How to handle opening times

[Annemarie]

Goodmorning,

Could you please advise me about the following: I am building a site on which visitors can search for an local activity or service. For example a haircut, a bootcamp class or a tailor.

Do you think the Events Calendar with filter bar is the right solution for this (I already purchased both, but wonder if I am using it right and whether I possibly need an additional tool)?

Some activities are easy to enter, like for example yoga classes which take place two times a week. For an activity such as a haircut, I would need to enter the opening times of a hairdresser and mention ‘reservation needed’. I wonder however if I should do this for all shops?

So my question is: what would be the best way to enter opening times?

Best regards, Annemarie

[Annemarie]

I asked for a refund, I don’t think The Event Calendar is the right solution for my site.

[Geoff B.]

Good evening Annemarie and welcome to the Events Calendar Support forum!

We are truly sorry to see you go before we had a chance to answer your questions.

In any case, I would still like to go ahead and provide you with some answers.
It is the very least I can do.

Do you think the Events Calendar with filter bar is the right solution for this (I already purchased both, but wonder if I am using it right and whether I possibly need an additional tool)?

Based on what your needs are, I am not sure that you need the filter bar plugin.

For an activity such as a haircut, I would need to enter the opening times of a hairdresser and mention ‘reservation needed’. I wonder however if I should do this for all shops? So my question is: what would be the best way to enter opening times?

This could be handled using our Event Tickets plugin: https://theeventscalendar.com/product/wordpress-event-tickets/
That plugin is free and lets people reserve spots.

You can even customize it’s text to your liking.

To accomplish what you are looking for, you would simply need to have one big event covering the opening hours with one RSVP ticket per hour in that event.

I would also recommend tying up this event to a category.
This would let you use the following third-party plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/the-events-calendar-category-colors/

That way, each business could get it’s own colour.

Finally, I would recommend reading the following: https://theeventscalendar.com/knowledgebase/can-you-have-multiple-calendars/

You could have “filtered” calendars by simply controlling the URL in your links.

And, if you got a copy of the Events Calendar Pro: https://theeventscalendar.com/product/wordpress-events-calendar-pro/, you could embed these calendar on any page using shortcodes.

Best of luck with your project,

Geoff B.

 

 

[Support Droid]

Hey there! This thread has been pretty quiet for the last three weeks, so we’re going to go ahead and close it to avoid confusion with other topics. If you’re still looking for help with this, please do open a new thread, reference this one and we’d be more than happy to continue the conversation over there.

Thanks so much!
The Events Calendar Support Team

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