Increase productivity by utilizing two booking methods

Two types of bookings that can be utilized at Jicoo

There are two main types of bookings that can be accepted by Jicoo

• Booking acceptance type
• Candidate suggestion type

In the booking calendar type, Jicoo connects to Google Calendar and other search engines to automatically find available dates and times. Guests can choose a date that is convenient for them. For example, a general hair salon booking site would fall under this type of booking.

On the other hand, in the candidate suggestion type, you manually pick a date that is convenient for you from the calendar and ask the guest to select it. The date and time you pick up are shown in the booking calendar as they are, and you ask your guests to choose the date that is convenient for them. The "voting" function, in which you ask each guest to circle the dates they can attend and choose the date with the most people, is also a type of candidate suggestion.

In short, the difference between automatically suggesting a date and letting the guests choose their own date is the same for Jicoo, and the ease of use for the guests making the booking is the same.

How to use Jicoo in practice

Booking Type


Since the URL is basically fixed for the booking type, if you specify the method of acceptance, available period, participants, etc. on the dedicated settings page for each booking page, the availability will be shown in real time according to your preferences in the form of using those settings from the next time onward.

Once set up, the system is basically maintenance-free, making it possible to automate workflows that require time-consuming adjustments each time, such as sales appointments to acquire leads, user interviews with unspecified people, and interview bookings for recruiting.

In cases where you are worried about automatically confirming a booking and want to confirm it only after confirmation, Jicoo's "Reservation Request" function can be used to build a workflow in which an accepted booking is put on hold and confirmed at a later time.

If you want to use a reservation request type that has been configured for a specific booking but do not want to use a fixed URL, Jicoo has a feature that allows you to issue a "one-time link" so that you can issue a unique URL for each recipient of the request.

Candidate Suggestion Type


The "Suggested time" type allows you to create a booking page at any time by picking your own preferred time, so it can be used in situations where it is not desirable to disclose all available dates to the other party, or when there are already appointments on the calendar but you want to give priority to those appointments. In addition, Jicoo can be used in situations where it is difficult for guests to make reservations on the reservation page.

Jicoo also has a voting function that allows guests to select from a list of possible dates, and the host can then combine these preferences to determine the final date, allowing for even greater flexibility in scheduling.

Summary

Jicoo offers a variety of workflows for scheduling, including automated (reservation acceptance type), manual (candidate suggestion type), one-time link, reservation request, and voting. We encourage you to take advantage of them.