Calendar Integration

Fotello makes it easy to track your personal appointments by integrating with your Google Calendar. It automatically reads busy slots to avoid double-booking so customers won’t see those slots during booking.

Once a booking is confirmed, the appointment is pushed to your connected Google Calendar automatically.

When AI Smart Buffer is on, Fotello also factors in the drive time to and from your calendar appointments that have a location — so customers only see slots that leave you enough time to travel. See Scheduling Settings.

Connect your Google Calendar

1

Open Calendar Integration

Go to Studio Manager → Availability → Calendar or use this link.

2

Connect

Click Connect and you will see a pop-up window with sign-in instructions.

Sign in to your Google account and approve access.

3

Disconnect or change calendars

You can remove your calendar at any time by clicking the Disconnect button, then connect a different calendar if you want to switch.

If your busy slots don't show up on the Order Form as expected, try clicking Reconnect. This will fix any expired or broken connections.

Choose which calendars to use

After connecting, the Choose your calendars window appears. Use it to select where bookings go and which calendars block availability.

You can change these settings later. Go to Studio Manager → Apps → Google Calendar → Settings.

Add bookings to

Choose the calendar where Fotello creates an event for each confirmed booking. Only calendars where you can create events appear.

Check these calendars for conflicts

Choose calendars whose busy times should block your availability. You can select more than one calendar.

See your bookings in Apple Calendar or Outlook

Prefer Apple Calendar or Microsoft Outlook? You can view your Fotello bookings there too. Because your confirmed bookings already sync to your Google Calendar, you can bring that same calendar into Apple Calendar or Outlook and keep everything in one place.

Connect your Google Calendar first (see above). Apple Calendar and Outlook show your bookings through your connected Google Calendar.

1

Open the Apps page

Go to Studio Manager → Apps. Under Scheduling, you'll see Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, and Outlook Calendar.

2

Pick Apple Calendar or Outlook Calendar

Open the app you want and click Connect. Fotello opens a short guide with the steps to follow.

3

Follow the guide

Add your Google account to Apple Calendar or Outlook, then choose which calendars to show. The guide links straight to the setup steps for your iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Outlook.

Once it's set up, your bookings appear in Apple Calendar or Outlook, and any reschedules or cancellations update the matching event automatically.