Configure Buffers and Booking Notice

Use scheduling limits to create preparation time around meetings and control how soon or how far ahead guests can book.

These settings belong to an individual booking link. Two links can use the same schedule while applying different buffers and notice rules.

Open scheduling controls

1. Open the booking link you want to edit.
2. Open Scheduling.
3. Find Limits & Buffers.
4. Set the controls you need.
5. Save the booking link.

Buffer Before and Buffer After

Buffer Before reserves time before an existing Dlopo booking. Buffer After reserves time after it. Dlopo removes proposed start times that would overlap those protected periods.

For example, a 30-minute booking ending at 10:30 with a 15-minute after-buffer prevents another booking from starting during that protected 15-minute period.

Buffers do not change the meeting duration shown to guests. They only affect which other start times remain available. They are checked against existing Dlopo bookings, not Google Calendar busy events.

Minimum Notice

Minimum Notice prevents last-minute bookings. If the notice is two hours, Dlopo removes start times less than two hours from the current moment.

The comparison uses the actual time of the slot, so it works consistently even when the guest and schedule use different displayed time zones.

Booking Window

Booking Window controls how far into the future guests can book. A limited window keeps distant dates from appearing until they enter the allowed range.

For example, a 30-day window shows eligible times only within the next 30 days. Weekly hours outside the window remain part of the schedule and become available later.

Bookings Per Day

Bookings Per Day caps the number of Dlopo bookings that a link can accept on one calendar date. When the limit is reached, no additional times from that link appear for the date.

How settings combine

Dlopo first finds ranges from the assigned schedule and any date override. It then checks that the meeting duration fits and applies minimum notice, booking window, daily limits, existing Dlopo bookings, buffers, and capacity.

A time appears only when it passes every rule. If a day looks unexpectedly empty, temporarily review each limit instead of changing the schedule immediately.

Plan availability safely

• Leave realistic preparation and travel time with buffers.
• Use minimum notice for work that needs advance preparation.
• Keep the booking window short when your future calendar changes often.
• Use daily limits to protect focus time or operational capacity.
• Test the public booking page after changing several controls together.

Some advanced scheduling controls may require a Pro plan. Dlopo indicates gated controls in the booking-link editor.