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A booking system for tables and sunbeds, on your own page

See how it works

Volio's bookings take reservations from your venue's own page, for restaurants, beach clubs, bars and hotel restaurants. Guests choose how many they are, the day and the time, within the rules you set. Your team sees tonight's bookings with the walk-ins and the waiting list beside them.

Booking rules in the demo venue's back office: times offered every 30 minutes, booking up to 30 days ahead, party size online up to 8, and a phone preview of what guests see
A real screen from Honest, Volio's demo venue: its booking rules, with the booking page a guest sees beside them.

From your page to the table

How bookings work

One booking page for the whole venue, linked from the same place as your menu and your takeaway. No marketplace in between.

Step 1

Set the rules once

Which times are offered, how far ahead guests can book, and how large a party can book online. A larger party gets in touch with you instead.

Times offered
The slots you choose
How far ahead
Your choice
Party size
Up to the number you set
Places
Tables and sunbeds
The demo venue's booking rules: times offered, how far ahead, how late online, the last table before closing and the party size

Step 2

The guest picks a day and a time

From your page, on their phone: how many, which day, which time. Only the times your rules allow are on the list.

The demo venue's booking page on a phone: guests, the next days, and the times free on Monday

Step 3

Tonight, with walk-ins beside it

The team sees tonight's bookings, the tables free for a walk-in, and the waiting list for the party that turned up without one.

Bookings in the demo venue's back office: a party waiting for a table, tonight's bookings, and the tables free for a walk-in

Step 4

The table, on the floor

When the party sits down, the floor shows the table seated, for how long, and what's open on its tab.

The demo venue's floor plan: table 6 seated for 54 minutes, with its tab

Thursday, 10:12, a booking for Saturday at 20:30

Before, it was a phone that rang during lunch service and a page in a book that only one person could read.

  1. 10:12

    Booked from your page

    Five guests, Saturday, 20:30, picked from the times your rules allow. Nobody answered a phone.

  2. 18:45

    A walk-in at the door

    The host sees the tables free for a walk-in and seats a couple before the Saturday party arrives.

  3. 20:10

    A party of four without a booking

    No table yet. They go on the waiting list, and the host seats them when one frees up.

  4. 20:25

    The booked table is ready

    The five arrive and sit down. The floor shows them seated, and the clock starts.

Tables, sunbeds and the rest of your page

A booking is one of the things a guest does from your venue's page. The same link carries the menu, pickup and gift cards.

The demo venue's page on a phone: Order for pickup, Book a table, See the menu, Gift cards and rewards

Your venue's page

Order for pickup, book a table, see the menu and buy a gift card, from one link.

Tables & QR for the demo venue: numbered tables drawn in two zones, Garden and Inner

The floor on the night

Your zones as you drew them, so a booked sunbed in the front row is a place like a table.

Booking rules: guests can book online, the times offered and how far ahead

Sunbeds too

A sunbed is a numbered place in a zone you draw, and guests book it from your page.

Bookings: a Walk-in button and the tables free for a walk-in right now

Walk-ins

The tables free right now, on the same screen as tonight's bookings.

Bookings: a Walk-in button and the tables free for a walk-in right now

A waiting list

For the party that came without a booking, on the team's side.

What bookings on Volio are not

  • Not a marketplace

    Guests book on your page, not in an app full of other venues. Volio doesn't rent out sunbeds and has no map of beaches.

  • Not for every party

    Above the party size you set, guests can't book online. A wedding or a full buyout is still a conversation.

Every plan starts with 30 days of Pro, free.

Card needed · cancel any time
  1. Day 1Every Pro feature, unlocked, nothing to pay
  2. Day 24We email you what's coming, and how to cancel
  3. Day 31Your plan starts, at the price you picked. Cancel before and you pay nothing
Basic

Monthlya monthRegular price from Jan 1, 2027: €49€39

Yearly 2 months freeRegular price from Jan 1, 2027: €40.83€32.50 a monthRegular price from Jan 1, 2027: €490€390

Take orders and payments

  • Digital menu with photos and allergens
  • Menu in each guest's language (translated by machine, import from photos)
  • Guests order from the table
  • Guests pay and split from their phone
  • Takeaway and pickup orders
  • POS at the counter
  • Waiter mode on staff phones
  • Kitchen display
  • Sales reports and end of day
Essential

Monthlya monthRegular price from Jan 1, 2027: €109€89

Yearly 2 months freeRegular price from Jan 1, 2027: €90.83€74.17 a monthRegular price from Jan 1, 2027: €1,090€890

Bring guests back

Everything in Basic, and:

  • Kitchen and bar routing (several screens, printers)
  • Online bookings with deposits (tables, sunbeds, services)
  • Guest profiles (visits, spend, allergies, notes)
  • Loyalty points and regulars' perks
  • Gift cards and treat a friend
  • Happy hours and promo codes
  • Campaigns and automations (birthday, win-back)
  • Reviews and feedback
  • Paper menus printed from your live menu, and a note when one is out of date
Pro

Monthlya monthRegular price from Jan 1, 2027: €259€209

Yearly 2 months freeRegular price from Jan 1, 2027: €215.83€174.17 a monthRegular price from Jan 1, 2027: €2,590€2,090

Run it at scale

Everything in Essential, and:

  • Stock and recipes
  • Shifts: the rota with the forecast on it, the till clock and live labour %
  • Manager approvals and audit log
  • Advanced analytics and exports
  • Several venues in one account
  • Integrations and API
  • Self-order kiosk on your own tablet
  • Menu boards on your TVs, following the menu
  • Priority support and onboarding call

Founding price for the first 500 venues, locked for 24 months. New venues pay the struck price from Jan 1, 2027.

Cancel any time: your QR menu stays online, free. Ordering, payments and the rest stop until you pick a plan again.

Unlimited tables, staff and screens on every plan. Pay yearly and 2 months are free; closed for part of the year? Monthly stops any month you like.

Essential

How do you want to pay?

Questions owners ask

Something else? hello@usevolio.com

Can guests book a sunbed as well as a table?

Yes. A sunbed is a numbered place in a zone you draw, like a table, and bookings cover both. Volio doesn't rent out sunbeds as a marketplace.

What rules can I set?

Which times are offered, how far ahead guests can book, and the largest party that can book online.

What about walk-ins?

The team sees the tables free for a walk-in next to tonight's bookings, and keeps a waiting list for parties that came without one.

Do guests need an app or an account to book?

No. They book from your venue's page in the phone's browser.

Which plan has bookings?

Bookings, with deposits, come with the Essential plan. See the plans and prices on this page.

Saturday's tables, booked from your own page

See how it works