How to reduce no-shows without nagging

No-shows usually aren't rude, they're forgotten. A reminder customers can answer in one letter, a small deposit on long appointments, and a waitlist for the gaps do most of the work. Here's how to set each one up in RaimCalls.

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1. Remind, and make confirming easy

Turn on appointment reminders and choose when they go, from an hour to a week before. Each one ends "Reply C to confirm or R to reschedule." A C marks the appointment confirmed on your calendar; an R tells them you'll find a new time and notifies you.

2. Ask for a deposit on the big ones

Set a deposit on a service and connect Get paid. After booking that service on a call, your AI asks if it may text a secure payment link, and sends it only after a yes. Card details are never taken on the phone.

3. Let customers move their own booking

A customer who can't make it is better than one who doesn't show. By call or text, your AI finds their appointment by the number they're using, reads it back and moves or cancels it only after they say yes.

4. Refill the gap from your waitlist

When an appointment is cancelled or moved, the earliest person on your waitlist for that service gets one text. The first YES books it.

5. Rebook the ones who miss

No-show rebooking sends one friendly message after a missed appointment, offering a new time. It's never sent between 9 pm and 8 am in your business's time zone.

Every automation starts off, and texts go only to customers who agreed to them. STOP always works.

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Do reminder replies use my plan's AI texts?

A C or R reply doesn't use an AI reply. If a customer's next text goes to your AI, each AI reply uses one AI text.

When are reminders sent?

You choose: from 1 hour to a week before the appointment.

Can I take deposits on Personal?

Deposits are texted after a booking on a call, which needs a business line: Foundation and up.

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Get it on Google Play

For Android phones and tablets. The iPhone and iPad version isn’t on the App Store yet.

Plans from $9.99 a month. Answering an app call is always free. See plans and pricing.