Overview
The public booking page is the link you send so customers can book time themselves, with no back-and-forth. It shows only the free slots of the chosen event type β computed from your availability, your busy times (native and Google), and the buffers. The customer picks a slot, answers the intake questions, and confirms.
On confirmation, ConversaLabs can automatically open a conversation, create a task with a reminder, link to a CRM deal, and send a confirmation email with a Google Meet link and an .ics file β each side-effect can be turned on or off per event type.
Prerequisites
- The Calendar module enabled, with at least one event type and availability configured.
- For the automatic Meet link, an active Google connection.
- For paid bookings (optional), the Payments module enabled β in that case the slot is held and is only confirmed after payment.
Step by step
- In the Calendar, open the event type you want to publish and copy the public link.
- Share the link with the customer (message, email, website, social bio, etc.).
- The customer opens the page and picks a date and time from the free options.
- They fill in their contact details and answer the intake questions, if any.
- (If the event type requires payment) the customer completes the payment to confirm.
- The customer confirms and receives the email confirmation with the details and the invite.
- You see the new booking in the Calendar and inside the contact's conversation.
Settings & options
- Link per event type: each event type has its own link, with its own rules.
- Intake questions: custom fields the customer answers when booking.
- Location / Google Meet: in person, a manual link, or an automatically generated Meet link.
- Booking side-effects: conversation, task, CRM deal and confirmation email β per event type.
- Distribution across agents: round-robin or collective when there's more than one host.
- Payment (optional): require payment to confirm, or just hold the slot until payment (depends on the Payments module).
Use cases
- Put the booking link in your Instagram bio or email signature.
- Drop the link mid-conversation on WhatsApp so the customer can book a demo.
- Take paid bookings (consultations, mentoring) confirmed only after payment.
- Automatically distribute bookings across the agents of a team.
Tips, limits & best practices
- The page is unauthenticated and safe: it shows only free slots, never the details of other bookings.
- Keep intake questions short to reduce drop-off.
- Check the time zone β the page shows times in the correct zone for the customer.
- Every confirmed booking becomes a complete record: use the side-effects (conversation, task, deal) so you don't lose the follow-up.
Troubleshooting
- The page shows no slots: confirm availability, notice rules and buffers on the event type β there may be no free windows in the period.
- The customer didn't get the confirmation: check the email entered and whether the confirmation email is on for that event type.
- The booking didn't create a conversation/task/deal: check that those side-effects are enabled on the event type.
- Payment didn't confirm the slot: confirm the Payments module is active and the payment was completed β the slot is held until confirmation.