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# Multi-Slot Booking
> Let a booker reserve several available time slots in one flow, with each slot saved as its own booking that can be rescheduled or cancelled separately.
**Multi-slot booking** lets a booker select and reserve several available time slots in a single booking flow. Each slot they pick becomes its **own separate booking** — if a booker selects three 30-minute slots, Cal ID creates three bookings, each with its own meeting URL, reschedule link, and cancel link.
Use it when one appointment is rarely enough on its own: coaching packages, therapy blocks, consulting retainers, tutoring sessions, or any service where someone wants to lock in several visits at once instead of returning to your booking page again and again.
Multi-slot booking is available on **Business** and **Enterprise** plans. See [Subscription & pricing](/docs/getting-started/subscription-and-pricing) to check or upgrade your plan.
**Not the same as multiple time slots per day.** Multi-slot booking is about how many slots a *booker* can reserve in one go. [Multiple time slots per day](/docs/availability/multiple-time-slots) is an availability setting that splits your working day into separate blocks — for example, to protect a lunch break. They are unrelated features.
## How it differs from a recurring event
Both features book more than one meeting at once, but they solve different problems.
* **Multi-slot booking** — the booker hand-picks each slot from your live availability. The slots need no pattern at all.
* **[Recurring events](/docs/event-types/recurring)** — the booker picks one starting slot and Cal ID generates the rest on a fixed cadence, such as every week.
## Enable multi-slot booking
From your Cal ID dashboard, click [**Event Types**](https://cal.id/event-types) in the left-hand menu.
Click the event you want bookers to reserve several slots on.
In the event type's settings bar, click **Multi Slots**.
Switch the **Multi-slot booking** toggle to **ON** to reveal the slot-count options.
Choose a selection mode and set the number of slots, as described below.
Click **Save**. The booking page updates immediately.
While **Multi-slot booking** is off, the booker can reserve only one slot at a time — the standard booking behaviour.
## Choose how many slots a booker selects
Cal ID offers two selection modes.
Set a **minimum** and a **maximum**, and let the booker pick any number in between. With a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 5, a booker can select 3, 4, or 5 slots — nothing below the minimum and nothing above the maximum.
Use this when bookers have different needs and you only want to define the boundaries.
You can set a maximum of **5 slots** in a single booking.
Specify an exact count. The booker must select **exactly** that many slots to complete the booking — no more, no fewer.
Use this for fixed packages, such as a three-session onboarding programme.
## Allow multiple appointments on the same day
By default, the slots a booker selects are spread across **different days**. Turn on **Allow multiple appointments on the same day** if you want to let them stack slots within a single day.
With the toggle on, a booker can select consecutive slots — on a 15-minute event, for example, 10:00–10:15, 10:15–10:30, and 10:30–10:45 on the same date.
Leave this toggle **off** when the point of the package is spacing — weekly coaching or physiotherapy sessions, for instance — and turn it **on** when bookers benefit from a longer continuous block.
## What the booker sees
The booker opens your booking link and sees your normal calendar of available times.
The booker clicks each time they want. Selected slots stay highlighted, and the page tracks how many have been chosen against your configuration.
The booker must select the number of slots your configuration requires — within your minimum and maximum, or exactly the fixed count.
The booker completes your booking form as usual.
All selected slots are booked at once.
## After the booking
The confirmation page lists **every** booked slot. For each one, the booker sees its date and time, the meeting URL, and its own **Reschedule** and **Cancel** links — so each slot can be managed independently without affecting the others.
If the booker wants to drop the whole set, a **Cancel all {'{n}'} slots** option cancels everything at once instead of working through them one by one.
As the host, you'll find each slot as its own entry in your [**Bookings**](https://cal.id/bookings) tab, where it can be rescheduled or cancelled individually.
## Example
A 30-minute consultation, configured with **Booker chooses slots**, a minimum of 3, a maximum of 5, and **Allow multiple appointments on the same day** turned **ON**.
A booker selects:
| Slot | Time |
| ---- | ------------- |
| 1 | 10:00 – 10:30 |
| 2 | 10:30 – 11:00 |
| 3 | 11:00 – 11:30 |
That is within the 3–5 range, so **Confirm** creates **three separate bookings** on the same morning. If the event is priced at ₹500 per slot, the booker pays **₹1,500**.
## Paid multi-slot bookings
Multi-slot booking works with paid events. You set the price for **one** slot in the event type's **Apps** tab, and Cal ID multiplies it by the number of slots the booker selects.
At ₹500 per slot, the totals work out as:
| Slots selected | Total |
| -------------- | ------ |
| 2 | ₹1,000 |
| 3 | ₹1,500 |
| 4 | ₹2,000 |
| 5 | ₹2,500 |
The total updates as the booker adds or removes slots, then carries through to the payment step.
