Home › Features › Calendar Widget
Contractor online booking

Turn an available slot into a request to review.

The calendar widget lets a website visitor choose from the availability your account exposes and submit appointment details. A successful booking creates a scheduled lead for your team to review. It does not automatically create a job or an AI quote.

Feature access depends on your account, plan and setup. A separate 14-day Pro trial requires a card and renews at $39/month unless canceled before it ends.

Feature details reviewed by BuildFolio on October 15, 2026. Compare current plans.

What to check nextExample
Choose an available slotThe visitor reviews the calendar availability exposed by your account.
Create a scheduled leadA successful request records the appointment details for your team.
Review and follow upCheck the appointment and confirmation before planning the work.
Illustrative booking-request workflow. No appointment is booked or message sent here.
Configured availabilityCheck hours and blocked dates
Scheduled leadNot an automatically created job
Email workflowVerify confirmation delivery

What happens when someone books through the widget?

The booking workflow checks configured availability, blocked dates and existing appointment conflicts before recording a scheduled lead. Email confirmations can include calendar invitations and reschedule or cancel links. Your team should check the recorded appointment and delivery outcome rather than assuming an email arrived or work is confirmed.

Available workflow

Choose the record or panel for your task.

Set availability

Review the calendar settings, appointment timing and blackout dates available to your organization before embedding the widget.

Check the scheduled lead

Review the customer details, requested service and appointment time. Decide what work or estimate should follow; booking alone does not create it.

Review confirmations

Check whether email details and the calendar invitation reached the intended recipients. Use manual follow-up if delivery fails.

Manage changes

Use the existing secure reschedule or cancel links where available. Review the changed appointment before committing your team to travel or work.

A useful review in three steps

1. Review calendar settings

Confirm the availability and blackout dates you want visitors to use, then obtain your account’s actual widget snippet.

2. Embed the supported widget

Use the account-provided snippet or booking destination. Do not guess an organization identifier or promise team routing that has not been configured.

3. Review real requests deliberately

Monitor scheduled leads and confirmation outcomes. Create a job or estimate only through the separate reviewed workflow.

Keep the limits in view

Conflict checks help assess existing appointments; they are not a guarantee against every overlapping request or scheduling mistake. This page does not offer booking deposits, no-show guarantees or crew/service routing. SMS reminders and “On My Way” are unavailable.

Common questions

Does booking create a job or quote?

No. A successful booking records a scheduled lead. Your team reviews it before using the separate job or estimate workflow.

Can I guarantee that bookings will never overlap?

No. The workflow checks configured availability and existing conflicts, but you should still review the calendar and new requests before confirming your team’s work.

How do customers change an appointment?

Confirmation emails can provide secure reschedule and cancel links. Verify that the message was received and that the recorded appointment reflects the change.

How do reminders work?

SMS reminders and “On My Way” are unavailable. Check email confirmation delivery and handle any additional phone or text follow-up yourself.

Make availability clear. Review the resulting request.

Start an account and check its calendar settings. A useful booking workflow preserves the requested details and gives your team a clear next step, with delivery and scheduling outcomes checked separately.

A card is required for the trial. It renews at $39/month unless canceled before it ends. Review current plans.