How to set days off and breaks in the calendar

For a day off or a closure, add a block or an exception for that provider and date. You can do this for a single day, a few days in a row, or a longer period such as a summer holiday. During that time the public page offers no times for that provider. Each provider has their own schedule, so a colleague’s holiday does not affect anyone else’s calendar.

Public holidays are not loaded automatically from a national calendar. Add the dates you are closed by hand, either for the whole team or provider by provider, and do it for the year ahead so that you do not forget later.

A daily break is easiest to set up by splitting the day into two availability ranges, for example 9:00 to 13:00 and 14:00 to 18:00, so the gap is not offered. The same split can be repeated for every working day of the week.

Blocking time does not touch bookings that already exist. Before you close for a period, look at the calendar or the bookings list for that period, then contact those customers and move or cancel their bookings yourself, because no message goes to customers automatically.

Points to remember

• ✓Blocks and exceptions remove times from the public page at once
• ✓A break is set by leaving a gap between two availability ranges
• ✓Existing bookings are not cancelled by a new block

Common questions

More guides for you

• How to set up appointment time slots
• How to manage employee availability in a booking system
• How to create an online calendar for customers

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