Smart Suggestions and service areas
How suggested times are chosen, how drive time is estimated, and where you travel.
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- Turn on Smart SuggestionsCustomers see first the few times that fit best around your visits nearby, so a new booking adds as little driving as it can.
- How suggested times are chosenFor every open time, GeoCalendar works out the extra driving it would add between your visits, and suggests the times that add least.
- Drive time on your calendarThe calendar draws the drive between your visits, with its minutes and distance, measured along real roads.
- Limit your service areaOnly addresses within a distance, or a drive time, of a host’s home base can book an in-person event type.
- Each host’s home baseEvery person has their own home base. Their drives start and end there, and the service area is measured from it.
- Buffers before and after a visitKeep a few minutes free around each visit to set up, pack up or write notes. Drive time is handled separately.
- See the driving you savedAnalytics shows your bookings, how often customers take a suggested time, and the driving that saved.