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The Receptionist
Saoirse the owl — yours gets the name you choose
Calm on the second ring at 2am. Says they are AI, then books the appointment anyway.
Answers the phone 24/7, books people in, escalates the urgent.
A missed call is a lost customer. This one answers on the second ring, at 2am, in the middle of your busiest hour.
- Takes off your team
- 5–14 hrs/wk
- Pays per result
- €1.50 per call answered
- Live in
- 14 days
About €750–€2,100 a month of staff time at €35/hr
Quiet month: €45 minimum. Busy month: never more than €500. No monthly plan to sign. Setup €300–500 once, credited back at month 3.
Built to order for your stack, then a week in draft
- Saoirse answering 24/7 on your number, disclosed as AI
- 1,000 minutes included, bookings straight into your diary
- Urgent callers put through to a named human, always
- Message transcripts in your dashboard the moment a call ends
- Call windows, escalation rules and a kill switch you control
Saoirse at work
Hear how she answers
A sample call, 22:31 on a Tuesday
answered on the 2nd ring- CallerHi — do you have anything free tomorrow evening?
- Saoirse · AI, and says soYou're through to Harbour Dental's assistant — I'm an AI, and I can book you in. Tomorrow I have 17:20 or 18:40 with Dr Molloy.
- Caller18:40. It's for a cracked filling, it's a bit sore.
- Saoirse · AI, and says soBooked — 18:40 with Dr Molloy, and I've noted the sore filling so they're ready for you. If it gets worse tonight, ring back and say 'urgent' and I'll put you straight through to a person.
Sample script. Yours answers on your number, in your services and prices — you hear it live on your setup call before it ever takes a real one.
What it does
- 01
Picks up every call, including the ones you miss right now
- 02
Books appointments straight into your diary
- 03
Puts genuine emergencies through to a real phone
Plugs into
- Twilio
- Google Calendar
- Your booking system
On something older or in-house? It reads a shared sheet instead — how it plugs in.
Questions people ask
Does it sound like a robot?
It sounds like a calm, quick receptionist and it says it is an AI assistant at the start of the call. Response gaps are under a second.
What does an AI phone agent cost?
€1.50 per call actually answered, with the €45 quiet-month minimum and a €500 ceiling. A part-time receptionist costs €1,200+ every month for a fraction of the hours.
What happens if it doesn't understand someone?
It takes a message with the caller's number and hands it to a person. It never guesses.
Hired most by letting agents, clinics and salons and gyms and fitness studios.