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title: Create a Booking Availability
description: "Every business, big or small, needs an appointment scheduling system to make setting up appointments easy. Without it, keeping track of scheduled appointments can be difficult. In this guide, we will let you know how to set an **Availability** schedule…"
url: "https://fluentbooking.com/docs/how-to-create-a-booking-schedule/"
updated: "2024-11-26"
category: "Host & Events"
---

# Create a Booking Availability

Every business, big or small, needs an appointment scheduling system to make setting up appointments easy. Without it, keeping track of scheduled appointments can be difficult. In this guide, we will let you know how to set an **Availability** schedule in FluentBooking.

## Schedule Availability

To set up your booking schedule, follow these steps:

- Access the **Calendars** from the FluentBooking dashboard.
- Choose the specific booking for which you want to configure the schedule and click the **Edit**button.

![](https://fluentbooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/How-to-create-a-booking-schedule-1-scaled.webp)

Now, proceed to the **Availability** section from the left sidebar.

![](https://fluentbooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/How-to-create-a-booking-schedule-2-scaled.webp)

## Availability Range Settings 

In the **Availability Range Settings** section, you can manage the schedule as follows:

- Use **Within Future Days** to determine the *specific days* (in number) you want to keep your booking active.
- Use **Within a Date Range** to specify a *specific date range* for your meetings.
- Use the **Identify into the Future** option to keep your booking available for *undefined future dates*.

![](https://fluentbooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/How-to-create-a-booking-schedule-3-scaled.webp)

## Configuring Availability Hours

You can choose **Custom Hours** or use an**Use an Existing Schedule**.

> You can create **Existing** **Schedule Templates** by reading [this documentation](https://fluentbooking.com/docs/configure-availability/).

![](https://fluentbooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/How-to-create-a-booking-schedule-4-scaled.webp)

Furthermore,**Set Custom Hours** will give you the opportunity to set up a schedule based on your holidays and the days you are available for meetings for this particular event only.

![](https://fluentbooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/How-to-create-a-booking-schedule-5-scaled.webp)

## Add date overrides 

You can choose an additional date when you will be available or unavailable for meetings using the **Add Date Overrides**option. This will work on **Custom Hours** only.

**What Hours are you available:**You can set here your available hours for the day you have you selected. If you select the **Mark to Unavailable** checkbox then this hours of the day will be unavailable for booking.

![](https://fluentbooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Slot-Settings-FluentBooking-3-1.png)

## Availability Schedule Templates

You can select your pre built schedule templates for these booking from the **Which Scehdule Do You Want to Use** drop-down option. Here you will see the Availability Sechdule Templates you have created from the **Availability** option. Click on the drop-down filed and you will be able to see the all pre built availability schedules, select you desired schedule from here.

![](https://fluentbooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/How-to-create-a-booking-schedule-6-scaled.webp)

Lastly, click the **Save Changes**buttonto save all thechanges you have made.

By following these straightforward steps, you can easily create a booking schedule that suits your business needs.