catalog Booking Gutenberg Block
• Amelia Catalog Gutenberg Block
• Amelia Events Gutenberg Block
• Amelia Booking Gutenberg Block
• Amelia Events Calendar Booking Gutenberg Block
• Amelia Events List Booking Gutenberg Block
• Amelia Step Booking Gutenberg Block

Installation

Installing Amelia Lite WordPress Booking Plugin is as easy as 1-2-3!

• First, either locate the plugin through the WordPress’ built-in plugins browser, upload the ZIP file through WP Admin, or upload the Amelia Lite WordPress Plugin folder via FTP to your WordPress’ plugins folder on the server.
• Activate the plugin in the “Plugins” page of your WordPress installation.
• Enjoy!

FAQ

Do you have a list of all Amelia Booking System shortcodes?

Yes, here is the list of available shortcodes to show your booking system:

1. [ameliabooking] – If you offer services and appointments booking and want to show them in a step-by-step booking process.
2. [ameliacatalog] – If you offer a huge number of services and you want to show them in a Catalog booking view.
3. [ameliaevents] – If you offer event booking, this shortcode will allow you to show events in a form of a list.
4. [ameliastepbooking] – If you offer services and appointments booking and want to show them in a new improved step-by-step booking process.
5. [ameliacatalogbooking] – If you offer a huge number of services and you want to show them in a new more intuitive Catalog booking view.
6. [ameliaeventslistbooking] – If you offer event booking and would like to showcase them in a new, more intuitive Event List view.

Where can I set a schedule?

To set your working hours and assign services to each working period, go to the Settings page, open Provider Settings and you will see the Working hours tab where you can create different working periods for each day and choose which services will be available for booking in each period.

I have configured my working hours and services but all dates are unavailable on the booking calendar, what should I do?

The reason for this can be if your services have a duration longer than your working periods are, if a service cannot fit in the working period that date will be shown as unavailable on the calendar.

Do you have integrations with page builders?

Yes, of course, besides the Classic Editor and Gutenberg blocks, you can also use Divi and Elementor page builders to set up your booking form.

Can I use the Amelia booking system in other languages?

At the moment, Amelia Booking System has German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch, Danish, Belgian, Swedish, Norwegian, Catalonian, Ukrainian, Romanian, Hungarian, Greek, Arabic, Slovak, Finnish, Japanese, Polish, Czech, Hebrew, Russian and Chinese translations.

Why doesn’t the color, configured in “Customize” apply to the front-end?

When you apply a new style (change colors and font styles for the booking form) in the “Customize” section, you will need to delete the stored cache in your browser, for the changes to be visible on the front end. That is – the change is already there, and you can see it if you open an Incognito window, it’s just that the current browser session stored a cache with old style, and it needs to be clear for you to see it.

I configured Notification settings, why aren’t the emails being sent?

Some hosting providers don’t allow 3rd party SMTP settings (Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook, etc.) to be saved, and are intentionally blocking them because they use their own. If you configured the Notification Settings, and your emails are not being sent, please contact your hosting provider, and ask them if they are blocking the SMTP.

Reviews

Amelia is a great plugin because…

MCMarco November 21, 2024

Amelia is a great plugin because you have appointments and events in one. My customer needed sync with outlook, bookkeeping exact, appointments for coaching, events for eduction, notification system, easy adaptable to there needings user interface frontend. And guess what Amelia has it all!And btw super support

Amelia is a great plugin to make reservations on my website

tea2022 November 20, 2024

I am happy for Amelia to make reservations and appointments. The version update has been a success. For next year, I will surely escalate my leave. Congratulations for the support, when you need it it always answers you.

The most powerful booking plugin

joseareverte November 19, 2024

Amelia is powerful and filled with different customization options for adapting it to your needs. It is, by far, the best booking plugin I’ve ever tested. And, in case you need it, it has great support too!

This plugin breaks the WordPress admin interface

nyarialom November 17, 2024 1 reply

When activated, this plugin disrupts the layout of crucial elements within the WordPress admin interface, such as the left-side menu on the /wp-admin/customize.php page. This interference isn’t just a minor inconvenience—it compromises the usability and functionality of essential admin tools, making it difficult to manage and customize the site effectively. This situation raises serious concerns about the plugin’s security and reliability. It is alarming that a single plugin can exert such control over the core WordPress admin styles, overriding native stylesheets and disrupting standard operations. This level of influence suggests potential risks to the stability and integrity of the entire site. For a plugin designed to enhance user experience or add functionality, it should never come at the cost of core system stability. The fact that such a significant issue can occur indicates a lack of robust quality assurance and proper safeguards during development. Users should not have to worry that installing or activating a plugin could break the very interface they rely on to manage their site. I strongly urge the developers to address these issues promptly, ensuring that the plugin can coexist with WordPress’s native elements without causing conflicts. Until these problems are resolved, I cannot recommend using this plugin, especially for sites where consistent and reliable admin access is critical.

great support but slow initial response

ak09716 November 14, 2024

It took 2 weeks before someone from the Amelia team really started trying to help me. Waiting 2 weeks was really frustrating as I couldn’t book clients in the meantime. However, once I was helped, the support was excellent, my issue was resolved, and I’m happily able to keep using Amelia.

A good booking plugin with an easy-to-use front end

antasena November 7, 2024

This plugin helps my clients make appointments smoothly. It offers many useful features, such as locations, staff, packages, and more. Although it’s not perfect and has a few bugs, customer support is available to help resolve any issues I encounter. While the response time could be quicker, the support is very helpful. Thank you!

