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Everyone who waits in line has at some point felt they were wasting their time. If you are a restaurant owner, making your customers wait means testing their patience and risking that they choose to leave, which would mean a loss of revenue for you. Managing the waitlist can be a complicated task these days, but we make it easier for you with CoverOnTheGo.

It is increasingly important for customers to find their table ready when they arrive at your restaurant. The habits adopted during 2020 are here to stay. Waiting in long lines to enter an establishment will be less tedious with a virtual waiting room.

Do you want a queue management system to have better control of your capacity? We help you with CoverOnTheGo.

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Improve your customer experience with the smart waitlist

The COVID situation in 2020 drove digital acceleration in restaurants, due to the need to reinvent themselves and stand out among competitors. At CoverManager we anticipated the restaurant's needs, aware that bars would fill all their tables as soon as the hospitality industry reopened. Managing the virtual waiting room can be a complicated task these days, but we make it easier for you with CoverOnTheGo.

CoverOnTheGo not only helps you avoid crowded lines, but also offers tools to improve your customers' experience and bring them back to your restaurant.

But, what is a virtual waitlist?

A virtual waitlist refers to the technology that manages waitlists and allows your customers to sign up to access a table from any device connected to the Internet. By offering this, restaurants ensure a contactless registration experience, improve waiting times, and reduce abandonment rates.

Online waitlist

Implementing an online waitlist transforms the customer experience by offering more agile and transparent management. This system allows diners to register from any device, receive real-time updates about their turn, and make better use of their waiting time. In addition, for restaurants, it means more precise organization, the ability to manage multiple reservations simultaneously, and a significant reduction in unproductive waiting times, improving the overall experience and optimizing the operation of the business.


Waitlist software

A waitlist software is the ideal tool to improve management and organization in your restaurant. This type of solution allows you to automate the process of assigning turns, keep customers informed about their waiting time, and optimize the flow of diners in the venue. In addition, it reduces manual errors and helps maximize occupancy without overloading the service, ensuring a satisfying experience for customers and greater operational efficiency for the restaurant.

Restaurant waitlist

Efficiently managing the restaurant waitlist is essential to optimize the customer experience and maximize the venue's occupancy. A digital system allows you to organize reservations and waiting times automatically, keeping customers informed in real time and reducing frustration over long waiting periods. In addition, this type of tool improves the team's internal planning, ensuring a continuous flow of diners and increasing the restaurant's profitability without compromising service quality.

How does CoverOnTheGo work?

Example of a virtual queue for the restaurateur

It is very simple. Customers would click on "Join the waitlist," completing a form in which they must enter their name, email address, and phone number.

After signing up, customers will receive an SMS notification when their table is ready. All you have to do is wait for your customer with open arms to offer them the best of your services

Benefits of virtual queue management

Becoming part of CoverOnTheGo will benefit you, providing you with a series of advantages. With our service you will be able to ensure:

1. Your customers can join the waitlist from anywhere

virtual waiting room

You will be able to improve waiting times in restaurants, since being a virtual waitlist, your customers will be able to sign up for it from anywhere. While they wait, they can make use of their time, avoiding the possibility of making them lose their patience, and you will be able to access the virtual waiting room and manage the list.

2. Your abandonment rate decreases

Your customers will arrive on time, so you will be able to seat them at a table as soon as they do. This lets you forget about the worry of losing customers who, upon arriving at your restaurant and seeing that there is a line of several diners ahead, decide to leave for another establishment.

3. Get to know your customers

With CoverManager you will be the owner of your customer database. In it you will have all the information you need to know the tastes and preferences of everyone who sits at the table in your restaurant. You will be able to know whether they have an intolerance, whether they like their food well done, whether they needed a high chair the last time they came, etc. As well as how much they spent, that is, their average ticket.

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CoverManager Team

Restaurant Management Experts

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