Holidays settings

The Holidays Settings section in Booknetic allows you to define specific dates when your business—or individual staff members—are unavailable for appointments. This is useful for national holidays, planned shutdowns, or personal leave, ensuring your booking calendar reflects true availability.

By properly configuring holidays, you prevent clients from booking on days when services cannot be delivered.

Business-Wide Holidays

Business-wide holidays apply across your entire booking system. When a date is marked as a holiday at the business level:

• All locations, services, and staff will be unavailable on that day.
• The selected date will be blocked from the customer booking interface.
• Customers will not be able to see or select this date when scheduling appointments.

Examples of business-wide holidays:

• National holidays (e.g., New Year’s Day, Christmas)
• Company-wide off days (e.g., inventory day, annual maintenance)
• Seasonal closures

How to set a business-wide holiday:

1. Go to Booknetic > Settings > Holidays.
2. Select the desired date from the calendar.
3. Click Save Changes.

These holidays are enforced automatically across the system and displayed in your admin calendar.

Staff-Specific Holidays

In addition to business-wide holidays, Booknetic allows you to configure holiday dates for individual staff members. These are useful for handling personal time off, such as vacations, sick leave, or custom schedules.

Examples of staff-specific holidays:

• Vacation leave for one employee
• One-day unavailability for appointments
• Long-term absence or personal time off

How to set a staff-specific holiday:

1. Navigate to Booknetic > Staff.
2. Click Edit next to the staff member whose holiday you want to configure.
3. Go to the Holidays tab inside the staff profile.
4. Click Add Holiday, choose the date.
5. Save your changes.

Only the selected staff member will be unavailable on that date; all other staff will remain bookable unless also marked unavailable.

Important Notes

• Holidays apply to entire days only. You cannot set partial-day holidays at this time.
• Once a holiday is added, that date becomes unbookable for affected staff or the entire business.
• Booknetic does not currently support recurring holidays. You must manually re-add them each year.

Tips for Effective Holiday Management

• At the start of each year or season, add known public holidays and company events.
• Encourage staff to log their unavailable dates early to avoid conflicts.
• Inform your customers about upcoming closures through email or website banners if necessary.