Instagram DM Intake Guide for Sailing School Enquiries

‘I have no experience; can I go sailing this weekend?’ is a valuable enquiry, but not enough to confirm a course and date. Goal, experience, participants, location, availability and lesson conditions need clarification. An Instagram DM assistant should not make level or safety decisions for an instructor; it should create an intake record ready for human review.

Open with the Goal, Not the Experience Level

The user may want a leisure outing, beginner course, exam preparation, team practice or corporate event. Ask what they want to achieve and by when before assigning a programme from one keyword.

Collect Minimum Intake Information

Goal, prior experience, participant count, broad age group, city, date range and contact preference are enough for initial routing. Do not make detailed health information a default field in an open DM; if genuinely required, explain the purpose and authorised channel.

• Lesson or event goal
• Previous sailing and sea experience
• Participant count and broad age group
• City and preferred centre
• Date range and weekday or weekend preference
• Individual or group request

Do Not Finalise Level from a DM Answer

A user's description of experience is useful but cannot replace instructor assessment. The assistant may explain possible starting points while leaving final level, equipment and lesson planning to authorised staff.

Separate Requested Dates from Operational Approval

Record the user's date as a request. Do not promise a lesson before boat, instructor, group, marina and suitable conditions are confirmed. Explain how changes and cancellation communication work from the beginning.

Explain Price Together with Programme Scope

Duration, group size, private instruction, equipment, centre and additional services may change scope. Show only current approved options and never invent individual suitability or guaranteed capacity.

Follow Instagram Messaging Requirements

Meta's Instagram Messaging documentation is the current starting point for professional accounts and required access. Verify connected-account, permission and webhook requirements against the official documentation, and never interpret an inbound message as marketing consent. Our Instagram DM automation guide provides broader context.

Process Participant Data Proportionately

Contact, age-group and suitability notes may be personal data. The authority's processing principles require relevant, limited and proportionate processing for specified purposes. Collect only what initial routing needs in DM.

Give Instructors a Sourced Handoff

Include goal, experience, participants, broad age group, city, date range, programme interest and open questions. Keep user statements, calendar status and instructor decisions as separate states.

Measure More Than Booking Count

Track enquiries ready for instructor review, correct centre routing, repeated questions, date changes and expectation mismatches. Measure transparent guidance instead of forcing unsuitable requests into bookings.

Test Boundaries Before Launch

• Confirm experience statements cannot assign a final level.
• Verify dates remain requests until operations approval.
• Ensure detailed health data is not requested unnecessarily in open DM.
• Check outdated prices cannot be displayed.
• Confirm the bot stops making safety decisions after human takeover.

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