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Training ABCOM
Brass Contributor
Oct 20, 2017

Can Bookings limit appointments to a date range?

Is there a way to set a "Special offer" so that people can book themselves  but I only want certain dates shown, not a calendar with all dates.   Any help much appreciated.   Steve
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Gabriel_Valdez's avatar
Gabriel_Valdez
Bronze Contributor
Oct 23, 2017

Hi there!

 

There are no controls to do this inside Bookings but there are workarounds for this. It depends on how you have your reservation page set up.

 

The easiest way I would recommend would be to create an "Offer" Bookings page. This allows you to create one Bookings calendar only for that event, and then you can block the times/days that do not work for you. You will have to manually block (using Time-off) after the day your offer is available, since Time-off blocks the staff member's calendar, I would recommend using a free Outlook.com account to set up that staff member.

 

Let me know if this helps, I am happy to explain in more detail if needed.

Thanks!

Mark Smith's avatar
Mark Smith
Copper Contributor
Nov 23, 2017

Hi Gabriel

 

Are there any plans to introduce the feature of limiting appointments to a date range?

 

We would prefer not to create separate email/accounts on Outlook.com, as the whole point of using Office 365 is to have an integrated and holistic solution.

 

Many thanks

Mark

  • Gabriel_Valdez's avatar
    Gabriel_Valdez
    Bronze Contributor
    Nov 27, 2017

    Hi Mark,

     

    Thanks for your feedback! It is definitely a scenario we are evaluating but have not timeline for it yet.

    I recommend that you submit your request at our UserVoice channel.

     

    Thanks!

    • ian ellis's avatar
      ian ellis
      Copper Contributor
      Apr 19, 2019

      Gabriel_ValdezThis would be a great feature, as we are looking to use the Bookings App for monthly mentoring events, which will have several mentors with different ones working on each month.

       

      How we are looking at doing it:

      -- Set up a different service for each monthly mentoring evening (it would be great to have a "duplicate" function here!).

      -- Each mentor is added as a staff member.

      -- Only sign up the available mentors each month.

       

      So, it would be amazing if we could have a date range available for each service, as we could then set it to a particular date for each monthly mentoring evening...

       

      Do you know if this is on the enhancements list yet?

       

      Thanks

       

      Ian

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