Message a business

Open a booking and choose Message to chat with the business about it. To ask about anything else, go to Messages and choose New message. Every chat, with every business, is in Messages, newest first.

Messages, with a chat for each business and the latest message under its name

Message about a booking

  1. Open the booking

    From Bookings.

  2. Choose Message

    It's next to Messages on the booking. The chat is about that booking, so the business sees which one you mean.

  3. Write and send

    Type your message and choose Send. To add a picture or a document, choose Add a photo or file.

The chat shows on the booking and in Messages. Enquiries work the same way: your question is the first message, and the business replies in the same chat.

Start a new chat

  1. Open Messages

    From your account.

  2. Choose New message

    Pick the business. The list shows the businesses you've booked with.

  3. Send your message

    Type your message and choose Send. The chat starts with your first message.

To ask a business you haven't booked with yet, open its page and choose Message. Your question starts the chat.

What the business sees

Replies come from the business by name, whoever on their team writes them. The owner and managers can see every chat with a customer, so your message doesn't wait for one person. A chat stays as a record of what was said.

If you don't read a new message within a few minutes, we email you once with a preview and a link back to the chat.

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