Bookly Special Days (Add-on)

The Bookly Special Days add-on is an essential extension for businesses that need precise control over their booking availability during non-standard dates. Whether you are managing seasonal holiday hours, planning for one-time events, or adjusting your schedule for public holidays, this plugin ensures your appointment calendar remains accurate without disrupting your regular weekly settings. By allowing you to override your standard availability for specific dates, it prevents double-bookings and helps you manage your time more effectively, ensuring your customers only see slots when you are truly ready to serve them.

Key Features

• Custom Date Overrides: Easily define specific dates where your availability differs from your standard weekly schedule.
• Flexible Capacity Management: Adjust the number of available slots for a specific day, allowing you to increase or decrease capacity based on staffing or demand.
• Holiday and Event Planning: Block out entire days for holidays or company events with just a few clicks, ensuring no appointments can be booked when your business is closed.
• Service-Specific Adjustments: Apply special day settings to specific services or staff members, giving you granular control over your booking workflow.
• Seamless Integration: Works directly within your existing Bookly dashboard, maintaining a consistent user experience for both you and your staff.
• Global or Staff-Specific Rules: Choose whether a special day applies to your entire business or only to individual staff members, providing flexibility for teams with varying schedules.

Use Cases and Who It Is For

This add-on is designed for any business owner using Bookly who requires a dynamic approach to scheduling. If your business experiences seasonal fluctuations, the Special Days add-on is indispensable. For example, a hair salon might use this to open on a typically closed Monday during the busy holiday season, or a medical clinic might use it to block out time for a staff training day.

It is particularly beneficial for service-based businesses that operate in regions with frequent public holidays, as it allows you to pre-configure your holiday schedule months in advance. By automating these availability changes, you eliminate the risk of human error—such as forgetting to manually close your calendar—and protect your business from the frustration of receiving bookings when you are unavailable.

Setup and How It Works

Setting up the Bookly Special Days add-on is a straightforward process designed to integrate smoothly into your existing Bookly workflow:

1. Installation: Once you have installed and activated the add-on, a new tab or section will appear within your Bookly settings menu.
2. Define the Date: Navigate to the Special Days section and select the specific date or date range you wish to modify.
3. Configure Availability: Choose whether you want to block the day entirely or set custom working hours for that specific date.
4. Assign Parameters: Select the staff members or services to which these special rules should apply.
5. Save and Sync: Once saved, your booking front-end will automatically update to reflect these changes, ensuring your customers see only the available slots you have defined.

The system is designed to prioritize these special day settings over your standard weekly schedule, ensuring that your custom overrides are always respected by the booking engine.

Similar Plugins

While the Bookly Special Days add-on is specifically engineered to work within the Bookly ecosystem, other appointment scheduling solutions often include similar functionality, though they may require different approaches:

• Amelia: A popular booking plugin that includes built-in features for managing special days and holiday hours within its core scheduling engine.
• BookingPress: Offers similar scheduling flexibility, allowing users to define specific days off or custom working hours through their administrative interface.
• Salon Booking System: Provides tools for managing holiday periods and custom working hours tailored specifically for the beauty and wellness industry.