Appointment Hour Booking – Booking Calendar vs Easy Appointments

Appointment Hour Booking is a WordPress plugin for creating booking forms for appointments with a start time and a defined duration over a schedule. The start time is visually selected by the end user from a set of start times calculated based in the “open” hours and service duration. The duration/schedule is defined in the “service” selected by the customer. Each calendar can have multiple services with different duration and prices. This plugin is useful for different cases like booking of medical services where services with different duration and prices may be available, for personal training sessions, for booking rooms for events, for reserving language classes or other type of classes and other type of services/resources booking where start times are selected and the availability is automatically managed using the defined service duration to avoid double-booking (the booked time is blocked once the booking is completed). Main Features: Easy visual configuration of calendar data and schedules Working dates, invalid/holiday dates and special dates can be defined Supports restriction of default, maximum and minimimum dates Open hours can be defined for each date Each calendar can have multiple services defined Each service can have its own price and duration Start-times are calculated automatically based in the open hours and service duration Available times are managed automatically to avoid double-booking Multiple services can be selected on each booking Services can have multiple capacity Automatic price calculation Customizable email notifications for administrators and users Form validation and built it anti-spam captcha protection Manual and automatic CSV reports iCal addon with iCal export link and iCal file attached into emails Calendar available in 53+ languages Multiple date formats supported Blocks for Elementor and Gutenberg Multi-page calendars Printable appointments list Features in commercial versions: Visual form builder for creating the booking form fields Booking form can be connected to payment process (Ex: PayPal Standard, PayPal Pro, Stripe, Skrill, Authorize.net, TargetPay/iDEAL, Mollie/iDEAL, SagePay, Redsys) Payments are SCA ready (Strong Customer Authentication), compatible with the new Payment services (PSD 2) – Directive (EU) Addons for integration with external services: reCaptcha, MailChimp, SalesForce, WooCommerce and others Addons with additional features: appointment cancellation addon, appointment reminders addon, clickatell and twilio SMS add-ons, signature fields, iCal synchronization, Google Calendar API, Zoom Meetings … Appointment Hour Booking can be used for: Booking services or resources: Define schedule, open hours, services, prices and durations and let the calendar plugin manage the schedule. Sample cases: Medical services, personal training, resource allocation, booking rooms, classes, etc… The services can have a maximum capacity (example: number of persons that can book/attend the service at the same time). The default capacity is 1. If the service capacity has been set to 1 the time-slot will be blocked for new bookings after getting one booking. If the service capacity has been set to a greater number (example: service with capacity 10) the time-slot will be blocked after filling the capacity (example: after getting bookings for a total of 10 persons). This feature is described in detail at https://apphourbooking.dwbooster.com/blog/2019/01/24/bookings-for-multiple-persons/ The Troubleshoot Area Use the troubleshot if you are having problems with special or non-latin characters. In most cases changing the charset to UTF-8 through the option available for that in the troubleshot area will solve the problem. You can also use this area to change the script load method if the booking calendar isn’t appearing in the public website. The Notification Emails The notification emails with the appointment data entered in the booking form can sent in “Plain Text” format (default) or in “HTML” format. If you select “HTML” format, be sure to use the BR or P tags for the line breaks into the text and to use the proper formatting. Exporting Appointments to CSV / Excel Files The appointment data can be exported to a CSV file (Excel compatible) to manage the data from other applications. That option is available from the “bookings list”, the appointments can be filtered by date and by the text into them, so you can export just the needed appointments to the CSV file. Other Versions and Features The free version published in this WordPress directory is a fully-functional version for accepting appointments as indicated in the plugin description. There are also commercial versions with additional features, for example: Ability to process forms/appointments linked to payment process (PayPal, Stripe, Skrill, …) Form builder for a visual customization of the booking form Addons with multiple additional features Payments processed through the plugin are SCA ready (Strong Customer Authentication), compatible with the new Payment services (PSD 2) – Directive (EU) that comes into full effect on 14 September, 2019. Please note that the pro features aren’t advised as part of the free plugin in the description shown in this WordPress directory. If you are interested in more information about the commercial features go to the plugin’s page: https://apphourbooking.dwbooster.com/download

