Key takeaways
- Travel miles are costed at your own rate.
- Coat and temperament explain the time variance.
- Add-ons are captured at the van.
- Vaccination status is checked before the route.
Mobile grooming prices by the size of the dog and is costed by the size of the day. A large double-coated retriever booked for a hundred and ten minutes takes a hundred and thirty-five in shedding season, and the twenty-two mile drive to the client outside town is not on the price list at all. Both are real money and neither appears on a booking sheet. GroomDesk US puts the drive and the coat on the appointment.
The drive is part of the job
Each appointment records the miles driven and your own mileage rate, and the travel cost follows.
Two dogs at one stop share that drive; a single dog twenty miles out does not, and the margin shows the difference immediately.
Coat and temperament are the time risk
Every pet carries a coat type and a temperament, and the appointment records the minutes actually spent against the package time.
A nervous schnauzer and an easy spaniel are not the same ninety minutes, and after a season the variance says which pets need a longer slot or a higher price.
Add-ons agreed at the van
De-shedding, nail grinding, teeth and sanitary trims are recorded against the appointment with their own charge and minutes.
This is where mobile groomers most often give away work, because the decision is made in the van long after the booking was priced.
Vaccination as an operating field
Every pet carries a vaccination expiry and reads Current, Due soon, Expired or Not recorded.
That list is worth checking before a route is loaded rather than at the door, because turning up and turning back costs the whole slot and the drive.
Review exceptions every week
Resolve duplicate IDs, missing links, overdue balances, negative amounts, and open operational items in CHECKS before using the dashboard for decisions.
GroomDesk US Microsoft Excel Edition is designed for Microsoft Excel 2019 or newer on Windows or macOS.
No online booking or client scheduling app, no veterinary records or medical history, no vaccination verification with a clinic, no route optimization or GPS, and no automatic appointment reminders.
