Understanding Peak Booking Hours

Understanding Peak Booking Hours

The peak hours view shows you a heatmap of when bookings are most concentrated. This helps you optimize your availability schedule.

Reading the Heatmap

The heatmap shows:

• Rows — Days of the week (Monday through Sunday).
• Columns — Hours of the day (typically 8 AM to 8 PM).
• Color intensity — Darker = more bookings at that day/time.

What It Tells You

• Popular slots — The times when most people book. These are high-demand periods.
• Dead zones — Times with few or no bookings. Consider whether you need to be available then.
• Patterns — Morning person? Afternoon preferred? The data reveals your attendees' preferences.

Taking Action

High-demand slots are booked out?
- Extend your availability during those hours.
- Add more availability on similar days.
- Consider hiring or adding team members for those slots.

Low-demand slots going unused?
- Remove them from your availability to focus your energy.
- Or keep them for overflow during busy weeks.

Unexpected patterns?
- If bookings cluster at odd hours, check if international clients are booking in their timezone.
- Consider creating separate event types for different time zones.

Tips

• Review peak hours monthly — patterns can shift.
• Align your most important work with off-peak hours (when you won't be booked).
• Use this data when setting up new availability schedules.
• Share this data with your team to coordinate team-wide availability.