> Lost revenue is at least $10,000 on nights when the no show rate is high, based on an average spend of $100 to $150 per customer.
Just charge reservations a $50 cover? You show up and that $50 goes towards the bill and you still only pay $100 ~ $150 and you don't show up and your bot network goes broke.
Could also do some kind of lottery for reservations. If you want a reservation then you need to enter information about you and the date/time you want. Some time before then the lottery runs and selects a winner who gets the reservation. Prune people from participating in the lottery if they are frequent no-shows and possibly if they're trying to get a reservation for every single day+hour ...
Just like Amazon being unable to deal with fake reviews and listing manipulation, despite having so much data that they have to invent new words for it like lakes. They don't want to do it: presumably they make better and-or easier money by letting scammers operate with impunity.
Just charge reservations a $50 cover? You show up and that $50 goes towards the bill and you still only pay $100 ~ $150 and you don't show up and your bot network goes broke.
Could also do some kind of lottery for reservations. If you want a reservation then you need to enter information about you and the date/time you want. Some time before then the lottery runs and selects a winner who gets the reservation. Prune people from participating in the lottery if they are frequent no-shows and possibly if they're trying to get a reservation for every single day+hour ...