Managing your calendar & bookings
Wix Bookings: Blocking Off Time in Your Calendar
Taking time off or needing to manage your team's availability? Block off time in your Wix booking calendar for yourself or your staff member(s). You can also create repeating time blocks, making it easy to manage time off for events, vacations, or regular staff training. For instance, if you’re attending a conference and your team is unavailable for a weekly staff meeting, you can block off the same time for all staff and set it to repeat until your return.
In this article, learn more about:
Blocking off time in your calendar
Block time in your bookings calendar to manage your availability for admin tasks, staff training, or personal errands. You can reserve slots for multiple staff members and prevent clients from booking during these periods.
To block off hours:
Go to Booking Calendar in your site's dashboard.
Click Add or click the time slot you wish to block off on the calendar.
Select Blocked time.
Click the Staff drop-down and select the checkbox next to the staff member(s) whose time you want to block.
(Optional) Enter a Title to explain the reason for the blocked time.
Select a start date and time.
Select an end date and time.
Choose how often you want it to repeat from the Repeat drop-down.
(Optional) Click Add note to self to add a note only you can see.
Click Block.
FAQs
Here are some frequently asked questions about blocked time:
Does blocked time impact existing services like classes or courses?
Blocking off hours does not override class or course sessions happening during that same time slot. It also doesn’t affect existing appointments. The blocked time will only prevent clients from booking new appointments in this time frame.
Can I block off smaller amounts of time for prep in between sessions?
You can also set up a time buffer between appointments to make sure you don't schedule sessions one right after the other.
Can I allow staff to block off time themselves?
You can give staff members permission to block time themselves and perform other functions.