In this article we will go over how to turn on the time frames for a Room/Private Party Room Booking in your Custom Order Types.


Please note that this feature is only for our Marketing Pro Plus member.  If you are a MPP member and you do not see this feature please reach out to our support team to turn this module on for you.


Remember there are 3 cases that you may want to use this feature:


1. Private Party Room: For most clients, they will want to show both Start/End times as they need to know how long the room needs to be reserved, as well as, within that time frame how long is the event.

The Room time is important as that is the time before and after event to allow for set up and clean up.

2. Full Service Events. Think of something like a wedding. Because of the need for a large team of staff, you may want a start and end team for the Catering Crew. And within that, is the start/end time for the wedding.

This way you will not book another wedding when the crew is already committed.

3. Some clients are not interested in start/end times for crew or the room, they just need start/end times for the event. Think about a drop-off catering with disposable pans where one person may watch the buffet for an hour. Only start/end time of event is needed as to indicate how long they should stay.


Below is a video that will show you step by step instructions on how to create your Room/Private Party Room Booking. 





Below are step by step instructions that will show you step by step instructions on how to create your Room/Private Party Room Booking. 


1 - Click on the Admin tab




2 - Scroll to the Global Settings section and click on the Custom Order Types bubble




3 - If you have Custom Order Types already they will appear and you can click on the Existing Custom Order Types link




4 - If you need to create a new Custom Order Type click on the Create A Custom Order Type link and the box below will appear





If you already created a Custom Order Type click on the Edit icon




5 - You will have 2 options for the times in the Room/Private Party Room Booking.




6 - Use Serve End Time:  this is when the food will need to start being served and when the serving of the food will finish.   Click the check box if you want this to appear.




7 - Use Room Times:  this is when the event will start in the room that was booked and when the event will end in the room that was booked.   Click the check box if want this to appear.




8 - Click the Save Changes tab when done.




You have now learned how to turn on the Room/Private Party Room Booking times to your custom order types.