Fewer toys and more family vacations

The best reasons to stop spending money on toys and invest in an incredible family vacation

Can you think of a better use of your time than family vacations?

Family vacations on the beach — Fewer toys and more family vacations

All families need a moment of getting away to take well-deserved vacations. Home improvement, work, school, and the many daily activities end up overwhelming each of the members, making their life boring, monotonous and even generating stress.

Finding the perfect period that suits everyone’s time is not as easy as it seems; fortunately, there are holidays such as Easter, which can be the ideal occasion to plan a perfect family vacation.

However, for many parents, the money factor is the main inconvenience to decide on a trip. Therefore, they prefer to pander indirectly to their children by buying them the latest seasonal toys or videogames. But if we analyze how much money they have invested in toys and compare it with the expenses of a family vacation, we would conclude that the amount could be equal or similar.

Family vacations photo at a historic monument — 5 reasons not to spend money on toys but on a family vacation

Vacations: focus on lasting memories

At OpusTime we care about how you manage your expenses, so we bring you some reasons why you should not spend your money on toys but on family vacations.

Help to keep unforgettable moments that will surely last over time in your memory and that of your children.
Take your family to places that involved a historical event, or places where the fauna and flora are the most relevant. This will allow you to teach your children about these topics in a fun and relaxing way.
It allows you and your family to have the opportunity to discover their affinity in tastes. By spending a relaxing time together, you will be able to see what each person likes to do; thus they will have tools to plan activities frequently.
It is not necessary to invest a lot on a trip. They can plan to go to nearby places, camping or stay in hostels. This will allow them to save and in the meantime, it will be useful for you and your family to meet people from different parts of the world and learn from their culture.
Spending fun and relaxing moments make the family union increasingly narrow. This helps make interpersonal relationships less stressful and creates a new family dynamic.

If you like this post, you might also want to read 13 signs you should invest in vacation. By the way, you can manage your business from anywhere and free up time for what really matters with OpusTime. Sign up for a 30-day free trial and experience symphony at work!

OpusTime App wins Prestigious Awards!

OpusTime wins 2019 Rising Star and Premium Usability Awards from FinancesOnline!

Listening to our customers and hard work pays off, as OpusTime earns an important recognition in the first quarter of 2019.

OpusTime App wins 2019 Premium Usability and Rising Star Awards from Financesonline.com — OpusTime App makes an entrance in the Appointment Scheduling Software category at Financesonline.com

OpusTime App has earned the prestigious 2019 Premium Usability Award from FinancesOnline, a top platform for SaaS/B2B software and financial products reviews. In this business software directory, they provide an extensive base of software reviews prepared by experts and actual users so businesses can easily compare and find the best solutions. This annual recognition is given out after a thorough FinancesOnline.com software study across a number of categories to identify outstanding products, including the leaders in the Appointment Scheduler segment.

With an overall review score of 8 out of 10, OpusTime App was also honored in FinancesOnline’s list of the 2019 Rising Stars. Some of the specific features that the review team of software experts took into account in evaluating OpusTime were:

Online 24/7 Booking Solution
Book Multiple Appointments in one session
Booking via Facebook
Drag and drop rescheduling
Simple and Intuitive User Interface
Waiting List Management
Color-coded calendar
Client recalls with instant SMS templates
Auto Reminders
Advanced Note-taking
Invoice Management
Payment Management
Secured client notes
Client Communication (SMS and Emails)
Integrations with Facebook, Mailchimp and Quickbooks

These awards confirm the value OpusTime provides to entrepreneurs, freelancers, and health sector professionals who want to develop excellent relationships with their customers/patients through efficient appointment scheduling, reducing overhead, and orchestrating the most important tasks.

How to write your review of the OpusTime App?

Please visit FinancesOnline.com to write a review of OpusTime appointment scheduling!

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10 OpusTime Features That Scare Your Receptionist.

Opustime - Appointment Scheduling Program

When we look at practice management software. We often look at them for the feature set they offer. Sometimes, however, we would gain valuable insights if we only knew how those features interact with each other to create so amazing ways to catapult our business.

Okay, so maybe I am exaggerating when I say that your front desk staff will be scared of these 10 tips. But it sure does make their job feel a bit obsolete.

1. Automatic appointment confirmations and recalls.

Since those are done for you, then that definitely means less work. OpusTime lets you configure exactly when and how you want those appointments confirmed. Same thing for reminders. OpusTime will send those messages via SMS or email to completely eliminate no-shows.

Complete control of reminders and confirmations.

2. Billing templates for super easy invoicing and payments.

OpusTime appointments are more than colour blocks in your schedule. They are linked to billing charges and notes templates. This means that checkout is blazing fast! From an appointment, your invoices and payments are both saved with just one click!

Super easy invoicing and payment in opustime

3. Online booking.

Add your booking button to your website or your facebook page et voila! In just a few seconds, you just eliminated 90% of your call volume. People love online booking and people hate phone calls. Did you know that most people book their appointments outside of office hours?

Get your booking site up and running in minutes!

4. Communications templates.

Create some awesome SMS or email templates and watch your retention go through the roof. In OpusTime you are alway 1 click away from sending an email or SMS to your Patients, Clients or Members. Get creative with SMS and email templates!

Sending SMS messages is a snap!

5. Appointment icons so nothing gets missed.

Icons are automatically applied to appointments so that you always know, what happened at a glance. They help you keep track of your various workflow so that you and your entire team are working efficiently.

Know what is happening with your schedule at a glance!

6. Mass SMS messages.

In this day and age, new customers are harder to acquire. This makes managing your existing customers a must. One awesome way to do this is by making sure none of your customers drop to the cracks.

Using the mass SMS feature and SMS templates, you can get immediate responses from your clients to make sure that they stay on your schedule.

Get creative and use SMS templates for a myriad of business strategies. Here are some suggestions:

Ask a customer for a Google Maps review
Wish happy birthday with a booking invite.
Share your facebook page via SMS templates

Send personalised SMS from your own library of templates.

7. 2 way SMS communications.

2 Way SMS communications is an excellent way to engage your customers and patients into a much more personal relationship. SMS is a great way to give a personalised service. Using the SMS templates allows you to be systematic with your customer care.

Read and reply to incoming SMS right from the app!

8. Notes templates.

OpusTime Appointment Types are more than just schedule items. They are actual billing templates and notes templates as well. Not only can you access the right note template for a particular appointment, but you can use the copy previous function to speed up the notes taking process. Combine this with drag and drop file uploads, and a quick access to all your notes right from the notes module, and you have everything you need for fast and efficient documentation.

Keeping impeccable records is fast and easy!

9. Follow-up.

When you are done processing a patient or client, if you can’t schedule them, make sure you create a follow-up so that you can keep track. In your settings, you can create a number of follow-ups and use the notes field to make sure you and your staff stays up to speed with this customer

Keep track of everyone!

10. Awesome checkout workflow.

We included an easy way to keep your retention at its max. When you are done processing a patient, the invoice summary page includes 2 buttons: Book Appointment or Add Follow-Up.

Try using this for every single appointment and you will see your business grow!

Achieve perfect customer retention!

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