The Fast Booking Widget: What it Does and Why It’s a Must-Have Appointment Scheduling Tool

You may notice something different next time you log into your account: we've added a new tab on the top left of your calendar, called fast booking. As the name suggests, this feature allows you to do a quick search for booking slot availability. It might not sound like much, but this little tool is going to allow you to search every inch of your calendar for available slots, quickly and easily.  

Access the fast booking widget from your calendar tab

Why the Fast Booking Widget Is a Game-Changer for Online Booking and Scheduling

We’re always working to improve your booking experience and bring you the best appointment scheduling software possible. You may notice something different next time you log into your account: we've added a new tab on the top left of your calendar, called Fast Booking. As the name suggests, this fast booking widget allows you to do a quick search for real-time availability across your services, staff, and resources.

This powerful booking tool helps you schedule appointments, locate free slots instantly, and dramatically save time—whether you're handling new bookings, recurring bookings, or just trying to avoid double booking.

Use Case 1: How Healthcare Providers Use the Fast Booking

Widget for Recurring Appointments

Say you're a physiotherapist and need to add a series of treatment slots—one session a week for six weeks. The fast booking widget can search your booking calendar and list all available slots, tailored to a specific service or open resource. Simply click the available times, and the appointment details will be added below the widget.

Click "Continue," choose the client profile, and you’re done. You can even use intake forms, assign staff, and create follow-ups for future recurring appointments. This is ideal for practitioners looking to reduce manual data entry and offer their patients a smooth online booking journey through their own website or booking website.

Any users with packed schedules who struggle to find availability for their customers will appreciate how much time and stress this saves.

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​​​​​​​Use Case 2: Easy Meeting Scheduling Across Time Zones with

the Fast Booking Widget

Need to schedule meetings with multiple team members across regions? Just open the fast booking widget, add the relevant staff, select the desired time, and the meeting scheduling tool will show a list of available time slots that work for everyone.

Whether you're managing group events, using a client app, or running automated workflows, this widget ensures you're using your scheduling software to its fullest.

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What can the Fast Booking Widget do for you?

Search by booking length. Now you don't even need to select a service: just add a name for your meeting, select the length of time the booking should be, and hit “find availability”. Done!

Search availability by services. If you search for a service, you don't need to add resources to your search: Our scheduling app auto-filters available slots with the resources you've identified as being able to perform that service. 

Filter by the time of day. If you have a customer who has availability for say, lunch times only, you can simply select the early afternoon time window (12 noon to 3pm) and they can book appointments then.

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• Do a 24hr search. Now you have the option to search literally every minute of your Calendar for availability (well, 23 hours and 55 minutes, to be precise). What this means in practical terms, is that you can search for availability outside of a resource's working and/or booking times. It also means you can select to search within resources' working hours, or online booking times only. This comes into play if your resources have different working and booking times.
• Search a specific window of time. Select from what date onwards future available slots should display. You can search a whole two years into the future!
• Add follow up bookings: after you schedule a booking, the success window gives you a new option: to add a follow up booking for the same customer.
• Edit service length – Adjust durations on the fly during booking.
• Apply booking tags – Organize and color-code appointment details.
• Add intervals – Set breaks or buffers between appointments using scheduling rules.

Classic Scheduling Features You Still Love that haven't changed

While the fast booking widget adds new ways to manage appointments, your existing favorites still work just as well. You can still:

• Assign colors and tags to bookings
• Create appointment reminders using email reminders or whatsapp notifications
• Use your POS system or POS hardware to handle check-ins and payments
• Integrate with Google Calendar or use own custom integrations to create seamless experiences
• Use automated reminders to help reduce no shows
• Send out marketing messages with email marketing integrations

You can also accept bookings directly via a booking link, embed it on your own website, or create a branded booking page with secure payments and online payments.

The fast booking widget is for Enterprise users. If you would like to trial Enterprise for free, you can upgrade for two weeks straight from your TIMIFY account. Or go to our website and start a chat with one of our friendly CRM team who will be happy to get you access.