With a fixed count, the total is the same for every booker: 3 slots at ₹500 each comes to ₹1,500.
**Refunds are not supported for multi-slot bookings.** This applies regardless of the refund policy configured on the event type — cancelling a multi-slot booking will not return the booker's money. Refunds must be issued directly from **Razorpay**, or whichever payment gateway you have integrated. Make this clear in your event description or booking questions before taking payment.
## Multi-slot booking on team events
Multi-slot booking works on all three team event types — [Round Robin](/docs/teams/round-robin), [Collective](/docs/teams/collective), and [Managed](/docs/teams/managed). Configuration is identical to a personal event type, except that round-robin events add one extra setting.
### Round robin
A round-robin event type gains a **Round-robin host assignment** setting with two options.
Choose **One round-robin host for the whole booking** to have a single host take every selected slot. Cal ID picks that host from those available at **all** of the selected times.
The booker sees that host on the confirmation page and in the confirmation email.
Choose **Rotate through the round-robin hosts** to distribute the slots across your host pool. The booker may meet a different host for different slots.
The assigned host is shown beneath each individual slot, so the booker always knows who they are meeting.
If the event type has a **fixed host**, the booker sees that fixed host against each slot.
### Collective
Collective events use the same multi-slot configuration as personal event types.
For each booked slot, the confirmation page shows the date, time, and timezone, the meeting URL, the host's name and email address, and per-slot **Reschedule** and **Cancel** links.
Hosts manage the results from the **Bookings** tab, where every slot appears as its own booking.
Opening any one of them shows only that slot, which can be [rescheduled or cancelled](/docs/bookings/cancel-reschedule) without touching the others.
### Managed
Managed event types use the same multi-slot configuration as personal event types. Configure it once on the managed event and it applies to every member's copy.
## What each event type supports
| Capability | Personal | Round Robin | Collective | Managed |
| ----------------------------------- | -------- | ----------- | ---------- | ------- |
| Multi-slot booking | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Booker chooses slots (min/max) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Fixed number of slots | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Multiple slots on the same day | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Paid multi-slot bookings | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Round-robin host assignment options | — | Yes | — | — |
## Frequently asked questions
Yes. With multi-slot booking enabled, a booker can select multiple available slots in one flow. Each selected slot is created as its own separate booking.
Go to **Event Types → open the event type → Multi Slots**, switch **Multi-slot booking** to **ON**, configure the slot count, and save.
Up to **5 slots** in a single booking, in the current configuration.
Yes. Choose **Fixed number of slots** and enter the count. The booker must select exactly that many to complete the booking.
Yes. Choose **Booker chooses slots** and set a minimum and maximum. The booker picks any number within that range and cannot go outside it.
Only if **Allow multiple appointments on the same day** is turned on. It is **off by default**. With it on, a booker can pick consecutive slots — for example 10:00–10:15, 10:15–10:30 and 10:30–10:45 on a 15-minute event.
The selected slots are spread across different days, so the booker cannot stack appointments within a single date.
Yes. Set the price for one slot in the event type's **Apps** tab and Cal ID charges for the number of slots selected.
The per-slot price is multiplied by the number of slots. At ₹500 per slot, 2 slots cost ₹1,000, 3 cost ₹1,500, 4 cost ₹2,000 and 5 cost ₹2,500. A fixed count works the same way — 3 slots × ₹500 = ₹1,500.
No. Refunds are not supported for multi-slot bookings, whatever refund policy is configured on the event. Process any refund directly from Razorpay or your integrated payment gateway.
Yes — on round-robin, collective, and managed event types. Each slot appears as its own booking in the **Bookings** tab and can be rescheduled or cancelled individually.
You choose between **One round-robin host for the whole booking**, where a single host available at all selected times takes every slot, and **Rotate through the round-robin hosts**, where slots are distributed across the pool and the assigned host is shown beneath each slot. A configured fixed host is shown against every slot.
## Related booking controls
Book a whole series on a fixed cadence instead of hand-picking each slot.
Charge for an event type and connect a payment gateway.
Control how team bookings rotate through your host pool.
Manage each slot individually from the Bookings tab.
## Related topics
- [Recurring Events](/docs/event-types/recurring.md)
- [Multiple Time Slots per Day](/docs/availability/multiple-time-slots.md)
- [Charge for Bookings in Cal ID](/docs/apps/paid-bookings.md)
- [Round-Robin Scheduling](/docs/teams/round-robin.md)
- [Canceling and Rescheduling Bookings](/docs/bookings/cancel-reschedule.md)