How do I block certain days/hours out from Online Booking?

This article outlines a workaround to prevent online bookings on specific days in your Phorest system.

Go to the date you need to block on the appointment calendar, click on the starting time in a staff member's column, and then click Add break.

Create the break, and turn off the Paid break toggle.

If you're blocking out an entire day, enter any amount of time here. After creating the break, you can click and drag it to easily extend it.

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It is really important to ensure that this break is unpaid, as a paid break will appear on the Staff Utilization reports.


How Does This Work?

Online bookings cannot be made into timeslots where a break exists. However, you can still make in-house bookings where a break exists.


Can I Restrict Certain Services to Certain Days?

There is currently no official Phorest feature which allows you to restrict a service to only be booked for certain days. However, you can create a 'Special Offer' version of a service and limit it to certain days/times as a workaround.

Click here to learn how to create a Special Offer.

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