{"id":12510,"date":"2026-11-09T13:25:58","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T13:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greminders.com\/articles\/?p=12510"},"modified":"2026-11-09T13:57:52","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T13:57:52","slug":"contiguous-scheduling-minimize-gaps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greminders.com\/articles\/contiguous-scheduling-minimize-gaps\/","title":{"rendered":"Contiguous Scheduling – Minimize Gaps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Contiguous Slots is an intelligent availability control designed to maximize time with clients and reclaim uninterrupted focus time. Instead of scattering appointments across open blocks – creating unusable 15- to 45-minute gaps of “dead time” – Contiguous Slots clusters client bookings directly against designated Anchor Slots or existing calendar events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How It Works<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Set Anchor Slots<\/strong>
    Define target starting points for your scheduling blocks (e.g., 9:00 AM or 1:00 PM). Initially, public booking pages offer only these two anchor points.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Sequential Clustered Booking<\/strong>
    Once the anchor slot is booked, the system automatically expands availability solely to the slots that directly follow the existing appointment (“butting up” against it).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Compact Calendar Expansion<\/strong>
    Subsequent meetings must snap directly to the front edge of the growing cluster. Open availability expands outward sequentially rather than leaving isolated gaps throughout the day.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Preserved Focus Blocks<\/strong>
    By packing meetings back-to-back within designated windows, remaining calendar segments stay unified into wide, unbroken stretches for deep work, strategic projects, and admin tasks.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Setting It Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Go to one of your Event Types or setup a new Event Type. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Click Advanced under Event Bookings and check the Contiguous Scheduling (Minimize Gaps) checkbox. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Next Select initial Anchor Slots. Make sure these times fall within your Working Hours<\/a>. These are the initial times that will be available for booking (assuming you do not have any other busy events at the same time). Note: Your existing availability times will be fully supported along with your Working Hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    When you go to book this meeting you should see similar availability to this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Note, if you already have a meeting scheduled at one of these times some times may be blocked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Once a client Books one of these slots, lets say Wed 9am, the next available slot for Wed will be 9:30am (in this example the meeting is 30min long).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Meeting Buffers will be respected, so if you had a 15 min post meeting buffer your next appointment (in this case) would be available at 9:45am. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Note: This feature is only available to 1:1 Event Types or 1:1 Managed Event Types are the moment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    That’s It. Any questions? Email to support@greminders.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Contiguous Slots is an intelligent availability control designed to maximize time with clients and reclaim uninterrupted focus time. Instead of scattering appointments across open blocks – creating unusable 15- to 45-minute gaps of “dead time” – Contiguous Slots clusters client bookings directly against designated Anchor Slots or existing calendar events. 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