How to block out busy time in your Timely calendar – Timely

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Effective time management is essential for maximising your earning potential and Timely’s Busy Time feature is the perfect tool for taking control of your calendar. Quickly block out personal time, breaks, meetings, or any period when you are unavailable for appointments, ensuring you avoid double-bookings and maintain a focused schedule. By using Busy Time, you can protect your personal time while keeping your online booking accurate for clients.

In this guide, you will learn how to block out busy time in your Timely calendar.

Important note: adding busy time applies to staff members and are not location-specific. For example, if you are busy at location A you are also then set as busy across locations B and C.

Step by step instructions

1 To create a busy time, click on the relevant time in your calendar or drag and drop the period of time that you want to make busy. Then select add busy time.

2 You can modify the date, time, and duration of the busy period, as well as being able to add a note.

3 To enable or disable your client's ability to book online during the busy period, tick or untick prevent online bookings during this time?.

4 Then click save to update your calendar with your new busy time.

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