Time Slot – Booking and Appointment System vs VikAppointments Services Booking Calendar

Book appointments online with a simple booking form and flexible scheduling. Time Slot is a lightweight booking plugin with a powerful booking system. Manage availability, send notifications, and accept payments in one place. Control Your Schedule & Availability Set your schedule to prevent unwanted bookings Business Hours, Breaks & Holidays – Set your business hours, break times, and holidays to block unavailable dates and times on your booking form Service Days Off (Pro) – Set days off for each service to control when appointments can be booked Customer Panel (Pro) – Allow customers to cancel appointments and edit their profile Staff Days Off – Add days off for staff members to block their availability on the booking calendar Block Fully Booked Time Slots – Automatically hide unavailable time slots from your booking form Advance Notice – Set the advance notice time to prevent last-minute, same-day appointments Buffer Time Between Appointments – Add time before appointments to prepare for the next booking Single Service Booking Form – Hide the service field on the booking form when only one service is available Unlimited Appointments & Services – Create and manage unlimited appointments, services, staff, and customers Appointment Management Dashboard – Add, edit, cancel, and delete appointments from your admin dashboard Accept Payments & Offer Coupons Handle payments, refunds, and discounts directly from your website PayPal Payments (Pro) – Securely accept PayPal payments for booked appointments Stripe Payments (Pro) – Accept card payments instantly on the booking form Mollie Payments (Pro) – Accept credit card payments for bookings on your website Refund Management (Pro) – Issue refunds directly from your dashboard Coupons & Promo Codes – Create percentage or fixed discounts for your booking form Multiple Currencies – Display prices in your selected currency with automatic formatting Secure Payments (Pro) – Payment data is handled securely without storing card details in your database Send Notifications & Sync Calendars Send messages to your customers and staff, and update your calendar Confirmation Emails – Send emails when appointments are booked or canceled Email Reminders (Pro) – Send automatic reminders before upcoming appointments SMS Notifications (Pro) – Send SMS messages for bookings, cancellations, and reminders Google Calendar Sync (Pro) – Sync appointments with Google Calendar in both directions iCal Calendar Files – Include calendar files in emails for easy import into calendar apps Custom Booking Messages – Customize messages shown on the booking form and confirmation screen Manage Records, Data & Settings Save and manage your booking data and settings Customer Management – Store and manage customer contact information Export Appointment Details – Export data as CSV files for reporting or backup Print & Save Records – Save or print booking data for your business records Import Customer Data (Pro) – Import customer data from CSV files Import & Export Settings – Move your booking settings between websites Setup & Display the Booking Form Customize the booking form and add it to your website Booking Form Embed – Add your booking form with a block or shortcode Page Builder Support – Works with Elementor, Beaver Builder, Divi, and more Booking Form Style – Adjust colors and styles to match your website Custom Booking Fields (Pro) – Collect additional information from customers Quick Setup Wizard – Guided setup to quickly configure basic settings Support Multiple Languages & Accessibility Reach more users with translation, screen reader, and keyboard support Translation Ready – Works with WPML and Polylang, and supports multiple languages Available Languages – Fully translated into English, Spanish, French, Dutch, German, Italian and Polish Accessibility Support – Booking form and admin pages support keyboard and screen readers Who Should Use This Plugin Time Slot is designed for businesses and individuals who need to manage appointments or reservations. Examples include: Beauty & Personal Care – Hair salons, barbershops, tattoo artists, nail salons Health & Fitness – Yoga & dance lessons, personal trainers, wellness coaches Professional Services – Consultants, lawyers, coaches, accountants, notaries Events & Creative – Photographers, caterers, wedding planners, musicians Real Estate – Real estate agents, contractors, cleaning services, inspectors Repairs & Technical Services – Plumbers, mechanics, electricians, technicians Education – Tutors, teachers, private lessons, coaching sessions, workshops Recreation & Clubs – Club facilities, sports courts, equipment How to Start Booking Visit our documentation for detailed setup instructions. Setup Wizard – Configure your date and time settings, services, and business hours Display the Booking Form – Add your booking form with a shortcode, block, or page builder Email Notifications – Customize your messages to customers and staff Full Documentation – View all setup guides and advanced settings

Vik Appointments Services Booking Calendar for WordPress The popular appointments booking calendar system is now available also for WordPress as a Native Plugin! If you are looking for a professional tool to schedule and manage both appointments and bookings of various services or employees, then this is definitely the right solution for your project. Vik Appointments is an experienced piece of software with thousands of tailored functions designed to fit the needs of several types of business, such as medical centers, doctors, lawyers, hair stylists, SPA services, escape games and much more. Accept online reservations and schedule the appointments for each employee in a smart and efficient way. Thanks to its key features, Vik Appointments is the perfect plugin for those kind of companies and service providers that have many employees: you will be able to manage and let the employees to receive payments singularly; as well, each employee will be able to manage its working time and the services that he offers thanks to a dedicated personal area. An “employee” can represent a person, an object, a room or anything else that could be scheduled to receive bookings. Those who need to offer/sell online services through meetings or video-conferences can use the complementary (not included) Zoom meetings plugin for Vik Appointments. Born for a different CMS than WordPress, the same powerful framework is now at the service of all webmasters, designers and web-agencies that build websites with WordPress. Do not look any further, the features of Vik Appointments will outnumber any other similar plugin! Visit VikWP.com for more details. Some of its key features Customizable dashboard and analytics pages Custom types of service with custom durations and rates Employees management Employees personalized cost for services Extended working days with custom shifts Front-end smart appointments booking process Manual/offline reservations via back-end to keep the availability calendars up to date Calendars overview and reports Invoices generation Coupons to offer reservation discounts Status codes management Composite taxes WebHooks and API framework Search widget for the front-end to easily book an appointment A stunning widget to book the appointments without leaving the page Some of the Pro version features Full booking management from the back-end Front-end employees area Customers & documents management Services options and special rates Employees locations Packages purchase Employees subscription fees to build a portal Customers subscriptions e-commerce Custom fields management Payments to Service Providers or directly to the Employees Cart system to book multiple appointments at once Custom Payment Gateways (over 60 available on VikWP.com) SMS Gateways and Cron Jobs for automated notifications Various widgets to enhance the look of your front-end Supported Add-ons Zoom meetings & online video-conferences integration (Zoom.us) Google ReCaptcha forms validation The following integrations may require some of our additional plugins, which might not be free in some cases. Please visit VikWP for further details. Interested in, curious about the Pro version? You should take a look with your own eyes at the demo website to see what you can do with Vik Appointments. Do not stop at the front-end though, make sure to visit the wp-admin section too. Front-end Demo Website Admin Demo Website