Your room
A floor plan editor
Tables, the stage, the bar, the entrance and the restrooms, snapped to a grid. Draw the room once and reuse it for every show.
Bougie Booking
Sell the room by the table. Pay nothing for it.
Table reservations and ticketed seating for restaurants, wineries and event venues. Guests pick their table on a map of your room and pay before they arrive, and your venue pays us nothing.
What It Costs
Nothing, for the venue.
No subscription, no per-cover fee, no setup fee, no contract. A full room costs you the same as an empty one.
Guests pay a booking fee of $1.50 plus 3.5% per person, shown to them before they pay. Card processing stays in your own Stripe account, exactly as it is today.
You pay Bougie Booking
$0
Most booking platforms charge venues a subscription, a per-cover fee, or both.
How It Compares
The same night, four ways to sell it.
What a venue pays to sell a ticketed night, from each option's published pricing.
| Cost | Bougie Booking | A reservation network | A reservation & ticketing platform | An event-ticketing marketplace |
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| Monthly subscription | $0 | $149–$499 | $289–$459 on plans that sell tickets | $0 |
| Per-cover fee | $0 | $1–$1.50 per cover booked through its network | None | None |
| Fee on prepaid tickets | $0 to the venue. Guests pay $1.50 + 3.5% per person, shown before they pay | 2% service fee | 2–3% of prepayments | 3.7% + $1.79 per ticket, paid by buyers by default, plus 2.9% payment processing |
| Contract | None | One year, auto-renews | Not published | None to start |
| One 75-seat dinner at $200 a ticket: what the venue pays the platform | $0. Guests pay $8.50 a ticket in fees | $300 (2%) plus the monthly plan | $450 at 3%, or $300 at 2%, plus the monthly plan | $0 by default. Buyers pay $9.19 a ticket in fees |
Figures are from each company's own published pricing page, checked September 2026, for the plans that sell prepaid tickets. Plans and fees change, so confirm with the provider. Card processing is not included; with Bougie Booking it comes out of your own Stripe account, as on any card sale.
How It Works
Pick a table. Hold it. Pay up front.
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Pick a table
Guests see your room as it is — the stage, the bar, the patio — and choose their table on the map or from a list.
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Hold it for ten minutes
A hold takes the table off the map for everyone else while they fill in their details. A countdown keeps it honest.
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Pay up front
Checkout is Stripe’s. A booking is confirmed only once it is paid, so the room can never be oversold.
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Check in at the door
Guests give a name. Your door list finds them on a phone, marks them in, and shows what they prepaid.
What Your Venue Gets
Draw your room once. Publish a show in minutes.
Your shows
Minimums or tickets
Sell a table with a prepaid minimum or a seat at a ticket price, with a sales cutoff and tables kept back for walk-ins.
Your door
A door list for a dark room
Works on a phone at the host stand, and releases no-shows on a timer you set.
Your money
Your own Stripe account
You are the merchant of record. Bookings, refunds and disputes live in your own Stripe account, not ours.
Who It's For
Rooms where the table is the point.
Built first for live-music tables at Marni's OC, and made for any room that sells a night by the table or the seat.
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Restaurants with live music
Keep the door free to walk in and sell the guaranteed table with a prepaid minimum.
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Wineries & tasting rooms
Flights, pairings and patio seats, booked by the table and paid before the pour.
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Ticketed dinners
Wine dinners and chef’s tables with a seat count, a cutoff and a door list that knows who paid.
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Event centres & supper clubs
One room, one night, every table accounted for.
FAQ
The questions venues ask.
What does it cost the venue?
Nothing. There is no subscription, no per-cover fee, no setup fee and no contract. Guests pay a booking fee of $1.50 plus 3.5% per person, shown to them before they pay. Card processing comes out of your own Stripe account, as it does on any card sale.
Does it replace your reservation system?
No. It sits beside your reservation system. Keep your everyday reservations where they are and use Bougie Booking for the nights that sell by the table or the seat: live music, ticketed dinners, winery events.
Where does the money go?
Straight into your own Stripe account. You are the merchant of record, so payouts, refunds and disputes are yours, and your staff can refund a guest or cancel a show from the app.
Can we keep tables for walk-ins?
Yes. Each show can hold tables back from online sale, and no-shows are released on a timer you set.
How do we get started?
Tell us about your room. For now we set each venue up by hand — the floor plan, the first show and your Stripe account — so you are ready before your first guest books.
Ready When You Are
Tell us about your room.
Try the guest side on an example venue, or tell us about your room and we will come prepared. Bougie Booking lives at bougiebooking.com.