Booking page for car wash and detailing

More than a car wash booking system: chemicals, invoices and profit in one calendar

Detailing margins live in the details: how much coating went on that SUV, whether the rental company paid last month, which customer comes back every spring. Klendr records all of it as a side effect of the booking, so nobody counts bottles or chases payments on a Sunday.

• Accounting and invoices — the rental or leasing company gets a PDF invoice with VAT automatically after each car, with a payment term and late-payment interest. Your accountant receives a monthly CSV and a PDF archive of every wash and detailing invoice, and the Stripe deposits for ceramic jobs come as a separate export. See payments.
• Stock of chemicals — car shampoo, APC, polishing compounds and pads, microfibre and ceramic coating bottles. Attach a recipe to each service, such as 30 ml of coating and two pads for a one-step polish, and every booking writes the amount off. Sell care kits or air fresheners on the same invoice and get an email before the coating runs out.
• Car and client history — model and plate, every wash and polish, what each driver paid, no-shows and notes like "scratch on rear left door before work". The client base exports to a file at any time.
• Profit, not just revenue — analytics puts revenue next to what chemicals cost, so you see the profit on a ceramic coating, plus hours worked per bay, the busiest weekdays and your top services.

Why a car wash booking system beats the phone

At a hand wash or detailing studio the phone always rings at the wrong moment: gloves wet, foam on the bonnet, a customer at the counter. "How much is a full wash for a Touran?", "Can you clean the seats today?", "How long does polishing take?" Every answer costs a few minutes, and some callers never book because nobody picked up.

Your booking page at klendr.me/your-name shows the services, prices and free times for each bay. The driver picks "Exterior + interior, SUV", chooses a time and confirms with a name and phone number — no app, no registration. The car appears in your calendar, and the slot disappears for others.

The best part is the quiet weekday morning. When the calendar shows a gap at 10:00 on Tuesday, you can fill it, instead of finding out at 10:00 that nobody is coming.

Washes by car class, from a quick rinse to ceramic

A small hatchback and a seven-seat SUV are different jobs, so price them as different services. Make groups such as "Exterior wash", "Interior" and "Paint care", and inside each add lines for small car, sedan/estate and SUV/van. The customer recognises their car, sees the exact price and the time it takes, and there is no haggling at the gate.

Several services fit into one booking: an exterior wash, interior vacuuming and a wax together. Klendr adds the minutes up, so a combined job blocks exactly as much of the bay as it needs.

Long jobs need a plan. The online booking page accepts visits of up to five hours in total. For polishing or ceramic coating that keeps the car all day, let the customer book the morning drop-off online and close the rest of that bay’s day with a break in the calendar. Nobody else can book over it, and the customer knows exactly when to bring the keys.

Several bays or washers, one shared schedule

Two wash bays and a separate detailing box? In the Team plan every bay or washer gets its own column. Customers book on one shared page, and the calendar shows the whole yard by day or week. A quick wash can run in bay one while bay two holds a full interior cleaning, without anyone double-booking.

If you run two locations, both work from one account with their own hours and bays, and the driver chooses the address first. When a job overruns, drag the next car to the free bay right in the calendar.

Deposits for long jobs and notes on every car

An empty bay hurts most when it was blocked for a four-hour interior cleaning. A reminder by email and SMS goes out the day before, and the customer can move or cancel from the link in the confirmation email, which frees the slot early.

You can also protect the time with Stripe. Keep in mind that the setting is one percentage for the whole account, not per service: 20% means €3 on a €15 wash and €40 on a €200 polish. Many studios therefore prefer the no-show fee mode, where the card is saved and charged only if the car never arrives. Details in online payments.

The client card remembers the car: model and plate, colour code, "deep scratch on the rear left door before work", "pet hair in the boot", "customer prefers no shine on the dashboard". Next time anyone on the team sees it before starting.

More tools for a wash and detailing business

Everything else a studio uses day to day:

• Link where drivers look — Google Business Profile, Instagram, a QR code at the entrance, or embedded on your site with the WordPress plugin.
• Email campaigns — tell all customers when the spring salt-wash weeks start or when you have free polishing days, with an unsubscribe link.
• Calendar sync — bookings appear in Google or Apple Calendar on your phone.

Example car wash and detailing price list in Klendr

This is how your services look on the booking page. The duration decides how long a bay is blocked, so set it honestly, including drying time.

Prices are examples only; every studio sets its own.

How to launch online booking for your car wash

1. 1
   Open an account

   Registration is quick, and the full product is free for 14 days without a bank card.

2. 2
   List services per car class

   Create groups for washes, interior and paint care, with time and price for small, medium and large cars.

3. 3
   Set up bays and hours

   Enter opening hours and days off; in the Team plan add each bay or washer as a column.

4. 4
   Put the link on your sign and maps

   Add klendr.me/your-name to Google Maps, Instagram and a QR code at the gate.

5. 5
   Wash cars, not phone calls

   Bookings, reminders and cancellations arrive by themselves, and each morning you see the day’s cars.

Car wash and detailing questions