{"id":1715,"date":"2021-05-18T09:55:42","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T01:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.facilitybot.co\/?post_type=knowledgebase&p=1715"},"modified":"2025-06-15T23:13:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T15:13:21","slug":"making-room-or-common-facilities-bookings-through-whatsapp","status":"publish","type":"knowledgebase","link":"https:\/\/blog.facilitybot.co\/blog\/knowledge-base\/whatsapp\/making-room-or-common-facilities-bookings-through-whatsapp\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Room or Common Facilities Bookings Through WhatsApp"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Facility Manager may configure FacilityBot to allow Requestors<\/a> to make Room or common facilities bookings<\/a> through WhatsApp.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note that the Facility Manager is able to switch off the Room Booking feature. In this case, Requestors for that building will not be able to access this feature. The Facility manager may also change the keywords and text for this feature. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article outlines how the Requestor can make a room or common facilities booking through WhatsApp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 1: Search for the correct channel in Whatsapp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 2: Type \u2018Hi\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 3: A welcome message will be sent to help the Requestor with the next steps  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 4: Type \u2018Book Facility\u2019 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 5: Tap the arrow to open the \u2018Book Facility\u2019 Web Form. Complete the necessary fields in the Web Form<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 6: If successful, the Requestor will receive a Booking ID<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 7: The Requestor is also able to view and edit his \/ her previous bookings using the `View Bookings` button<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Facility Manager may configure FacilityBot to allow Requestors to make Room or common facilities bookings through WhatsApp.\u00a0 Note that the Facility […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","knowledgebase_cat":[42],"class_list":["post-1715","knowledgebase","type-knowledgebase","status-publish","hentry","knowledgebase_cat-whatsapp"],"yoast_head":"\nMaking Room or Common Facilities Bookings Through WhatsApp - FacilityBot - Facilities Management Software<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.facilitybot.co\/blog\/knowledge-base\/whatsapp\/making-room-or-common-facilities-bookings-through-whatsapp\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Making Room or Common Facilities Bookings Through WhatsApp - FacilityBot - Facilities Management Software\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Facility Manager may configure FacilityBot to allow Requestors to make Room or common facilities bookings through WhatsApp.\u00a0 Note that the Facility […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blog.facilitybot.co\/blog\/knowledge-base\/whatsapp\/making-room-or-common-facilities-bookings-through-whatsapp\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"FacilityBot - Facilities Management Software\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-15T15:13:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blog.facilitybot.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/9S7LC99fVOfJj5dKqW41ZLSjaFnpCxUBoweh2uXMx69GMJ6-BF9hAZPcgoV_7QdKql911aBrJjOs15rDdRjWrXv865TTzEBUuw7HGtiLwA9cF3FFhtuLo0pRf-6o8lEBlL57yQwo.gif\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.facilitybot.co\/blog\/knowledge-base\/whatsapp\/making-room-or-common-facilities-bookings-through-whatsapp\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.facilitybot.co\/blog\/knowledge-base\/whatsapp\/making-room-or-common-facilities-bookings-through-whatsapp\/\",\"name\":\"Making Room or Common Facilities Bookings Through WhatsApp - FacilityBot - Facilities Management Software\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.facilitybot.co\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-18T01:55:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-15T15:13:21+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.facilitybot.co\/blog\/knowledge-base\/whatsapp\/making-room-or-common-facilities-bookings-through-whatsapp\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/blog.facilitybot.co\/blog\/knowledge-base\/whatsapp\/making-room-or-common-facilities-bookings-through-whatsapp\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.facilitybot.co\/blog\/knowledge-base\/whatsapp\/making-room-or-common-facilities-bookings-through-whatsapp\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/blog.facilitybot.co\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Making Room or Common Facilities Bookings Through WhatsApp\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.facilitybot.co\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.facilitybot.co\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"FacilityBot - Facilities Management Software\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.facilitybot.co\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/blog.facilitybot.co\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.facilitybot.co\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"FacilityBot - Facilities Management Software\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.facilitybot.co\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.facilitybot.co\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.facilitybot.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fb_logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/blog.facilitybot.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fb_logo.png\",\"width\":150,\"height\":38,\"caption\":\"FacilityBot - Facilities Management Software\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.facilitybot.co\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/sg.linkedin.com\/company\/facilitybot\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCFykie6GjYNh4fxv2PIv8mA\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Making Room or Common Facilities Bookings Through WhatsApp - FacilityBot - Facilities Management Software","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blog.facilitybot.co\/blog\/knowledge-base\/whatsapp\/making-room-or-common-facilities-bookings-through-whatsapp\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Making Room or Common Facilities Bookings Through WhatsApp - FacilityBot - Facilities Management Software","og_description":"The Facility Manager may configure FacilityBot to allow Requestors to make Room or common facilities bookings through WhatsApp.\u00a0 Note that the Facility […]","og_url":"https:\/\/blog.facilitybot.co\/blog\/knowledge-base\/whatsapp\/making-room-or-common-facilities-bookings-through-whatsapp\/","og_site_name":"FacilityBot - Facilities Management Software","article_modified_time":"2025-06-15T15:13:21+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/blog.facilitybot.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/9S7LC99fVOfJj5dKqW41ZLSjaFnpCxUBoweh2uXMx69GMJ6-BF9hAZPcgoV_7QdKql911aBrJjOs15rDdRjWrXv865TTzEBUuw7HGtiLwA9cF3FFhtuLo0pRf-6o8lEBlL57yQwo.gif"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blog.facilitybot.co\/blog\/knowledge-base\/whatsapp\/making-room-or-common-facilities-bookings-through-whatsapp\/","url":"https:\/\/blog.facilitybot.co\/blog\/knowledge-base\/whatsapp\/making-room-or-common-facilities-bookings-through-whatsapp\/","name":"Making Room or Common Facilities Bookings Through WhatsApp - FacilityBot - Facilities Management Software","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.facilitybot.co\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-05-18T01:55:42+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-15T15:13:21+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.facilitybot.co\/blog\/knowledge-base\/whatsapp\/making-room-or-common-facilities-bookings-through-whatsapp\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blog.facilitybot.co\/blog\/knowledge-base\/whatsapp\/making-room-or-common-facilities-bookings-through-whatsapp\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blog.facilitybot.co\/blog\/knowledge-base\/whatsapp\/making-room-or-common-facilities-bookings-through-whatsapp\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blog.facilitybot.co\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Making Room or Common Facilities Bookings Through WhatsApp"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blog.facilitybot.co\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blog.facilitybot.co\/blog\/","name":"FacilityBot - Facilities Management Software","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.facilitybot.co\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blog.facilitybot.co\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/blog.facilitybot.co\/blog\/#organization","name":"FacilityBot - Facilities Management Software","url":"https:\/\/blog.facilitybot.co\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blog.facilitybot.co\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/blog.facilitybot.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fb_logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blog.facilitybot.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fb_logo.png","width":150,"height":38,"caption":"FacilityBot - Facilities Management Software"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.facilitybot.co\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/sg.linkedin.com\/company\/facilitybot","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCFykie6GjYNh4fxv2PIv8mA"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.facilitybot.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/1715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.facilitybot.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.facilitybot.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/knowledgebase"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.facilitybot.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.facilitybot.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1715"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.facilitybot.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/1715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6934,"href":"https:\/\/blog.facilitybot.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/1715\/revisions\/6934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.facilitybot.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"knowledgebase_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.facilitybot.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase_cat?post=1715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}