Set Special Opening Times For Holidays or Other Periods
Adjust your default opening times in seconds, copy existing times without having to start new and remove or delete different sessions with ease.
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What Are Special Opening Times?
Special Opening Times let you to set an override for your normal opening times over to a different set whenever you require, without having to continually mess around with your standard hours.
They can be set for a day, or a week, or a months at a time.
Why Are Special Opening Times Useful?
You can have a normal set of times and an infinite number of overrides as and when needed
You can copy existing times or even other existing special times so even if you have a lot of sessions it only take a few minutes to create a brand new schedule
You can set up your opening hours months in advance, giving you piece of mind and allowing customers to see clearly when and what they can book for.
Minimise call ups and other time consuming activity around informing customers of specific changes - only get bookings that are 100% accurate to your schedule.
You can quickly adjust to changes. For example, swap out a potential party time slot with a regular booking closer to the time, or turn a regular session into a Christmas session with just a few clicks.
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