Prandium
At my college (Gonville and Caius) we have to book meals in advance if we would like to dine at the college. The booking webpage may open as early as 6am and places may sell out in less than 5 seconds depending on the menu, number of courses and formality of the meal. This resulted in people setting alarms to wake up early to book meals and often still missing them due to being a few seconds slow. So I created Prandium to book meals for me.
I let some friends use Prandium for free last year but now I have started allowing other people to use Prandium for a small fee.
Information For Clients
Currently, the maximum number of pre-bookings I'm accepting per meal is 7, since I don't want to flood the system
Pre-bookings for each term open 1 week before the start of full term
Pre-bookings and cancellations need to be requested at least 18 hours before the signup opens so that I have time to update Prandium's list
Prandium can not only book meals (including gallery seating), but also specify dietary requirements, number of vegetarians, number of guests and guests' names for no extra cost
Clients can request for their data to be deleted at any time - this will also delete any of their current pre-bookings. Their data will be deleted at the end of every term anyway.
Prices
There are S, A, B and C tier pre-bookings for each meal in order of increasing price
Tiers for each meal are filled in order of increasing price (except S), so it's better to pre-book early
Pre-bookings can be upgraded to a higher tier (B to A) if available but, don't worry, they won't be downgraded (A to B)
Payment is due via bank transfer after each successful booking (this includes getting accepted from, but not to, the waiting list). If multiple meals have been pre-booked, total payment can be accepted at the end of term instead.
Tiers of Pre-bookings
S Tier
- Based on special consideration
- Free
A Tier
-
First 4 pre-bookings (so the first 4 people that come to me to pre-book a certain meal)
- This includes S tier pre-bookings (so 1 S tier pre-booking and 3 A tier pre-bookings means that no more A tier pre-bookings are available for that meal)
- £1
B Tier
- Next 2 pre-bookings
- £2
C Tier
- Next 1 pre-bookings
- £3