Close time slots and periods

Several tools let you close or hide time slots, an entire calendar, or access to booking. Choose the right one for your situation.

Summary

Choose the right method
Lock recurring time slots with the padlock
Close a calendar for a dated period
Restrict booking based on the time
Reserve calendars for certain subscriptions
Automatically cancel incomplete bookings

Choose the right method

Need	Solution
Block the same time slots every week on an ongoing basis	The padlock on the Close Time Slots page
Close a court for a dated period (works, off-season)	The Temporary Closure section in the calendar settings
Prevent booking based on the clock time (at night, for example)	System Time Closures
Reserve certain courts for certain subscriptions or periods	Authorized calendars and Advanced Planning for subscription plans
Block specific time slots occasionally (lesson, tournament)	A booking with a label, possibly repeated

To completely hide a court from users, there are four options: remove the calendar from the authorized calendars in the subscription plans, activate a dated temporary closure with complete hiding, lock its time slots with the padlock, or cover it with repeated labels.

Lock recurring time slots with the padlock

Go to Administration›Settings›Booking›Close Time Slots.
Open the relevant calendar: a grid shows the time slots for each day of the week.
Select the time slots to close and, if needed, enter replacement text for the Closed mention.
Use Close all time slots or Open all time slots to process a full day.
Click Save.

Closed time slots appear in grey with a small padlock on the booking grids.

These closures are permanent: the time slots remain blocked until they are manually reopened on this page. Club managers can still book over them. For one-off or scheduled blocks from one date to another (school holidays, public holidays), use predefined labels instead, as they are more flexible.

Using labels and annotations

Labels block time slots on behalf of the club (training, school, tournament), while annotations display an overlay message without preventing booking.

Close a calendar for a dated period

To close a court from day A to day B, activate the Temporary Closure section in the calendar settings: start and end dates, optional comment, and the Hide Completely option to remove it from the user view.

Configure your calendars

A calendar represents a court or a reservable space (court, track, room). Create one calendar per court, then define its opening hours, time slot duration, and appearance.

Restrict booking based on the time

Go to Administration›Settings›Booking›System Time Closures.
Activate Enable System Time Closures.
For each day of the week, define the time range during which booking is closed, for example from 10:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m.
Click Advanced Configuration to target specific subscriptions, calendars, or time slots, and click Add a Closure to combine several rules.
Click Save.

During the closure, users can log in and view the calendars, but they cannot book. Club managers are not affected. Advanced configuration lets you, for example, open booking for weekend time slots only from 2:00 p.m. on the previous day, and only on padel courts.

The Random delay for booking opening option assigns each user a random delay of a few minutes each day when booking opens, to give everyone a chance to access the most popular time slots.

Reserve calendars for certain subscriptions

Each subscription plan defines its accessible calendars via the Authorized Calendars & Number of Days for Booking option in the Permissions tab, in Administration›Users›Access Rights›Subscriptions. For time-slot-by-time-slot rules based on periods, use advanced planning.

Schedule time slots by period and subscription

Advanced schedules determine, time slot by time slot, what is allowed or blocked for booking according to periods (holidays, non-holiday periods, public holidays) and subscription plans.

Automatically cancel incomplete bookings

When a user opens a booking to find a partner, you can have it cancelled automatically if it is not completed in time:

Go to Administration›Settings›Booking›Automatic Cancellations.
Activate Enable automatic cancellation of incomplete bookings.
Set the two rules: the time before the start of the time slot from which an incomplete booking is cancelled, and the minimum time always left to the user after creation to find their partners.
Choose the behavior for bookings created too late to benefit from this minimum time: Allow booking without automatic cancellation, or Prohibit booking.
Click Save.

The two rules are cumulative: the first deadline reached triggers the cancellation. With the default values (24 hours before the time slot, 6 hours after creation), a booking made several days in advance must be completed 24 hours before the time slot, while a booking made on the same day has 6 hours.

This feature relies on the booking opening and completion option, which can be configured in the Permissions tab of each subscription plan.

Using labels and annotations Schedule time slots by period and subscription

Ажурирано sreda, 29. jul 2026.