I had a recent booking that went over, usually this is not a problem except this time I had someone booked right after. I was able to push the second booking back an hour- but the first people were still not finished. Is there a way in Peerspace to automatically ad a time buffer of 1/2 or an hour between bookings to allow for this type of situation also for cleaning. This is why I will never do Instant Booking.
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I had a similar very stressful situation like this happen to me. It was an amateur rap video shoot (never again!). They knew i had a baby shower an hour after their booking ended. I told them to stop filming and they ignored me and kept filming. I told them multiple times. They were still packing up stuff in the backyard (an hour after their booking ended!) when my next booking arrived, and they left fake money in the pool that my boyfriend had jump in a fish out while booking #2 was setting up.
I highly recommend scheduling your own buffer after each booking (Mark your calendar unavailable for the buffer time you want) or at least respond to any booking request explaining that you need time between bookings and can they come an hour later?
Also I set a high minimum for hours booked, so that I donāt have to deal with multiple bookings in a day. Good luck!
I use Emma.ai to automatically add 30 minutes buffer time between sessions. It easily integrates with your calendar (I personally sync everything with google) and adds small ābuffer timeā events before and/or after every new entry for that calendar. You can control exactly how much time before and after you need to add for buffer and within seconds after confirming a booking it blocks off the extra time without fail. Have been using it since July and there have been zero issues with double bookings or back to back sessions. Now I always have an hour to properly reset and sanitize the space. Honestly one of my favorite things about my automated work flow and I canāt recommend enough to other hosts. I think I pay about $$10-15/mo for the service.
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Hi @Tito_R, currently there is no way to automatically add a buffer in your Peerspace calendar. What you can do is block time manually after you receive a booking. Just head to your calendar and click āblock timeā to create your buffer.
I also like the suggestion from @Garrett_C . Just make sure that you sync your google calendar to Peerspace so that the Peerspace calendar reflects changes you make in your google calendar. You can sync your calendar by clicking āsync settingsā on your calendar page.
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It is not such a big deal for Peerspace to put a buffer into the booking form. A host can select whatever buffer they want. I use other platforms that do that for appointment style bookings. I think that the stress of people trying to book immediately after an event is not necessary. If a guest wants to extend their booking everyone wins! If a guest goes slightly over time itās not a big deal if you donāt have another booking right after. I had my first back to back events - well they were two hours apart - and the first guest hadnāt even cut the birthday cake when I came back to give them their 10 minute notice!! If I didnāt have another event right after I would have just charged them additional time. As it turns out I had to call in a friend to help clean it all. I just had to get them out so we could clean the big mess they made. It was a big stress and the guest was ābooted outā in my mind. Which isnāt a good thing.
Cāmon peerspaceā¦ build the buffer time into the bookings!!
Please and thank you!!
Audrey
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Yes, we had the same problem. Since we are also a SAG Production company we have to follow strict COVID19 rules so I always tell guest that we have to clean the studio right at their completion time for the next session, which in fact we do. They now always understand that they must finish on time. Also, installing a nice big digital clock in clear view helps:)