Seamless online appointment/class booking integration with real-time availability

Purpose

1. Automate seamless online booking and scheduling for aromatherapy classes, enabling real-time class slot availability, reducing double-bookings, sending confirmations/invoices, and syncing calendars across wellness platforms.

2. Automates gathering participant data, instructions delivery, and post-session feedback collection, increasing efficiency for wellness educators and spa managers.

3. Automated appointment reminders, follow-up, and resource allocation ensure an uninterrupted student experience and staff time management.

Trigger Conditions

1. A client visits online booking page or embedded widget.

2. Automatedly detects slot selection, class request, or rescheduling/cancellation.

3. Automates triggers on calendar changes, payment receipt, or capacity thresholds.

4. Automating API call from CRM when new lead tags wellness class interest.

Platform variants

1. Acuity Scheduling

• Feature/Setting: API v1 — Automate real-time slot retrieval and appointment creation via /availability and /appointments endpoints, configure webhooks for status changes.
  

2. Calendly

• Feature/Setting: Webhooks/API — Automates event creation on /scheduled and cancels on /canceled, syncs Google Calendar availability.
  

3. Mindbody

• Feature/Setting: Sites API — Automator fetches class schedules, automatedly posts client bookings to /appointment endpoint.
  

4. Setmore

• Feature/Setting: REST API — Automate booking creation with /booking API, configure email confirmation automation.
  

5. Booker

• Feature/Setting: Booker API — Use /appointments endpoint for automating scheduling and availability syncing.
  

6. Google Calendar

• Feature/Setting: Calendar API — Automates lookup and block of class slots (Events: insert, list, watch).
  

7. Outlook Calendar

• Feature/Setting: Microsoft Graph API — Automate event creation and updating for staff/class calendars.
  

8. SimplyBook.me

• Feature/Setting: API/Plugins — Automates bookings with /bookings endpoint, configures real-time slot fetching.
  

9. Appointy

• Feature/Setting: API — Automate availability checks and appointment creation (POST /v1/appointments).
  

10. Schedulicity

• Feature/Setting: API beta — Automate class booking, schedule sync via /classes endpoints.
  

11. Square Appointments

• Feature/Setting: Bookings API — Automator creates online appointments, syncs availability.
  

12. TimeTap

• Feature/Setting: API v2 — Automated booking and real-time slot management via /appointments.
  

13. Zoho Bookings

• Feature/Setting: API — Integrate and automate class sessions, trigger on-reservations.
  

14. Doodle

• Feature/Setting: Doodle API — Automated poll creation, slot confirmation for group sessions.
  

15. Appointlet

• Feature/Setting: REST API/Webhooks — Automates client bookings, triggers reminders on status update.
  

16. 10to8

• Feature/Setting: API — Automates appointment management, updates availability (Events, Webhooks).
  

17. BookingBug (JRNI)

• Feature/Setting: API — Real-time availability, automated appointment creation with /bookings endpoint.
  

18. Healcode

• Feature/Setting: API (for Mindbody) — Automates widget embedding and class availability feeds.
  

19. Wix Bookings

• Feature/Setting: Wix Bookings API — Automates class scheduling, slot display via REST endpoints.
  

20. Fresha

• Feature/Setting: API — Automates slot selection, class confirmation workflows.
  

21. Calendso (Cal.com)

• Feature/Setting: REST API, Webhooks — Automated booking, dynamic slot management.
  

Benefits

1. Automating the end-to-end class booking saves staff time and reduces human mistakes.

2. Clients experience automated confirmations and reminders, promoting attendance.

3. Automated schedule synchronization avoids double-booking and manual entry.

4. Automation of feedback and follow-ups increases repeat bookings and loyalty.

5. Automated slot updates allow instant adaption of class capacities and staff resources.