In SwipeSimple Appointments you can configure your account to sync your bookings directly to a staff Google Calendar. This option also syncs any existing blocks on the Google Calendar to SwipeSimple Appointments to ensure there are no double-bookings.
Connect Google Calendar
- Go to Settings > Calendar sync & video calls
- Click Connect beside a staff member and sign in to that person's Google account. Once connected:
- New and changed bookings appear on that person's Google Calendar.
- Events on that person's Google Calendar block those times on your booking page. Only busy time is read, not event details.
- Video call bookings get a Google Meet link automatically.
If you book a customer into a time that conflicts with a Google event, Appointments warns you and lets you continue.
Things to know:
- Bookings appear on Google Calendar as read-only events. Reschedule or cancel in Appointments only; changes made in Google Calendar are not copied back.
- Events marked "Free", declined invitations, working locations, and birthdays do not block time.
- Busy time applies to staff on individual bookings. It does not apply to group class instructors or to spaces and equipment.
- Disconnecting Google leaves already-exported events on the calendar.
- Customers are not added as guests on the Google event.
Subscribe from Apple Calendar, Outlook, or another app
Click Create subscription link to get a read-only calendar feed for the whole business or one staff member, then add the link to your calendar app. Calendar apps refresh subscribed feeds on their own schedule, often every few hours.
Video calls
Set a booking type to Video call (Google Meet) to add a Meet link to each booking. The staff member must have Google Calendar connected.
