Communications

In-App Chat (Operator ↔ Guest)

Talk to guests about their booking, not about their life.

Phone calls interrupt service. SMS goes to personal phones and disappears when the shift ends. Reservation.Tools has a dedicated chat channel tied to each reservation, so your team can message the guest about their booking — and see the reply — right inside the operator app.

Guest running late? Send them the new hold time. Guest asked about a high chair? Answer without calling. Need to move them to a different table? Tell them before they arrive.

Every message is attached to the reservation, so the next host on shift has the full context, not a phone full of texts someone else sent.

Key benefits

1

No more texting guests from your personal phone

Every message runs through the operator app — professional, logged, and shared with your team.

2

Full chat history on the reservation

The next host sees every message about this booking — no 'who did you talk to?'

3

Faster than calling, clearer than SMS

Guests reply when they can, staff respond between covers — no phone tag, no voicemail.

4

Delivery status you can see

Sent, delivered, seen — the team knows whether the guest got the message before they show up.

How it works

  1. 01

    Open any reservation

    The reservation detail has a chat panel next to the guest's contact info.

  2. 02

    Type the message

    Free text, linked to this reservation only — no searching in SMS threads.

  3. 03

    Guest replies wherever they booked from

    Replies land back in the reservation and trigger a push to the host.

  4. 04

    History stays with the booking

    Every message is archived on the reservation — useful for disputes, useful for next time.

Stop giving out your personal number

Chat with guests from the app — where the team can see it.

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