TL;DR: TGTG doesn't offer too good to go automatic booking natively — the app requires manual taps every time. BagRescue adds automatic booking on top of your existing account: it monitors stores 24/7, detects availability within seconds, and completes the reservation and payment automatically using your linked TGTG credentials.

What "Too Good To Go Automatic Booking" Actually Means

Automatic booking means the bag becomes available at a store you've selected, the system reserves it and processes payment, and you receive a confirmation — without you doing anything. No opening the app, no tapping Reserve, no racing against other users.

That's the experience most people are searching for when they look up "too good to go automatic booking." And it's not something the native TGTG app provides.

With BagRescue, you get exactly this. You link your TGTG account, add the stores you care about, and turn on the auto-purchase toggle. After that, BagRescue handles detection and booking on your behalf. You get a notification when a bag has been secured for you.

Why TGTG Doesn't Have Automatic Booking

TGTG is built around discovery and browsing. The product is designed to surface nearby stores with bags available and let users decide whether to grab one. That model works well for casual users but doesn't serve people who have a specific list of stores they want to buy from regularly.

The app also intentionally requires confirmation steps before a reservation is placed — which is reasonable from a user experience standpoint but makes automation impossible within the app itself.

Third-party tools exist to fill this gap. If you've searched for the best TGTG monitors, you've likely come across a few. BagRescue is the only one that handles the full automatic booking flow: reservation plus payment in one step, with no daily reactivation required.

How BagRescue's Automatic Booking Works

BagRescue uses your linked TGTG account to monitor stores on your behalf. When a bag becomes available, it detects the change within seconds and immediately attempts to reserve and pay — using the same credentials and payment method your TGTG account has on file.

The technical mechanism matters here. BagRescue doesn't just send you an alert and hope you react in time. It completes the too good to go automatic booking itself. By the time your phone buzzes, the bag is already yours.

Setup takes about 60 seconds:

Go to bagrescue.com/register and create a free account.
Link your TGTG account — enter your TGTG email, receive a PIN, done.
Add the stores you want to monitor (by searching or importing your TGTG favorites).
Toggle on auto-purchase for any store where you want automatic booking.

That's it. No app to keep open, no alarm to set, no manual refreshing.

If you've ever missed a bag because it sold out before you could buy it, this is the direct solution.

What You Can Control

Automatic booking doesn't mean all-or-nothing. BagRescue gives you several controls so it only books when you actually want it to.

Scheduling. Set specific days of the week or calendar dates when auto-purchase should be active. If you can only pick up bags on Tuesdays and Thursdays, BagRescue won't book on other days. This matters more than most people realize — a bag you can't pick up is a bag that goes to waste.

Store selection. Automatic booking only fires for stores you've explicitly added and enabled. You're not opted into every TGTG store near you.

Risk-free start. You pay a one-time $1.99 to switch monitoring on, and the $9.99/month subscription doesn't begin until BagRescue actually lands you a bag. If it never does, you never pay the subscription. More on pricing below.

Pause and resume. Traveling for two weeks? Pause monitoring on any or all stores. Resume when you're back.

Automatic Booking vs. Manual — The Reality

In major US metros, bags at popular stores — Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, Pret, local bakeries — last 5 to 30 seconds after posting. That's not an exaggeration. See the data breakdown in why TGTG bags sell out so fast.

Manual booking requires: unlock phone → open TGTG → navigate to the store → tap Reserve → confirm payment. That sequence takes 15 to 45 seconds minimum, assuming you had the app open and the notification arrived instantly.

Too good to go automatic booking wins this race every time. The system is already watching, already authenticated, and executes in under two seconds from detection to reservation. For competitive stores, this is the difference between getting bags regularly and almost never getting them.

That's the honest case for automation. It's not a convenience feature — it's a functional requirement for stores with high demand.

Pricing

Get started for $1.99. That's a one-time fee to turn monitoring on. After that, you pay nothing until BagRescue lands your first bag.

BagRescue Pro is $9.99/month, and it only kicks in once that first bag is secured. Unlimited automatic booking, unlimited store monitoring, smart scheduling, no per-bag fees. Cancel anytime. If you're going after even one bag a week, the math works out quickly — a single grocery bag is usually worth more than a month of Pro. See our pricing for the full breakdown.

It all comes with a 30-day bag guarantee — if BagRescue doesn't secure a bag for you in your first 30 days, the $9.99/month subscription never starts.

New users start with a free trial. Sign up here.

FAQ

Does Too Good To Go have automatic booking?

No. The native TGTG app does not have an automatic booking feature. Reserving a bag requires opening the app and tapping through the flow manually. BagRescue is a third-party service that adds too good to go automatic booking on top of your existing TGTG account.

Is automatic booking allowed by TGTG?

TGTG's terms of service are written around their official app. BagRescue uses your linked account and credentials in a way that mimics normal account activity — the same account you'd use yourself. We can't speak to TGTG's enforcement posture, but the service has operated continuously and users in the US, Canada, and elsewhere have booked thousands of bags through it. Use your judgment.

Can I set a schedule for automatic booking?

Yes. BagRescue's scheduling feature lets you enable auto-purchase only on specific days of the week or specific calendar dates. If you can only pick up bags on certain days, you can restrict booking to those days so you never end up with a bag you can't collect.

What happens if I can't pick up an automatically booked bag?

If you miss a pickup, that's between you and the store — same as any TGTG reservation you make manually. TGTG's policy is that bags are non-refundable once reserved. This is why scheduling matters: only enable automatic booking for time windows when you can actually pick up. BagRescue's scheduling tools are designed exactly for this.

How fast does automatic booking actually work?

BagRescue detects availability within seconds of a bag being posted. From detection to completed reservation, the full automatic booking sequence takes under two seconds in most cases. That's faster than any manual workflow and faster than notification-based alerts that still require you to act. For more on response time and competitiveness, see how to never miss a TGTG bag.

Too Good To Go Automatic Booking: How to Set It Up