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# Book for Free

{% hint style="danger" %}
When a Reservation is booked for `Free`, any **additional Customers added to the Reservation will not be charged** because everything in the Reservation is considered free-of-charge.
{% endhint %}

On the Overview page of the Dashboard, employees can create a Customer's private Reservation for free by:

1. Select the desired day, time, and court
2. Search for the Customer's name (unique by email)
3. Click the `Book` button
4. Update the charge type for `Free`
5. Click the `Book` button in the pop-up window
6. Notice the `Payment Method` is `Free`

When the front desk books a Reservation that is free, the system does not process any charges and the reservation is confirmed immediately. If the front desk creates a Reservation on behalf of a Customer and it's not free, all charges would go through as expected.

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Reservations booked for free are also the pinkish/red color on the Dashboard. This color denotes something in the Dashboard that has been created BY an employee. To learn more, read about [color-coding on the Overview page](https://podplay.gitbook.io/docs/owners-playbook/venue/the-dashboard#color-coding-on-the-overview-page).

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