Prevent last minute bookings

Since you might not be available at the drop of a hat, there is a setting in Bookedin to prevent last minute online bookings: Lead Time

Lead Time is the minimum amount of notice you require prior to a booking. Examples: 

• 0 minute lead time means you accept last minute bookings
• 60-90 minutes is the most common lead time.
• Some businesses like to set lead time to 9 hours. This means clients will not be able to book "same day". If they look at your page at say, 2am, the entire day will show as unavailable. 
• Other businesses like a long lead time of 3 days. This is handy if you need a lot of time to prepare. 

Lead Time will not affect internal bookings, it will only affect your public Online Booking Page. 

Lead Time can be set on either your calendar or individual services or classes/workshops. Here's how:

Calendar Lead Time

1. Log in to your Bookedin account
2. In the top menu, go to Settings > Calendars 
   
3. Click the edit icon or the calendar name link for the calendar you want to modify
   
4. Under Online Booking Options, edit your Lead time. 
   
    
5. Hit Save
6. Repeat if you need to for other calendars

Service Lead Time

If you want different lead times for each service, you can set the lead time within each individual service instead. 

1. Log in to your Bookedin account
2. In the top menu, go to Settings > Services
3. Hit the edit icon on your first service
4. Online Booking Options
5. Change Lead time
6. Save
7. Repeat for other services

Class/Workshops Lead Time

If you want different lead times for classes or workshops you're hosting, you can customize this too!

1. Log in to your Bookedin account
2. In the top menu, go to Settings > Classes/Workshops
3. Hit the edit icon on your first class or workshops
4. Online Booking Options
5. Change Lead time
6. Save
7. Repeat for other classes & workshops