Availability Rules: Set Business Hours, Buffer Times, and Booking Limits
Define when you are bookable, how much time to leave between appointments, and how many bookings to accept per day. Frontdesk enforces your rules on every booking attempt.
How It Works
Open the Availability tab in Calendar settings. Set your available hours by day. Configure buffer time before and after each appointment. Set a maximum bookings per day limit. Add blocked date ranges for vacations or closures.
- Business hours per day of week
- Buffer time before and after appointments
- Maximum appointments per day
- Blocked date ranges
- Minimum lead time for same-day booking
- Maximum advance booking window
- Per-service availability overrides
Who Uses This
Solo practitioners
Set your available hours and buffer time so the AI never double-books you or cuts prep time short.
Medical offices
Cap daily appointments per provider and enforce buffer time for patient intake and cleanup.
Service technicians
Block travel time between jobs by using buffer rules so back-to-back bookings are spaced correctly.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I set different hours for different days?
Yes. Availability is configured per day of the week.
Can I block specific dates like holidays?
Yes. Add date ranges to the Blocked Dates list and Frontdesk will not accept bookings during those periods.