https://community.squareup.com/t5/Appointments-Bookings/How-do-I-keep-clients-from-booking-appointments-that-don-t-leave/m-p/713105#M2437 <P>I am a nail tech, and I offer many services with different time constraints. Some as little as 30 minutes, some as long as a couple hours. Often times clients will have the option to book appointments that don't leave time for others to book after, or before. This got worse when I added the 30 minute service. I rarely book that service, but I don't want to take it off my menu. How can I clean up scheduling?</P> Mon, 22 Sep 2025 14:02:24 GMT himaintenancewa 2025-09-22T14:02:24Z https://community.squareup.com/t5/Appointments-Bookings/How-do-I-keep-clients-from-booking-appointments-that-don-t-leave/m-p/713105#M2437 <P>I am a nail tech, and I offer many services with different time constraints. Some as little as 30 minutes, some as long as a couple hours. Often times clients will have the option to book appointments that don't leave time for others to book after, or before. This got worse when I added the 30 minute service. I rarely book that service, but I don't want to take it off my menu. How can I clean up scheduling?</P> Mon, 22 Sep 2025 14:02:24 GMT https://community.squareup.com/t5/Appointments-Bookings/How-do-I-keep-clients-from-booking-appointments-that-don-t-leave/m-p/713105#M2437 himaintenancewa 2025-09-22T14:02:24Z https://community.squareup.com/t5/Appointments-Bookings/How-do-I-keep-clients-from-booking-appointments-that-don-t-leave/m-p/713204#M2438 <P dir="auto" style="margin: 0;">Hi there, <a href="https://community.squareup.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/656018">@himaintenancewa</a>&nbsp;<span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":grinning_face:">😀</span><span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":waving_hand:">👋</span></P> <P style="margin: 0;">&nbsp;</P> <P style="margin: 0;">I see this is your first post in the Seller Community, so I would officially like to welcome you!&nbsp;<span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":grinning_face_with_big_eyes:">😃</span><span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":red_heart:">❤️</span></P> <P style="margin: 0;">&nbsp;</P> <P style="margin: 0;">For this situation, my advice would be to only allow the longer appointments to be booked up until a certain point, so other services could be booked after if you prefer. There really is no way to keep customers from booking the services that you have made available if there is time allowed on your booking calendar.&nbsp;</P> <P style="margin: 0;">&nbsp;</P> <P style="margin: 0;">You would have to post a disclaimer on your booking site stating this as there is no function currently with the Appointment software that would keep someone from booking a certain appointment if there is time in your calendar for it.&nbsp;</P> <P style="margin: 0;">&nbsp;</P> <P style="margin: 0;">Are you able to do multiple services at once? Or just one at a time? Because you could also book overlapping appointments. You would just have to create another staff profile for yourself to trick the system into thinking there are multiple staff members available for an appointment. This would require some extra management on the backend but would keep you from losing appointments due to booking the longer appointments.</P> <P style="margin: 0;">&nbsp;</P> <P style="margin: 0;">I hope this helps. Let me know if you have additional questions.&nbsp;</P> <P style="margin: 0;">&nbsp;</P> <P style="margin: 0;">&nbsp;</P> Wed, 28 Feb 2024 16:12:16 GMT https://community.squareup.com/t5/Appointments-Bookings/How-do-I-keep-clients-from-booking-appointments-that-don-t-leave/m-p/713204#M2438 Summer2024 2024-02-28T16:12:16Z