Keep control of your diary
An enquiry is not a confirmed booking. Check the location and requirements before agreeing. Use calendar events to block out booked dates and rest days.
DoBu.uk
For independent performers and service providers
Show your availability.
Take enquiries—not automatic bookings.
Connect Google Calendar so customers can check a date and send their enquiry. You decide which bookings to accept.
No card needed to start · Whole-day availability
Built around a real booking process
Inspired by a wedding harpist
Christine Palethorpe’s work inspired DoBu.uk. She began using it for her harp business in late 2022: customers check a date, then discuss the music, venue and occasion.
Her brother Richard develops DoBu.uk.
Keep the personal part of booking
Work with what you already use
Keep events that don’t affect availability in another calendar. Share your availability by link, or embed it with WordPress or HTML.
Ask the questions that matter
Customise your form’s questions and suggestions. Set the subject and wording of your enquiry emails, including details from the form.
Example email subject
Enquiry for Selected date from Name
Choose what you need
Link
$4 per month
Show your availability and send customers to your own enquiry page or email.
- Google Calendar sync
- Share a link or embed your calendar
Form
$7.50 per month
Take enquiries with your own questions and email templates, like the example above.
- Calendar sync, sharing and embedding
- Customisable enquiry form and emails
Monthly or yearly billing. Full pricing and cancellation details.
Before you start
Do I need Google Calendar? Can I offer hourly appointments?
You sign up with Google and choose one Google Calendar for availability. DoBu.uk shows whole days, not appointment slots: an event covering any part of a day makes that day unavailable. Keep events that don’t affect availability in another calendar.
What happens during and after the free trial?
You get 7 days to try DoBu.uk. No payment card is needed to start. Choose and pay for a subscription if you want to continue. Without one, your public availability and enquiry form stop working when the trial ends.
What calendar information can customers see?
Visitors see day-by-day availability, not your event names or calendar details. We request permission to read your calendars when you connect; you choose one for availability. Creating calendar events from enquiries requires additional permission. Read our privacy policy.
Does an enquiry reserve or confirm a date?
No. You and your customer discuss the booking and decide whether to proceed. Once you accept it, add or move an event to your availability calendar to block the date.
Can I cancel?
Cancel any time. Access normally continues until the end of your paid billing period. Contact us if you want immediate cancellation and a refund for the unused period. Billing and cancellation details.
Can I use my own enquiry form? Can you help me set up?
Yes. The Link package sends customers to your own enquiry page or email; choose Form to build and use a DoBu.uk enquiry form. For setup help, email richard@dobu.uk.
Start with the date. Make the booking yours.
Try your calendar and enquiry form with a 7-day free trial.
Start your 7-day free trialNo card needed to start. Questions? Ask Richard.
About DoBu.uk
DoBu.uk—pronounced “do book”—is made by Richard Palethorpe, a software engineer and long-standing open-source contributor in Nottingham, UK. It grew out of his sister Christine’s need to take enquiries without automating the personal decisions.
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