Managing your appointment calendar just got easier. Now, when you allow multiple bookings within the same time slot, your calendar shows availability more accurately by only reducing available spots, instead of blocking entire slots prematurely. This means you can fit more customers into your schedule without confusion or missed opportunities.
📌 Why This Matters
When your appointment system blocks out entire time slots just because one booking crosses over those slots, you could be missing out on filling valuable time with other customers. This improved approach shows exactly how much space you have left in each slot, so you can make the most of your available hours. Whether you handle appointments manually or allow customers to book online, this helps keep your calendar honest and easy to manage.
✨ What’s New
- Overlapping Appointments Now Reduce, Not Block, Slot Capacity: Instead of closing off multiple time slots when an appointment spans them, the system subtracts just one from the availability of each affected slot.
- Improved Examples:
- Manual Booking: If you have 15-minute slots and allow five appointments per slot, an appointment from 10:15 to 10:45 (covering two slots) will reduce the availability in each slot by one — not block both completely.
- Online Booking Widget: If customers book in 5-minute intervals with 15-minute appointments, only the overlapping slots’ counts decrease by one, keeping your schedule flexible until you hit full capacity.
- Works Across Calendar Types: Whether you use personal, team-based (round robin), or event calendars, this availability logic stays consistent.
- Consistent Behavior: The same rules apply whether an appointment is booked by you directly or through an online system.
🛠️ How to Use It
- Step 1: Set your maximum appointments allowed per time slot.
- Step 2: When creating or accepting appointments, the system will automatically update availability by decreasing only one count per intersecting slot, keeping other spots open.
- Step 3: Monitor your calendar to see accurate slot availability and manage your bookings confidently.
💡 Pro Tip
Showing precise availability helps you fill more appointment slots, meaning more customers served and less wasted calendar space for your business.
