What is a blocking

A blocking stops new bookings on selected bays for a set period, without touching your general opening hours. It's handy for maintenance, service, private use, events, or any time you need a bay off the booking grid for a while.

A blocking has these settings:

• Date: The day the blocking applies to.
• Start time and end time: The exact window during the day when the blocking is active.
• Recurring: Repeats the blocking on a chosen interval, useful for weekly maintenance or regular private use.
• Title: A name for the blocking, such as "Maintenance", "Private event", or "Staff training".
• Show title to customers: When on, the title appears in the customer-facing booking grid, so you can explain why the time isn't bookable, for example "Bay closed for service".
• Resources: The bays you want to block.
• Keep SimLock active: Keeps SimLock on for the blocked time, so the bay stays locked. Off by default.

By default, a blocking also unlocks the bay. SimLock treats the blocked time like a booking and leaves the bay open to play. That makes blockings useful for staff use or regular group play. If you want the bay to stay locked during a blocking, for example during maintenance, turn on Keep SimLock active when you create or edit the blocking.