Free Holiday Booking & Deposit Policy
Free Holiday Booking & Deposit Policy for Dog Boarding
For boarding and daycare owners: the ready-to-edit policy that sets your holiday dates, surcharge, non-refundable deposits, minimum stays and vaccine deadlines before Thanksgiving bookings fill up.
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Here's your free policy. It's an editable Word document that also opens in Google Docs.
Download the Policy →Fill in the yellow highlights, post it on your booking page, and link it in every holiday confirmation.
Want the whole holiday plan? The Holiday Season Prep Kit adds 12 client messages, a staffing plan, a safety sheet, a marketing calendar and a capacity planner. $19 (reg. $27).
What's in the policy
- Holiday dates for Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's
- Holiday surcharge wording that explains why, so clients don't push back
- Non-refundable deposits and what happens if someone cancels or shortens a stay
- Minimum stays, booking deadlines and vaccine deadlines
- Holiday hours table and waitlist rules
- A note on holiday foods to cut down on upset stomachs
Why I'm giving this away
I've built three dog boarding businesses. The holiday seasons that went smoothly were the ones where clients knew the rules before they booked. Rules people see ahead of time are easy to enforce. Rules they hear about at check-in turn into arguments.
This is the policy I'd want every boarding owner to have posted before Thanksgiving bookings open.
— The Practical Founder
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