Appointment scheduling system for dog walkers
Allow pet owners to schedule a time at your walk business that works for them, and for you. Get appointments for your walk business without you having to do anything!
The appointment scheduler that saves you headaches
With Vev you get your own online walk business appointment page where pet owners book an appointment directly into your agenda. You set the opening hours of your walk business, the software takes care of the scheduling of all the walks.
No more double bookings and no more missed appointment either, both you and the pet owner are reminded in time of each coming appointment. And when something urgent comes up your pet owners can easily reschedule their walks themselves too, without you having to do anything!
You know you need the right tooling, so do 1000’s of other dog walkers already using Vev. Read through some more benefits of using walk business appointment software below or directly start realizing all your ambition. Today. For free.
Run your walk business on auto-pilot With your new toolset
Auto pilot
Business
Payments
No-shows
Customers
Overview
Sell
Marketing
Communication made easy
Every appointment, cancelation, change and reminder is automatically sent to your pet owners. Emails are sent in your style so they feel familiar to the pet owners of your walk business.
Appointment reminders
On the day of the appointment, your pet owner receives a reminder from you. It's send automatically and includes all the information of their walk.
Your month wrapped up
Every month starts with an overview of last months' appointments cancelations and revenue for your walk business. This way you know exactly how your walk business is doing.
Your own link
Add your link to your website and socials. A link in bio could boost the appointments of your walk business up to 40%.
Sync to your calendar
Automatically sync your appointments to your personal calendar app.
Add 'Me time'
Got a personal appointment? With just a tap you can block time off. This way pet owners can't make an appointment.
Auto pilot
Communication made easy
Every appointment, cancelation, change and reminder is automatically sent to your pet owners. Emails are sent in your style so they feel familiar to the pet owners of your walk business.
Appointment reminders
On the day of the appointment, your pet owner receives a reminder from you. It's send automatically and includes all the information of their walk.
Your month wrapped up
Every month starts with an overview of last months' appointments cancelations and revenue for your walk business. This way you know exactly how your walk business is doing.
Your own link
Add your link to your website and socials. A link in bio could boost the appointments of your walk business up to 40%.
Sync to your calendar
Automatically sync your appointments to your personal calendar app.
Add 'Me time'
Got a personal appointment? With just a tap you can block time off. This way pet owners can't make an appointment.
Business
Your overview of walks
See exactly who will get what walk, and at what time the appointment is due.
Your opening hours
You decide when your walk business is open (or closed) for appointments.
Choose a time and date
Let your pet owners choose what time works for them. You can decide how strict or flexible you want to be with your time.
Add your breaks
Plan when you want a fixed break. Looking for more flexibility? Turn on smart breaks.
Add 'Me time'
Got a personal appointment? With just a tap you can block time off. This way pet owners can't make an appointment.
Exceptions
Want to open up during public holidays? Or close for a vacation? Your decide when your walk business is open.
Schedule deadline
Choose till what time pet owners can schedule a walk.
Make your accountant smile
Export data of your walk business on a monthly basis. Including all the information of your appointments. Giving you the information you need.
Sync to your calendar
Automatically sync your appointments to your personal calendar app.
Ahead of time
Set up your booking horizon, meaning how far in the future pet owners are able to schedule walks.
Define your own duration
Some appointments don’t require your attention the whole time, so you can help another pet owner.
Notifications for you
When your pet owner make an appointment, cancelation or change you will receive a notification.
Plus, a lot more
There's a lot more coming in Vev+ that will make doing walk business even easier. But we keep those under wraps for the moment.
Payments
Scan to Pay
Let your pet owners scan your QR for you to get paid. Vev will keep track of who has paid for their walk so your walk business administration is always up to date.
Get paid ahead
Enable your pet owners to pay ahead for their appointment. Only if you want to, you as the dog walker is in control.
Deposits
Let your pet owners put down a deposit to get their appointment.
No extra payment devices
No need to fill in the amount again. Or sync, connect and charge that extra device in your walk business. Simply use your phone to have pet owners pay for their walks on the spot.
Discounts
It's easy to give your pet owner a discount on their walk. Choose a percentage or fixed amount. Whatever works best for your walk business.
Upsell
Add a percentage or fixed amount to the price of the appointment, in the simplest way possible for you as a dog walker.
Refunds
Pet owners who've paid ahead will automatically be refunded when their appointment is cancelled. Yet another thing less to worry about for dog walkers.
Payments work out of the box
Payments are set up automatically for you. So you can get paid out of the gate. No need for any set up.
Policy
Define your own policy, so your pet owners know what to expect. Works perfectly with payments, deposits and refunds.
No-shows
Appointment reminders
On the day of the appointment, your pet owner receives a reminder from you. It's send automatically and includes all the information of their walk.
Policy
Define your own policy, so your pet owners know what to expect. Works perfectly with payments, deposits and refunds.
Change the time
Pet owners can change the time of their upcoming appointment as long as the cancelation deadline hasn't passed.
Add to Calendar
Pet owners can add the appointment to their calendar. This way they receive a notification before their walk. The address, travel time and link to their confirmation page can be found in the event details.
Add to wallet
After pet owners schedule walks, they get a pass for their digital wallet. When added they get a notification on their phone at the right time. The pass contains all the details like; date, time, location, total cost, payment details and link.
Communication made easy
Every appointment, cancelation, change and reminder is automatically sent to your pet owners. Emails are sent in your style so they feel familiar to the pet owners of your walk business.
Pet owner details
For dog walkers it's super handy to have all the details of pet owners at their finger tips. Allowing you to send a text, call or email whenever you need.
Cancelation deadline
Decide until what time pet owners can cancel for free. Whenever a cancelation is made, pet owners receive a message including a link to schedule their next walk with your walk business
Pet owner history
See exactly what kind of walks your pet owners had at your walk business last time.
