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How to answer requests with a written offer on the website

Reply to a family’s quote request, send a written offer with extras and an expiry, and send trip details once they book. Shown on the Maritime Burials website on a computer.
Quick answer: When a family requests a quote, you get an email, and the request shows up in your Captain inbox. Open it to see their date, group size, departure time and message.
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  • 1. 0:00
    When a family requests a quote, you get an email, and the request shows up in your Captain inbox.
  • 2. 0:06
    Open it to see their date, group size, departure time and message.
  • 3. 0:12
    Reply right in the conversation. Contact details stay hidden until the family books.
  • 4. 0:19
    When you're ready, click Send an offer.
  • 5. 0:24
    The date, departure time, hours, price and guests are filled in from the request. Change anything you need.
  • 6. 0:32
    Add any extras, like an officiant, and a note to the family.
  • 7. 0:38
    Choose how long the offer stays open. Forty-eight hours is the default.
  • 8. 0:43
    The summary shows what the family pays, and what you receive after the commission, forty-eight hours after the trip.
  • 9. 0:50
    Click Send offer. The family gets an email, and can accept and pay right in the conversation.
  • 10. 0:57
    Need to change something? Withdraw the offer, or send a new one, any time before it's accepted.
  • 11. 1:04
    When the family pays, you'll see Booking confirmed, with their contact details.
  • 12. 1:12
    Then click Write trip details to send the family everything for the day: where to park, what to bring and when to arrive.
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