Block time for setup, travel, cleanup, and breaks. Decide whether requests are automatic confirmations or pending approval. Add service-specific durations and avoid exposing private calendar details.
Choose a calendar you can reliably maintain and mark travel, setup, buffers, breaks, and administrative time—not only appointment duration. Decide whether customers can request a slot or confirm it, and connect the confirmation to a person who checks conflicts. Restrict calendar visibility so customer details are not public. Review cancellations and actual job lengths weekly before opening more availability.
Check that the calendar displays the correct time zone and that confirmations do not expose other customers' names.
Add a buffer between bookings and review actual duration before opening that time slot to another customer.
Use a buffer between appointments for travel and an overrun, and mark staff leave before opening slots. If several workers share a calendar, establish who may confirm or change bookings. Check the calendar against actual arrival and finish times each week so future availability is based on evidence.
Test rescheduling, cancellations, reminders, and time zones. KobStore is a public service page rather than an automated calendar; create a page and state how customers request times.
