Limit how far ahead customers can book

Use Maximum days customers can book ahead to control how far into the future customers can schedule appointments for a service.

This is the easiest way to prevent customers from booking too early (for example, months in advance).

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✅ What this setting does

Maximum days customers can book ahead sets a booking window like:

• 7 days → customers can book today + the next 7 days
• 30 days → customers can book up to 30 days from today
• leave the field blank > all future days are available to be booked

If a date is beyond the limit, customers won’t be able to select it in the booking calendar.

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🛠️ Steps to set date range

1. Open the app > click Services > open the service you want to edit
2. Scroll to More options
3. Find Maximum days customers can book ahead
4. Enter a number, example: 14
5. Click Save

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🧪 Example

If today is Dec 1 and you set:

• Maximum days customers can book ahead = 14

Customers can book from:
✅ Dec 1 → Dec 15

Customers cannot book:
🚫 Dec 16 and later

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⚙️ How it works with other rules

A time slot will appear only if all of these allow it:

• The date is within the “book ahead” limit
• Staff availability exists for that time
• The time isn’t blocked (days off / blocked time)
• The service duration fits

So if customers can’t see any slots, this field might be too low or availability is missing.

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⭐ Recommended values

• 7–14 days: clinics, busy teams, short planning cycles
• 30 days: salons, classes, common services
• 60–90 days: weddings/events planning

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🛠 Quick troubleshooting

Customers say “no dates available”

• Check if the value is 0 or too small
• Make sure the service has availability set (team members + working hours)

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🙋 Still need support?

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