{"id":570,"date":"2020-12-23T03:33:04","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T03:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greminders.com\/articles\/?p=570"},"modified":"2026-08-14T14:18:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T14:18:53","slug":"holiday-calendar-availability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greminders.com\/articles\/holiday-calendar-availability\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Availability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you use your calendar to automatically schedule Appointments and Meetings and you don&#8217;t work or take meetings\/appointments on Holidays, Holidays can automatically be blocked on your Calendar without doing anything extra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In your Profile, you can specify which Holiday Calendar you subscribe to.   There are various regions you can pick from based on your location, or just pick the default one from the USA.     <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"626\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greminders.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/profile-holiday-calendar-1024x626.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greminders.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/profile-holiday-calendar-1024x626.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greminders.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/profile-holiday-calendar-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greminders.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/profile-holiday-calendar-768x470.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greminders.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/profile-holiday-calendar.jpg 1163w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, US holidays include:  New Year\u2019s Day, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr\u2019s Birthday, Washington\u2019s Birthday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or select from a wide variety of Holiday Calendars for your appropriate region.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then when you edit your Working Hours, you can mark that you want to automatically be unavailable for dates on those Holidays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greminders.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/working-hours-holiday-1024x579.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greminders.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/working-hours-holiday-1024x579.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greminders.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/working-hours-holiday-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greminders.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/working-hours-holiday-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greminders.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/working-hours-holiday.jpg 1397w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This will automatically mark those days as unavailable, and be excluded from being booked.   In this example you will see Christmas Day has been blocked out:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"462\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greminders.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/unavailable_holiday_christmas.png\" alt=\"Holiday is unavailable\" class=\"wp-image-573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greminders.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/unavailable_holiday_christmas.png 462w, https:\/\/www.greminders.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/unavailable_holiday_christmas-270x300.png 270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Setting up a Custom Holiday Calendar<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>GReminders includes a standard set of common federal holidays. If your organization observes additional regional, local, company-specific, or industry holidays, you can create a custom holiday calendar to ensure your scheduling reflects those dates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To setup a Custom Holiday Calendar go to Setup > Holiday Calendar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note: You must be a System Administrator to take this action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greminders.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/setup-custom-holidays-calendar-1024x427.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greminders.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/setup-custom-holidays-calendar-1024x427.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greminders.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/setup-custom-holidays-calendar-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greminders.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/setup-custom-holidays-calendar-768x320.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greminders.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/setup-custom-holidays-calendar.jpg 1424w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>From here you can deactivate standard Federal Holidays and add your own.   Let&#8217;s add Passover as an example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"798\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greminders.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/passover-example-1024x798.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greminders.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/passover-example-1024x798.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greminders.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/passover-example-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greminders.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/passover-example-768x599.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greminders.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/passover-example.jpg 1429w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Set the Dates for the next few years, so you don&#8217;t need to change this annually.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then click Save<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"709\" height=\"393\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greminders.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/holiday-groups.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12073\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greminders.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/holiday-groups.jpg 709w, https:\/\/www.greminders.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/holiday-groups-300x166.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>From here you can decide which User Groups you want to apply this new Org Custom Calendar to.    Typically you apply it to your entire Organization, but perhaps if you have folks in various countries or regions you may only want to apply this to certain folks.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We suggest setting up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greminders.com\/articles\/profiles-users\/\">User Groups<\/a> by Region for this.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s It.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Questions?  Email to support@greminders.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy Scheduling!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you use your calendar to automatically schedule Appointments and Meetings and you don&#8217;t work or take meetings\/appointments on Holidays, Holidays can automatically be blocked on your Calendar without doing anything extra. In your Profile, you can specify which Holiday Calendar you subscribe to. 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