online booking

Web-based reservation system

Online booking is the process of reserving or purchasing something through the internet—hotel rooms, flights, restaurant tables, medical appointments.

The term emphasizes the digital method rather than phone calls or in-person arrangements: Online booking is available 24/7.

Many businesses now prefer or require online booking through their websites or apps.

Opposites
booking method/channel

online bookingwalk-in

Without prior booking

phone call · counter service

immediacy/planning

online bookingwalk-in

Without prior booking

walk-up · unreserved · drop-in

technological modernity

online bookingledger entry

Recorded accounting transaction

Family

online, booking

Familiarity
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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G