Book the season once. Move any visit.
Mowing, pool service, quarterly pest treatments, twice-a-year tune-ups. Set the first visit, pick how often it comes back, and Redline books the whole series at once. Each visit stays its own appointment, so a rain day moves one visit, not the season.
What the chat does with a repeat
Booked the first visit: Mon 9:00, Delaney pool. I book one visit at a time from chat, so for the rest of the season use Add event in the calendar, start it the following Monday, and tap your Weekly pool preset.
The chat books single visits. The series itself is set with Repeat in the calendar's Add event.
Setting up a series
Add the first visit
Open Add event in the calendar and pick the first day and time. It offers the 3 best open slots. See scheduling.
Pick the cadence
Every day, every week, every 2 weeks or every month. Or go custom: every N days, weeks or months, with N up to 52.
Pick the end
Stop after a set number of visits or on a date. A series holds up to 52 visits.
Save once
The whole series lands on the calendar in one save. Move or delete any single visit later without touching the rest.
How common service cadences map to a repeat
Examples of how different trades set it up. Pick whatever matches your agreements.
| Work | Typical rhythm | Repeat setting |
|---|---|---|
| Lawn mowing | Weekly or every other week, April to November | Custom: every 1 or 2 weeks, ending on a date in late fall |
| Pool service | Weekly through the season | Every week, ending after the number of visits you sold |
| Pest control | Quarterly treatments | Custom: every 3 months, 4 visits |
| HVAC maintenance plan | Spring cooling check and fall heating check | Custom: every 6 months |
| House cleaning | Every two weeks | Every 2 weeks for 26 visits, or custom with an end date |
| Gutter cleaning | Spring and fall | Custom: every 6 months |
Repeat presets
If you sell the same package over and over, save the cadence once and reuse it.
Name it the way you sell it
"Monthly package", "Biweekly mow", "Quarterly exterior". Names can be up to 40 characters.
Carries the visit details
A preset can hold the visit length and the kind of visit, not just the cadence, so a new customer is one tap.
Up to 20 presets
Enough for every package you offer. Manage renames or removes them.
Same on every device
Presets sync across devices, so the one you saved at the desk is there on your phone.
Straight answers before you switch
Redline does
- Book a whole series in one save
- Custom repeats every N days, weeks or months
- Let you move or delete one visit without breaking the rest
- Save up to 20 named presets
Redline doesn't
- Bill each visit or the package automatically
- Book a repeating series from a single chat message
- Run a series past 52 visits (start a new one)
- Remind your customers before each visit
Questions contractors ask
How long can a series run?
Up to 52 visits. Weekly service fills a year; monthly service fills more than four. When a series ends, start the next one from the same preset.
Can I bill a maintenance plan automatically each month?
No. Redline schedules the visits but doesn't run automatic recurring billing. On Solo and up you invoice each visit or the package yourself, by chat or from Money. See invoicing.
What happens when it rains on a mow day?
Move that one visit, in the calendar or by telling the chat "push the Kerr mow to Thursday". The rest of the series stays where it was.
Which plan includes recurring visits?
Every plan, Free included. See pricing.
Put next season on the calendar.
Start on Free, book each regular's first visit and set the repeat. The season is on the books before it starts.
Keep reading
- Scheduling and calendarAsk for a time, get the 3 best open slots. Optimize tightens the week.
- Lawn care scheduling softwareA season of weekly mows in one save, rain days pushed by message.
- Pool service scheduling softwareWeekly pools booked once, routes covered by chat when a tech is out.
- Pest control scheduling softwareQuarterly and monthly service plans booked in one save, callbacks by chat.
- HVAC maintenance agreement softwareSpring and fall tune-ups booked as one series, with renewal reminders.