HoneyBook’s Scheduler tool is an extension of your (already very useful) HoneyBook Calendar, enabling you to schedule meetings 2x faster than normal. 

Instead of an endless back-and-forth of "when are you free?!" emails with clients, all you need to do is set your availability, then share a session direct link or share a smart file containing a scheduler block. Then, clients can simply pick a meeting time that works for them from your real-time availability (you can even sync with your external calendar—Google, Outlook, or iCloud), as you sit back and watch the meetings roll in.

Though the Scheduler does empower your clients and leads to book their own meetings, allowing you to predetermine your availability means you still have ultimate control of your calendar. You can create any number of session types—various kinds of meetings—each with its own set of details, like durations, availability windows, and more, ensuring that you always know when (and for how long) those folks on the outside can book you. 

You can even use these session types internally, when scheduling your own meetings; they make it easy to quickly book time with clients or leads without the need to recreate the wheel each time you set up those oh-so-similar discovery calls or Zoom sessions!

Create your session types based on common meetings you might schedule. These can be things that are specific to your business, like discovery sessions that always run 45 minutes, or, they can be more general, like 15-minute calls vs. 30-minute calls. 

Each session type will have its own set of details to customize, including: 

You can also get a bird's eye view of your availability for all sessions you've created in the Availability Overview. This simply allows you to see your week as a whole, and also offers a quick way to edit or add availability.

Share a direct link

From your Scheduler dashboard, you can copy the session link for the session type you create. That way, you'll ensure that people can only book you for the session type that's most relevant to them and where they are in the process.

Once the link is copied, you can quickly share with leads or clients via email, text, or even post publicly!

Share a smart file with a scheduler block

Create and share a smart file that contains a scheduler block—allowing clients to select time for a session from your availability, from the file. You can even combine the scheduler block with other pieces of content and actions (think: an invoice for clients to pay for their sessions, questions to gather info about what clients are looking for, and more), to further streamline your clientflow.

When someone views your session scheduling, they’ll see a calendar with your real-time availability. This calendar takes into account both the predetermined available hours you defined when creating the session type, as well as events that are already booked in your calendar. You can even sync with your external calendar (Google, Outlook, or iCloud) to make sure any events that you've added there are taken into account as well.

When your client has filled in all the requested information (email, name, etc.) and confirmed their appointment, they'll have the option to add the session to their calendar, making sure everyone stays organized.

You can learn more about the client experience with scheduling links here and more about the client experience with smart files with the scheduler block here!

→ What you see: Once your client has confirmed their appointment, the session will automatically be added to your HoneyBook Calendar and you'll receive an email notification to make sure you’re in the loop!

If your client already has an active project or projects (any pipeline stage before "Completed") with you in HoneyBook under the same email they enter for their session, the newly-scheduled session will be added to their most recently-created project. Otherwise, a new project will be created for the session.

As with any tool, this varies from business to business—but we do have a few ideas!

Create session types for any type of meeting, session, or event you might schedule regularly, and that generally has similar attributes. 

For example, if you're a photographer, you might create the following session types with these details:

Discovery call: 

Private consultation: 

Engagement shoot: 

Then, depending on the session type and who you want to schedule, you might:

Still have questions? Feel free to send us a message by clicking the Question Mark icon on any HoneyBook page. Our team is always happy to help!