Vacay is the time-off app for salons and small teams. Approve requests, catch conflicts before they happen, and always know who's off before you build the schedule — so every chair stays filled. No spreadsheets, no group chats, no surprises.
An employee texts at 7 AM. You're already short-staffed and scrambling to cover. Again.
You updated it last Tuesday. Now three people have added time off and nobody told you. The schedule you built is already wrong.
Different conversations, different texts, no one tracking it in one place. Now your busiest Saturday is suddenly a skeleton crew.
They ask you. You have to dig through emails and texts to figure it out. There has to be a better way.
Vacay gives you and your team a simple shared system. No back-and-forth texts, no forgotten approvals, no scheduling surprises.
Employees submit time off requests in the app. You get notified instantly. Approve or decline in one tap.
Before you click approve, Vacay shows you how many people are already off those dates and if the same department is affected.
The team calendar shows everyone's approved time off in one view. No surprises when you sit down to schedule.
Every approval updates the employee's balance. No manual counting. Everyone always knows exactly where they stand.
Employees get email notifications when requests are approved or declined. No one's left wondering what happened.
Every Monday, get a summary of who's off, who's back, and what's pending — before the week starts.
The team calendar shows approved leave, pending requests, and coverage at a glance — so you always know who's off before you build the schedule.
If they can send a text, they can request time off. Employees see their balance, tap to request, and get notified the moment you respond — all from their phone.
No training required. No IT department. Just sign up and go.
Sign up and set up your business in under 2 minutes. You get a unique team code instantly.
Share your code. Employees sign up and join. You approve them — you're in control from day one.
Configure departments, leave allowances, and limits. Set it once. Works forever.
They request. You approve. The calendar updates. Reports land in your inbox. Done.
No more chasing people down, decoding text threads, or updating spreadsheets. Vacay handles the paperwork so you can run your business.
Department limits and conflict alerts mean you see potential coverage problems before you approve — not the morning of.
The team calendar is always up to date. You know exactly who's available before you sit down to schedule.
Your team knows the rules. Requests go through the right channel. There's a clear paper trail for everything. No more "but I thought I asked you."
Built for salons first — and for any small business where the owner is also the manager, the scheduler, and the one answering texts on a Sunday.
Stylists, colorists, receptionists — keep every chair filled.
Maintain coverage and compliance without the headache.
Never schedule a shift without knowing who's actually available.
Stop the last-minute scramble. See who's off before peak season.
Professional time off tracking without enterprise complexity or price.
Always know who's available before you confirm a job.
Keep classes staffed. Know instructor availability in advance.
If you manage people, you need this. It takes 2 minutes to start.
I created Vacay after years of managing teams of over 50 people across multiple departments and locations — and dealing with the daily chaos of time-off requests coming through texts, forms, verbal conversations, spreadsheets, and last-minute reminders.
When you run a busy team, one extra person off that wasn't accounted for can affect the whole system. It creates coverage gaps, puts stress on the team, disrupts the schedule, and ultimately hurts the customer experience.
I didn't need a complicated HR system. I needed something simple, clear, and built for the way small businesses actually work.
That's why I built Vacay: a simple way for employees to request time off, managers to approve it with confidence, and everyone to know who's off before problems happen.
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