Customers
Notes
Add notes about your pet owners. These notes show up around the appointment, so you can pick up the conversation with your pet owner where you left off last time.
Pet owner details
For dog walkers it's super handy to have all the details of pet owners at their finger tips. Allowing you to send a text, call or email whenever you need.
Customer management (CRM)
See your pet owners in the best way. This lets you build relationships and get more appointments. You can search and find your most valuable pet owners.
Focus on your pet owners
Your daily overview of pet owners. Showing you exactly who's you will see today, and an easy way to let you schedule again.
Schedule again
In just a tap your pet owners become regulars. Get the best date and time for the next appointment. No upcoming appointment? You and your pet owners are reminded to schedule a walk again.
Pet owner history
See exactly what kind of walks your pet owners had at your walk business last time.
It's your data
It's your data. The pet owner information is yours. Vev doesn't sell, resell, target or advertise with the data from your walk business. Of course not!
Get reviews from your pet owners
Word of mouth is the best marketing, and reviews are the digital equivalent of this.
Overview
Your day at a glance
See exactly how much your walk business makes, what your pet owners schedule most and even learn how they made their appointment.
Notifications for you
When your pet owner make an appointment, cancelation or change you will receive a notification.
Your overview of walks
See exactly who will get what walk, and at what time the appointment is due.
Focus on your pet owners
Your daily overview of pet owners. Showing you exactly who's you will see today, and an easy way to let you schedule again.
Delivery overview
See exactly where and at what time you need to deliver walks. Everything shown on an interactive map to make it crystal clear for you!
Sync to your calendar
Automatically sync your appointments to your personal calendar app.
Your month wrapped up
Every month starts with an overview of last months' appointments cancelations and revenue for your walk business. This way you know exactly how your walk business is doing.
Sell
Add your walks and more
Decide what you offer at your walk business. Add descriptions for your walks, add an image, and best of all set your own prices.
Your day at a glance
See exactly how much your walk business makes, what your pet owners schedule most and even learn how they made their appointment.
Schedule again
In just a tap your pet owners become regulars. Get the best date and time for the next appointment. No upcoming appointment? You and your pet owners are reminded to schedule a walk again.
Sell smart
Add options, durations, variations, preparation time, cleanup time and your duration to help your pet owners schedule.
Define your own duration
Some appointments don’t require your attention the whole time, so you can help another pet owner.
Schedule deadline
Choose till what time pet owners can schedule a walk.
Marketing
Cover your walk business
Add a cover to your header that matches your walk business. Impress your pet owners of your walk business even more.
Your own link
Add your link to your website and socials. A link in bio could boost the appointments of your walk business up to 40%.
Brand your Vev
Add your logo, show a cover image, customize font styles, and display your address (or not). And everything will get styled in line with your walk business. That means your appointment page, dashboard, Wallet passes and even every single e-mail that your pet owners get looks like you.
Schedule with a QR-code
Include your QR code on flyers, business cards, stickers and other placements in your walk business to let your pet owners schedule walks by scanning it on their phone.
Policy
Define your own policy, so your pet owners know what to expect. Works perfectly with payments, deposits and refunds.
Page description
Add a slogan for your page to stand out from other walk businesses. Tell your pet owners why you're the best walk business.
Get reviews from your pet owners
Word of mouth is the best marketing, and reviews are the digital equivalent of this.
In case you missed anything.
Is Vev’s appointment scheduler for dog walkers free to use?
Yes, the standard version of Vev is free to use. The reason? We want to enable every dog walker to start their own walk business, leveling the playing field between dog walkers.
As your walk business grows, you should unlock Vev+. It’s a no-brainer for business owners that wanna keep their admin work to a minimum. Vev+ generates automatic tax reports, gives you access to advanced pet owner data, and overall ups the way your online page looks like
No hard feelings if you are not ready to pay; the standard version of Vev is always at your disposal for free.
Can anyone start a walk business with Vev?
Absolutely! Vev encourages everyone to follow their dreams and start their dream walk business.
The only thing you need to get things going is a name for your walk business, then you choose the template that best suits your use case, adjust some settings and you are ready to welcome your first appointments.
To help you even more, every template comes with a default price list you can edit the best way you see fit. Finally, set your business colors and upload a logo to make your walk business page even more uniquely yours.
Chase that dream!
Can I use Vev’s appointment scheduler for dog walkers everywhere?
For sure! To quote Jennifer Lopez: “Brazil, Morocco, London to Ibiza. Straight to LA, New York, Vegas to Africa”. Our way of saying; no matter where your walk business is on the planet, you can always count on Vev. Right now, we support over 10 languages (with more to come) and over 100 currencies.
What information is needed to schedule an appointment?
That depends slightly. When an dog walker plans an appointment from their dashboard, only the pet owner's name is needed. Nothing more.
When a pet owner books an appointment with your walk business from your online page, they must fill in their name and email address. Both phone number and address are optional fields.
What happens once a walk is scheduled?
No matter whether you or one of your pet owners scheduled the appointment, the chosen time slot is blocked from that moment onwards. It will also appear in your walk business calendar.
At the same time, an email will be sent to both you and the pet owner about the upcoming appointment. In addition, another reminder mail will go out just before the walk.
Can an appointment be rescheduled or canceled once it has been made?
Yes, both you and the pet owner can do both of these things. However, you as the dog walker remains in control, deciding exactly until when pet owners can reschedule or cancel.
No walk business wants pet owners canceling just 5 minutes before their appointment.
What do I need to get started with my walk business?
You only need an email address, a password, and a name for your walk business. Nothing is forever, you can change everything later. Do make sure to comply with local regulations for dog walkers. Check whether you need a license or register with a Chamber of Commerce before getting your first appointments.