Contributors & Developers

Changelog

V1.2.11
* Improvement: Optimized Event Queries
* BugFix: Fixed issue with the Back button when one category created on Catalog 2.0 Booking Form
* BugFix: Fixed conflict with the Beaver builder theme
* BugFix: Fixed issue with displaying the dropdown menu when selecting the header option
* BugFix: Fixed issue with the date/time step when service is longer than the employees’ work hours
* Other small bug fixes and stability improvements

V1.2.10
* Small bug fixes and stability improvements

V1.2.9
* Feature: Customer Activity – Now you can easily view all appointments and events booked by specific customers in one place
* Improvement: Added possibility to show “All” services on the Catalog Booking form 2.0
* BugFix: Fixed issue with removing dates on the back-end Events page for Group view
* BugFix: Fixed issue with saving notifications header without placeholders
* Other small bug fixes and stability improvements

V1.2.8
* Small bug fixes and stability improvements

V1.2.7
* Improvement: Increased Event description length limit
* Improvement: Improved SMS message handling for increased efficiency and optimized delivery
* BugFix: Fixed issue with displaying time slots on iPhones
* BugFix: Changed am-input class condition for Step-by-step and Catalog Booking forms
* BugFix: Fixed issue with duplicating categories
* BugFix: Fixed issue with event not blocking appointments time slots
* BugFix: Fixed issue with displaying providers breaks on the calendar
* BugFix: Fixed issue with “Queued” status for SMS notifications
* Other small bug fixes and stability improvements

V1.2.6
* Small bug fixes and stability improvements

V1.2.5
* BugFix: Fixed vulnerability issue: CVE-2024-6332

V1.2.4
* Small bug fixes and stability improvements

V1.2.3
* Small bug fixes and stability improvements

V1.2.2
* Small bug fixes and stability improvements

V1.2.1
* Updated Italian translation and Spanish translation for Chile and Mexico
* BugFix: Fixed issue with showing events on the booking forms and the back-end
* BugFix: Fixed issue with double booking when the appointment is canceled and rescheduled
* BugFix: Fix full path disclosure vulnerability issue
* Other small bug fixes and stability improvements

V1.2
* Feature: Square Integration – Simplify your transaction management with our Square integration, offering a reliable and efficient payment method for your services and events
* Updated Turkish translation
* BugFix: Fixed issue with the Go back button on the Catalog form when one service is preselected
* BugFix: Fixed issue with appointments that go over 24:00 (last two days) on the Calendar page
* BugFix: Fixed issue with the Catalog booking form and Iphone 14/15
* BugFix: Fixed issue with displaying events in drop-downs on back-end pages
* BugFix: Fixed issue with Divi shortcodes with preselected parameters
* Other small bug fixes and stability improvements

V1.1.9
* BugFix: Fixed issue with Events filter on the Finance page
* BugFix: Fixed issue with notifications when a customer cancels an appointment
* BugFix: Fixed issue with Customer filter on Appointment page
* BugFix: Fixed issue with event periods editing and the event list form
* BugFix: Fixed issue with loading the date and time when ‘Load entities’ is enabled
* BugFix: Fixed vulnerability issue with Polyfill[.]io script
* Other small bug fixes and stability improvements

V1.1.8
* Improvement: Implemented logic so users first see services from the selected category on the back-end
* Improvement: Added an option to remove Service and Categories pictures
* Improvement: Added option to insert IPLocate API Key for 1000 API requests/day in case of auto-locate phone country code
* BugFix: Fixed issue with appointments when the customer logs in to WP-admin
* BugFix: Fixed issue with attendees search when name has two words
* Other small bug fixes and stability improvements

V1.1.7
* Small bug fixes and stability improvements

V1.1.6
* Small bug fixes and stability improvements

V1.1.5
* Improvement: Added option on Customize page to remove scroll from Catalog 2.0 booking form
* Updated Dutch and Hebrew languages
* BugFix: Fixed issue with HTML notifications and ‘quill’ editor
* Other small bug fixes and stability improvements

V1.1.4
* BugFix: Fixed vulnerability issue
* Other small bug fixes and stability improvements

V1.1.3
* Improvement: Extended option “Check customer’s name for existing email/phone when booking”, to check for existing users by phone number if email is not entered
* Improvement: Added possibility to search users by their phone number
* Updated German and added Turkish translation
* BugFix: Fixed issue with “Go back” button and missing sidebar on the Catalog Booking form
* Other small bug fixes and stability improvements

V1.1.2
* Small bug fixes and stability improvements

V1.1.1
* Small bug fixes and stability improvements

V1.1
* Improvement: Added option to pre-select parameters for Amelia shortcodes from URL query parameters
* Improvement: Added option to enable/disable field search on Step-by-step form info step
* Added new translations: Vietnamese and Taiwanese
* BugFix: Fixed issue with the Catalog form when there is one service in one category and an empty category
* BugFix: Fixed issue with the Catalog form when category is preselected
* BugFix: Fixed issue where notifications were sending placeholder information in UTC time zone instead of the time zone set up in WordPress
* BugFix: Fixed issue with “Check customer’s name for existing email when booking” option
* BugFix: Fixed issue with SBS form popup on Iphone 13
* BugFix: Fixed issue with Default time slot and Calendar
* BugFix: Fixed issue with event times in customer notifications
* BugFix: Fixed service sorting not working when ‘Load entities on page load’ is enabled
* BugFix: Fixed issue with hidden service and booking forms when the user is not logged in
* BugFix: Fixed issue with setting Days off for provider
* Other small bug fixes and stability improvements

v1.0
* Amelia Lite Launch!