Online booking for wedding photographers
Use online booking for wedding consultations and pre-wedding shoots. Set appointment lengths and collect key details about the date and location.
A free 45-minute consultation event type bookable a year ahead, plus a separate paid pre-wedding shoot event type priced in yen for overseas couples.
Two businesses that look like one#
Wedding coverage is sold through a conversation and closed with a contract. Pre-wedding shoots for couples flying in from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore are sold like a product: booked online, months ahead, paid in full, never spoken about by phone.
Running both through one enquiry form loses the second one entirely, because those couples expect to book and pay in a single sitting.
Suggested booking settings#
One date, one couple, booked a year ahead — and an enquiry call is what wins it, not the booking page.
| Duration | 45 minutes for a consultation; the wedding itself is contracted, not booked |
|---|---|
| Booking notice required | 48 hours |
| How far ahead customers can book | 365 days |
| Location | Video or in person |
| Payment | Consultation free, deposit handled in the contract |
| Cancellation policy | Not applicable to the consultation |
Suggested booking questions: Wedding date and venue · Which country are you travelling from? · How many hours of coverage?
Pre-wedding shoots for couples flying in from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore are a business of their own, booked months ahead in a foreign time zone and paid in yen in advance. Give it its own event type, priced online.
The consultation, bookable a year out#
Free, forty-five minutes, video or in person, with Bookable up to set to 365 days. Ask for the date, the venue and the coverage they want on the form.
Pre-wedding as a paid product#
Its own event type, three hours, priced in yen, paid online, open a year ahead. Overseas couples see the price, book, pay and are done — which is how they expect to buy.
Protect the seasons you cannot repeat#
Sakura and autumn weekends sell first. A tiered refund policy — full refund thirty days out, fifty per cent inside fourteen — is fair while you can still resell and firm once you cannot.
Getting started#
- Sign in at app.marubox.jp with Google or Microsoft. There is no credit card required and no time limit on the free plan.
- Create an event type with the settings above. Event types explained
- Connect your calendar so your wedding diary never gets double booked. Google · Outlook
- Set your working hours, and close Japanese public holidays in one setting. Availability
- Put the link in your bio, or the widget on your site. Adding it to your website
Common questions
Can overseas couples book and pay for a pre-wedding shoot online?
Yes. Make it a paid event type priced in yen, open a year ahead. They pay by card into your own Stripe account and see the time in their own time zone.
Should I take wedding bookings through a calendar?
Usually not the wedding itself, which is a contract. Use booking for the consultation that wins it, and for pre-wedding shoots, which are a product.
How far ahead can people book?
Up to 365 days, which is the right setting for wedding work.
Start taking bookings online
The Free plan includes booking pages, Google Calendar and Outlook connections, working hours, Japanese holiday settings and booking on your website. No credit card is required, and there is no time limit. The Paid plan is ¥1,200 per month including tax and adds online card payments, team bookings and LINE integration. Business Box charges no booking commission; Stripe processing fees apply separately.
Last reviewed 16 October 2026.