Calendar booking questions, answered clearly.
These answers explain the scheduling practices TimeInvite is designed to support, from reliable availability and verified guests to calendar privacy and team access.
Practical guidance from TimeInvite
TimeInvite combines calendar-provider availability, configurable booking rules, verified visitor email, and synchronized event management. The answers below describe how those controls work together and where the organizer remains in control.
Getting started and core scheduling
How can a calendar booking app help my small business?
A calendar booking app removes the email and phone tag involved in finding a meeting time. TimeInvite shows only the times that fit your rules and current calendar commitments, verifies the guest, and sends the invitation so you can spend more time serving customers.
What is TimeInvite?
TimeInvite is a calendar-aware scheduling service for people and teams that use Google Calendar or Microsoft 365. You configure when and how people may meet with you, then share a personal booking link that handles scheduling and invitations.
How does TimeInvite know when I am available?
TimeInvite combines the working hours, meeting duration, buffers, minimum notice, booking horizon, and date overrides you configure with busy periods from your connected calendars. A time appears to guests only when all applicable rules allow it.
Does TimeInvite work with Google Calendar and Microsoft 365?
Yes. TimeInvite supports Google Calendar and Microsoft 365 through their secure authorization systems. Confirmed meetings can be written to the destination calendar you select, without asking you to share your calendar password.
Does TimeInvite prevent double bookings?
TimeInvite checks configured calendars before showing availability and checks the selected time again during booking. It also places a temporary hold while the guest verifies an email address, helping prevent two people from claiming the same opening.
Can TimeInvite check more than one calendar?
Yes. You choose one destination calendar for new invitations and may select additional calendars that should block availability. The number of calendars that can be checked depends on your TimeInvite plan.
Do guests need a TimeInvite account to book me?
No. A guest opens your public booking page, chooses an available time, provides the requested details, and verifies the email address used for the booking. No TimeInvite password or organizer account is required.
Why does TimeInvite verify a guest's email address?
Email verification helps confirm that the guest can receive the invitation and reduces accidental, mistyped, and automated bookings. TimeInvite completes this check before creating the final calendar event.
Can TimeInvite create Google Meet or Microsoft Teams links?
Yes. When video meetings are enabled and supported by the connected provider, TimeInvite can request a unique Google Meet or Microsoft Teams meeting location for the confirmed calendar event.
Can guests reschedule or cancel their own meetings?
Yes. Each booking includes a secure management link. Subject to the change cutoff you configure, the guest can use that link to cancel or choose a new available time while TimeInvite keeps the provider calendar synchronized.
Availability, invitations, and guest controls
How does TimeInvite handle different time zones?
TimeInvite stores booking times in UTC and presents them in the relevant organizer or guest time zone. This approach allows the scheduling experience to account for regional daylight-saving changes rather than relying on a fixed hour offset.
Can I choose the length of my meetings?
Yes. The account owner configures the meeting duration. TimeInvite uses that duration when calculating open slots, applying buffers, placing holds, and creating the final calendar event.
Can I add time before or after each meeting?
Yes. Configurable before-and-after buffers protect preparation, travel, note-taking, or recovery time. TimeInvite includes those buffers when determining whether another appointment can fit.
Can I require advance notice before someone books?
Yes. Minimum notice lets you prevent last-minute meetings, while the booking horizon limits how far into the future someone can schedule. Together these controls keep your public availability practical.
Can I set different hours for different days?
Yes. TimeInvite supports weekly availability by day, including multiple windows on the same day. You can create a morning window, reserve midday, and reopen availability later without exposing the rest of your calendar.
Can I block holidays, vacations, or one specific date?
Yes. Date overrides let you make a normally available day unavailable or define special hours for a particular date. Busy events on your connected conflict calendars also continue to block overlapping times.
Can bookings be confirmed instantly or reviewed first?
Yes. Instant confirmation is useful for routine appointments, while approval mode lets you review a verified request before accepting it. TimeInvite applies the confirmation behavior selected by the account owner.
What information can I ask a guest to provide?
The booking form supports first and last name, email address, company, phone number, meeting topic, and additional notes. Required and optional fields are clearly identified so guests know what is needed to request the meeting.
Does TimeInvite send calendar invitations automatically?
Yes. After verification and any required organizer approval, TimeInvite creates the event through the connected calendar provider and invites the guest using the supplied email address.
Can TimeInvite send meeting reminders?
Yes. Organizers can enable reminders and configure how long before the meeting they should be sent. TimeInvite queues and records reminder delivery so the scheduling workflow remains traceable.
Privacy, security, teams, and plans
Can visitors see the details on my connected calendars?
No. Public booking pages use the result of availability checks; they do not display event titles, attendees, descriptions, or other private calendar details. Guests see bookable times, not the contents of your calendar.
Does TimeInvite store my Google or Microsoft password?
No. Google and Microsoft authenticate you directly through OAuth. TimeInvite receives revocable authorization tokens for the permissions you approve and never needs your provider password.
Can I disconnect calendar access later?
Yes. You can disconnect the provider connection in TimeInvite and revoke the application's access through your Google or Microsoft account. Disconnecting stops TimeInvite from checking or updating that calendar connection.
How does TimeInvite reduce spam and fake bookings?
TimeInvite combines six-digit email verification, expiring time holds, attempt limits, resend controls, honeypot checks, and optional Turnstile protection. These layers raise the cost of automated abuse before an event reaches your calendar.
Can an assistant or teammate manage my bookings?
Executive accounts can invite delegates to help manage bookings and account settings without sharing the owner's Google or Microsoft credentials. Delegate access remains associated with an individually authenticated identity.
Which TimeInvite plan should I choose?
Plus is designed for a straightforward one-calendar workflow. Pro is useful when availability must be checked across as many as five calendars. Executive adds broader calendar coverage and delegated team access for more complex scheduling operations.
Does TimeInvite offer a free trial?
TimeInvite offers a 30-day trial under the current signup terms. The trial is designed to let an organizer connect calendars, configure a booking page, and test the real scheduling workflow before regular subscription billing applies.
Are monthly and annual billing available?
Yes. TimeInvite supports monthly and annual subscription pricing. Annual prices and discounts are shown on the pricing and checkout experience so you can compare the available terms before purchasing.
How long does it take to set up TimeInvite?
Most organizers can establish the essentials in a short setup session: sign in, connect a calendar, select conflict and destination calendars, set availability rules, personalize the booking page, and share the resulting URL.
Who is TimeInvite best suited for?
TimeInvite is built for consultants, service businesses, sales professionals, recruiters, educators, nonprofit leaders, executives, and teams that need a professional way to offer time without exposing private calendar details or coordinating every appointment manually.
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