Easy Appointments lets you add a fully-featured booking system to any WordPress site — in minutes. Whether you run a salon, clinic, law firm, gym, or tutoring business, your customers book online while you stay in control of your calendar. Over 10,000+ active sites trust Easy Appointments to handle their bookings every day. Perfect for 💇 Beauty & wellness — salons, spas, massage therapists, barbers 🏥 Health & medical — doctors, dentists, physiotherapists, therapists ⚖️ Professional services — lawyers, accountants, consultants 🏋️ Fitness & coaching — personal trainers, yoga instructors, tutors 🔧 Trades & home services — mechanics, cleaners, plumbers 🏨 Hospitality & leisure — escape rooms, photography studios, event venues Live Demo Responsive Appointment form Responsive Appointment form – two column layout Full calendar NEW Standard Appointment form Doc Documentation Everything you need to run your bookings 📅 Flexible scheduling, your way Set your availability exactly how you need it — multiple locations, multiple staff, multiple services, all with independent time slots. Supports even the most complex schedules without writing a line of code. 📧 Automatic email notifications Customers get instant booking confirmations. Staff get notified. You can customise every email template, trigger reminders, and let customers confirm or cancel via a link — no chasing required. 📱 Booking forms that look great everywhere Responsive single or two-column layouts that work on mobile, tablet, and desktop. Embed anywhere with a simple shortcode. 🛠️ Build the form you need Add custom fields, require information, set up Google reCAPTCHA to block spam, and drag-and-drop your fields into any order. 🌍 Works in any language Translated into 10+ languages. Date picker localised for 77 locales. Full translation support for your custom labels. 📊 Reports & exports View your booking calendar at a glance and export appointments to CSV for use in Excel, Google Sheets, or your CRM. More Features Multiple Locations Multiple Services Multiple Workers Create dedicated calendar for one location / service / worker Create time slots by connecting location – service – worker and date/time Multiple time slots Fine granular option for creating even most complex time table Bulk connections builder Extremely flexible time table Email notifications : Send email notification to customer on creation and update of appointment Send email notification to predefined list of admin users Send email notification to employee Custom content and subject Custom admin email Confirm booking via link provided inside email Cancel booking via link provided inside email HTML content via WYSIWYG editor Custom emails for different status of appointments : pending, reservation, canceled, confirmed Include any information from booking inside email content even from custom fields Single Column Responsive Bootstrap Layout for Appointment form Two Column Responsive Bootstrap layout Custom form fields : Create your own custom form fields in a few clicks textarea select input Make fields required Drag and drop order Google reCAPTCHA v2 Google reCAPTCHA v3 NEW NEW use current logged in user data sa default value for custom field. Internationalization – support for translations (you can create your own translation >> tutorial <<) German translation (thanks to Matthias) Romanian translation (thanks to Vlad) Polish translation (thanks to Maciej Bauza) Finnish translation thanks to Maija Portuguese translation thanks to Antonio Portuguese Brazil translation thanks to seniweb Labels Hide price Add custom currency Set currency before/after price Custom style Localization of datepicker for 77 different languages (day of week, months) Reports Time table overview Export to CSV (for Calc, Excel…) 🚀 Need more power? Upgrade to Easy Appointments Pro The Pro extension unlocks everything serious businesses need: Google Calendar sync — 2-way sync so your team always sees the full picture SMS & WhatsApp notifications — reduce no-shows with automated reminders via Twilio Online payments — collect deposits or full payment via Stripe, PayPal, or WooCommerce at booking AI Booking Assistant — let customers book via a conversational chat widget iCalendar feeds — sync with Apple Calendar, Outlook, and any .ics-compatible app Room & resource booking — book meeting rooms, equipment, or any shared resource 👉 See Pro plans and pricing → For more info follow the link for Extension plugin HomePage easy-appointments.com External services FullCalendar This plugin uses the FullCalendar JavaScript library to display interactive calendars and events within the plugin interface. FullCalendar itself does not collect or transmit personal data. All calendar data is generated and managed locally within the plugin or retrieved from configured services such as Google Calendar. This service is provided by FullCalendar LLC Terms of use and Policy : https://fullcalendar.io/license