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AI receptionist & AI booking assistant

An AI front desk that answers every enquiry on your website chat and WhatsApp, 24/7. Routine bookings go straight to your booking page; everything else goes to your team, neatly summarised.

  • 24/7 website chat + WhatsApp
  • Hand-off to a person on every channel
  • GDPR with a Data Processing Agreement

Illustrative mock-up. Names and details are fictitious.

How the AI booking assistant works

Whatever the channel, it follows one triage flow, agreed with you and written in your own words.

  1. 1

    Customer gets in touch

    On your website chat or WhatsApp, day or night. It replies straight away.

  2. 2

    It works out what they need

    A standard booking, a common question, a request that needs a quote, or someone who wants a person.

  3. 3

    Standard appointments get booked

    It collects the details the booking needs and sends the matching booking link. The customer picks a slot and confirms online.

  4. 4

    Everything else goes to your team

    Name, phone, details and photos are collected once and sent to staff as one summary by WhatsApp and/or email.

Why businesses use an AI receptionist

Fewer missed enquiries

Website and WhatsApp messages are answered straight away, even while your team is busy with other customers.

Bookings out of hours

Evenings and weekends, standard appointments are still booked online there and then. Other requests are queued for a call-back.

Less repetition

“How much is…?”, hours, location and parking are answered from your approved information, not typed again and again.

One tidy hand-off

Custom requests arrive as one summary instead of details collected piecemeal over several messages. No one has to ask twice.

Replies in your customer’s language

It answers in the language the customer writes in, using your team’s own vocabulary.

You stay in control

Nothing is sent to customers that you haven’t approved. Staff can take over any chat, and a dashboard keeps the full conversation history.

What your AI receptionist handles

After-hours enquiries

Evenings and weekends covered

Messages that arrive after closing are answered straight away. Standard bookings still go through; anything else is queued for a call-back.

Answering FAQs

The same questions, answered once

“From” prices, opening hours, location, parking and payment methods — answered only from information you approve.

Handing off to staff

A person whenever it matters

Quote requests, complaints and anything unusual are collected once — name, contact details, description and photos — and handed to your team.

A WhatsApp AI assistant on your own number

It connects through the official WhatsApp Business Platform, so customers message the number they already know. Every hand-off and booking-link click can trigger an instant WhatsApp and/or email alert to the named staff, plus an optional daily summary.

Need calls covered too? Our phone answering picks up missed and after-hours calls, books appointments and texts your team a summary.

Illustrative mock-ups. Names and details are fictitious.

Start with a 4-week pilot

Live in about four weeks from receiving your information. Nothing goes live until you sign it off.

  • Week 0 Kick-off call to agree scope and tone.
  • Week 1 Standard bookings mapped to booking links, FAQs and hand-off rules, for your written approval.
  • Weeks 2–3 Working test version: website chat, WhatsApp, staff alerts and dashboard.
  • Weeks 3–4 Your team tests real scenarios; we tune until you sign off.
  • Week 4 Go-live and a 30-minute staff briefing.

Pricing

Quoted after we see your process

Plus a one-off set-up fee. Final figures are confirmed after a short call, once the channels in scope are agreed. Messaging fees from WhatsApp (Meta) are separate.

  • Website chat + WhatsApp
  • Human hand-off on every channel
  • Dashboard & conversation history
  • GDPR Data Processing Agreement
  • Knowledge-base updates when your prices change
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GDPR and data protection, built in

You are the data controller; EpochTech.ai acts as data processor under a written Data Processing Agreement, in line with GDPR and local data-protection laws.

  • Only the details needed: name, phone, email and enquiry details
  • Encrypted and access-controlled
  • Customers are told they’re chatting with an AI and can always reach a person
  • Reminders and marketing only with consent (PECR)

AI receptionist FAQs

What is an AI receptionist?

An AI receptionist answers customer messages for your business on your website chat and WhatsApp, 24/7. It answers common questions from information you approve, books standard appointments through your booking page, and hands everything else to your team.

How does the AI booking assistant book appointments?

It asks for the details a standard booking needs, then sends the matching link to your existing booking page so the customer picks a slot and confirms. Your team gets an alert.

How does the WhatsApp AI assistant work?

It runs on your own number via the official WhatsApp Business Platform. Customers message the number they already know, and your staff can take over any chat.

Will it give quotes or make promises?

No. It only gives information you have approved, such as “from” prices, opening hours and location. It never gives binding quotes. Those enquiries are collected once and handed to your team as a summary.

What happens when a customer wants a person?

Whenever a customer asks for a person, or the AI is unsure (complaints, complex requests, disputes), it hands over politely with the full conversation attached. Your team gets a WhatsApp and/or email alert.

Do you offer AI phone answering?

Yes. Our phone answering picks up missed and after-hours calls, books appointments and texts your team a summary. It can run alongside the receptionist or on its own.

How is customer data handled?

Under GDPR and local data-protection laws. You are the data controller; EpochTech.ai acts as data processor under a written Data Processing Agreement. Only the details needed for the enquiry are collected, customers are told they are chatting with an AI, and reminders or marketing are sent only with consent.

How long does it take to go live?

About four weeks from receiving your information. Your team tests a working version, and nothing goes live until you sign it off. WhatsApp approval timing is set by Meta.

How much does it cost?

A one-off set-up fee plus a monthly plan. Final figures are confirmed after a short call, once the channels in scope are agreed.

See your AI receptionist in action

Book a 20-minute demo. No tech talk — we’ll show you how it would answer your customers.

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