Book appointments from after-hours calls at a busy salon
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Salon Sora in Boca Raton, Florida has more than 30 stylists, and calls kept coming after the front desk went home. An AI receptionist now takes over after closing: it answers every call, books, reschedules and cancels appointments in Meevo, and answers general questions.
Business type: Salons & spas. Tool used: BookingBee.ai (AI receptionist) with Meevo and RingCentral. Result: The vendor reports 157 after-hours calls handled, $2,746 in new revenue from those calls, $642 kept by rescheduling instead of losing no-shows, and a 6.8x return in 2 weeks.
Source: BookingBee case study (Company case study) · Added Mon, Oct 26 · Last updated 2026-10-26
Forward calls to the AI when the front desk logs off (here, with RingCentral call forwarding).
Connect it to your salon software (here, Meevo) so it can book, move and cancel.
Give it answers to general questions.
Track how many after-hours calls turn into bookings.
Result
The vendor reports 157 after-hours calls handled, $2,746 in new revenue from those calls, $642 kept by rescheduling instead of losing no-shows, and a 6.8x return in 2 weeks. (as reported by the source)
Salon Sora in Boca Raton, Florida has more than 30 stylists, and calls kept coming after the front desk went home. An AI receptionist now takes over after closing: it answers every call, books, reschedules and cancels appointments in Meevo, and answers general questions.
Which tool did they use?
BookingBee.ai (AI receptionist) with Meevo and RingCentral.
What was the result?
The vendor reports 157 after-hours calls handled, $2,746 in new revenue from those calls, $642 kept by rescheduling instead of losing no-shows, and a 6.8x return in 2 weeks. (as reported by the source)
How did they set it up?
Forward calls to the AI when the front desk logs off (here, with RingCentral call forwarding). Connect it to your salon software (here, Meevo) so it can book, move and cancel. Give it answers to general questions.
Answers come only from the source. Questions it doesn't answer are left out.
Starter prompt
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You answer [Salon]'s phone after the front desk closes. Book, move and cancel appointments in [salon software]. If a caller can't make their appointment, offer a new time before cancelling. Answer only from this list: [FAQs].
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