Scheduling Settings

Scheduling Settings are the guardrails around your schedule. Customers will only see time slots that fit within these rules.

Go to Availability → Settings.

Buffer time (in minutes)

Use this to build in extra time between accepted orders. The default is set to 30 minutes but you can change it to fit your needs.

Use this for travel time, minor clean-up, gear prep, parking, and wrap-up.

Minimum notice

This is the minimum lead time required before your customer can book.

Example: 4 hours means customers can’t book anything starting in the next 4 hours.

Time-slot interval

This setting controls how spaced-out booking slots appear despite how long the booking window is.

Example: If you set your time-slot interval to 30 minutes but a customer wants to book your services for 60 minutes, the available slots show start times like 9:00-10:00, 9:30-10:30, 10:00-11:00 and so on.

Maximum notice: Limit future bookings

This setting limits how far into the future customers can see and book slots.

Example: 30 days means customers can book up to 30 days ahead. The maximum allowed limit is 90 days.

Click Save to lock in your changes.

These settings apply to both Exact time and Time of day booking modes. When using time-of-day windows, buffer time and minimum notice still apply — Fotello uses them to determine which slots exist inside each window. To switch between exact time and time-of-day windows, see Order Settings.