Guest contact
Know who is making the request.
Collect a lead guest and reliable reply channel for follow-up.
- Lead guest's full name.
- Email and phone.
- Preferred contact method.
Describe your rooms and policies. Makeform creates a bed and breakfast booking form for dates, party size, room preferences, contacts, and special requests.
Send reservation requests to Slack, Google Sheets, and Zapier.
Sample prompts for the builder
Choose a prompt, tailor it to your property, or send it to the builder. Examples are suggested structures, not availability checks.
Audience
Couples and solo travelers planning a short stay
Format
Simple reservation request with date and room choices
Prompt size
339 chars
Example form structure
Simple reservation request with date and room choices
Lead guest name and contact details
Arrival and departure dates
Adults and children in the party
Which room do you prefer?
Dietary needs or other requests
Suggested routing tags
New requests
Needs availability check
Special arrangements
Ask for arrival and departure separately, and state that submitting requests a stay without confirming availability.
Step 1
Request
guest, dates, party, and room preference
Step 2
Review
host checks room fit and availability
Step 3
Confirm
guest receives the accepted dates and next steps
Step 4
Prepare
arrival, breakfast, and special requests are ready
Why use a booking form
Give every guest one path and collect the dates, party size, and breakfast needs required to review a room.
Require arrival, departure, adult, and child fields before checking the calendar.
List rooms and collect accessibility, bed, crib, or extra-bed needs.
Receive dietary, arrival, parking, and celebration notes with the request.
Fit your property
Change room names, policies, extras, and questions to match your inn.
A quick request for dates, a preferred room, arrival time, and breakfast needs.
Occasion details and optional extras routed to the person preparing the room.
Guest counts, children's ages, room mix, shared spaces, and parking in one inquiry.
Show child, accessibility, pet, or add-on questions only when relevant.
Reservation-request workflow
Build around your rooms and review process, then share one link with guests.
Name your rooms, accepted stays, and required guest details.
Require essentials, add follow-ups, and distinguish requests from confirmations.
Publish the link and notify the host when a request arrives.
Check availability, reply, and prepare from the submitted guest needs.
Form vs email vs phone
A structured request puts the details for your availability review together.
Field guide
Collect enough to assess the stay while keeping first contact welcoming.
Guest contact
Collect a lead guest and reliable reply channel for follow-up.
Stay details
Structured dates and guest counts are easy to check against capacity.
Room request
Use real room names and treat selections as preferences until confirmed.
Breakfast & comfort
Focused questions help plan breakfast and the room.
Extras
Offer property-specific extras and explain they require review.
Request status
Distinguish a request from a confirmed reservation and explain the next step.
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Open toolFAQ
Practical answers for innkeepers moving reservation requests into one consistent online form.
It is an online form prospective guests use to request a stay. It typically collects contact details, arrival and departure dates, party size, room preference, arrival timing, dietary needs, and special requests so the host can review the inquiry.
Start with lead guest name, email or phone, arrival and departure dates, adult and child counts, preferred room, and an open notes field. Add estimated arrival, children's ages, dietary restrictions, accessibility needs, parking, pets, or extras only when they affect your property.
Not unless your own booking process is designed to do that. For a reservation-request form, state clearly that submission is pending review and explain how the guest will receive availability, rates, and confirmation.
Yes. Add a room-count field, room-type checkboxes, and total guest counts. For larger groups, ask for the organizer's details and when a rooming list will be available, then review the requested room mix before replying.
Yes. Include focused fields for dietary restrictions, food allergies, mobility needs, or other accommodations guests choose to request. Use those answers to follow up about what your property can provide rather than treating every request as automatically accepted.
Yes. Conditional logic can show children's ages and crib questions when children are included, or pet details when a guest selects that they are bringing one. This keeps the main form short for everyone else.
Yes. Makeform is unlimited free for generating, editing, publishing, and collecting responses. The paid tier removes the Makeform badge.
Responses arrive in your Makeform inbox. You can also route request details into tools such as Google Sheets, Slack, or Zapier to support your calendar-review and guest follow-up process.
Make every stay request easier to review.