Bookly Special Hours (Add-on)

Bookly Special Hours - flexible management of special working hours

Bookly Special Hours is an extension of the Bookly-based booking system, designed to precisely manage deviations from the standard schedule. It allows you to define special opening hours, closing days, or special availability windows for the entire venue, individual employees, services, or locations. This functionality simplifies handling seasonal changes, holidays, corporate events, and short-term schedule modifications without having to edit the main schedule.

Key Features of Bookly Special Hours

• Create special hours for single days or date ranges – quickly set opening or closing hours for a specific day.
• Multiple levels of rule application – the ability to apply exceptional hours globally, for selected employees, services or locations.
• Recurring exceptions – define recurring exceptions (e.g., first Mondays of the month or holidays within a given period).
• Priorities and Overrides – Exceptional hours rules have the ability to be prioritized, making it easy to control which rules take precedence.
• Visibility in the booking form – customers see current availability times, reducing the risk of misunderstandings and attempts to book outside available hours.
• Intuitive administration interface – quickly add, edit and delete exceptional hours without having to enter complicated rules.
• Handling breaks and timeouts – Set periods during which bookings are temporarily suspended.

Benefits for the company and customers

Implementing Bookly Special Hours streamlines the availability management process, minimizes calendar conflicts, and improves client communication. Administrators gain a tool to quickly respond to schedule changes without having to modify the standard schedule, reducing the risk of errors. Customers receive up-to-date availability information, increasing satisfaction and reducing the number of canceled or mistimed appointments.

Example applications

• Seasonal extension or reduction of working hours during the summer/holiday period.
• Closing the branch on certain days (e.g. inventory breaks, days off).
• Adjusting the availability of individual employees during training or holidays.
• Introducing special hours only for selected services (e.g. morning promotions, VIP events).
• Quickly implement temporary changes when organizing events or renovations.

Integration and practice of use

Bookly Special Hours works seamlessly with the core Bookly system, expanding its scheduling capabilities. Administrators define exceptions from the dashboard, specifying date and time ranges, and their applicability (globally, per employee, service, or location). Rule priorities make it easy to manage scheduling conflicts. The calendar and booking form view instantly reflects changes, facilitating communication with customers and avoiding bookings at unavailable times.

Bookly Special Hours is a useful addition to any organization that needs precise control over exceptional availability periods. It provides flexibility and time savings in day-to-day booking management and increases transparency for customers planning appointments.