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Workaround for weekday specific services

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Timely doesn't have a feature for weekday specific services, however we do have three workarounds which may work for your business. 

Timely's recommended option

Using a second location 

Using a second staff member 

 

Timely's recommended option

This workaround is recommended by us as it will have no impact on your reports, however, it's not 'fool proof' and requires a small amount of extra work from the business.

This workaround involves tuning on Pencilled-in bookings so that the business has the opportunity to reject or amend the booking if need be. The service also needs to be named clearly. E.g. 'Beauty Service (bookings on Wednesdays only)'

Step 1 

Go to Setup > Online bookings and under 'Settings', choose 'Pencilled-in' bookings. Then click 'Save' Screen_Shot_2021-10-05_at_5.24.37_pm.png

Step 2

Go to Setup > Services and then click 'Add service'. When you create the service, name it clearly with the day of the week in the title, as well as information about the weekday specific service in the description. Then click 'Save'

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Using a second location

To use this workaround you will need to use also use resources, this is how you will make sure that the services are linked to your second location and the days you have set them to be available.

 

Step 1 

First you will need to set up your second location 

  1. Head to Setup, Your Business and then Locations 1.png
  2. Click the Add Location button 2.png
  3. Add your business name and same location as your main business. In this example I have made it clear that the second location is for massage only. 3.png
  4. Next set the hours that you will be offering services at this location and then hit save4.png
  5. You will now see both locations 6.png

 

Step 2 

Now you need to add your working ours to this location. 

  1. Go to Setup, Your Business and Staff 15.png
  2. Click edit on the staff member 16.png
  3. Under Normal working hours select your new location and add your working hours and then hit save17.png

 

Step 3 

Next you will need to set up resources for all your services. 

  1. Head to Setup, Your Business and then Resources6.png
  2. Click the Add Resource button5.png
  3. You will then need to add 2 resources, one for each location. 8.png18.png

Step 4

Now you can link these resources to the services.

  1. Head to Setup and then Services in Business Details 10.png
  2. Create or edit your services 11.png
  3. Under the Resource section select the resource that is correct for the location. You will need to do this for every service. In this example we are editing a Massage service so we are selecting the massage resource.12.png
  4. Once you are done hit save and repeat this process for every service. 13.png

 

You will now have the option to switch between locations on your calendar view 14.png

 

And this is how it will look on your online booking page mceclip0.png

 

Second Staff Member

Adding a second staff member is the other workaround you can use, this will incur charges to your account. 

  1. Head to Setup, then Business Details and Staff 19.png
  2. Click Add New Staff 20.png
  3. Give the staff member a name that is related to the service you are selecting 25.png
  4. Next tick the services that you want to offer on your set days and hit save (make sure this is the only staff member to offer these services)21.png
  5. Now you will have the option to set your working hours. Set these to the days you want to offer your services. Then hit save again26.png
  6. You will now see both staff 22.png

You will be able to view both staff on the same page of your calendar 23.png


When client book online they will see all your services as normal but when they book they will only see the days and times you have set24.png

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