# Manage availability & holidays

Set working hours, block time off, and prevent double bookings.

Category: Catalog
Estimated time: 4 min
Canonical: https://dinaya-lk.vercel.app/docs/guides/manage-availability
Markdown: https://dinaya-lk.vercel.app/docs/guides/manage-availability.md

## Steps

### 1. Open Availability

From your dashboard sidebar, click Availability. This controls which days and times appear on your public booking page.

- Navigation hint: Availability
- Visual: mockup:dashboard-availability

### 2. Set weekly hours

Choose which days you work and set open/close times for each day. Changes apply immediately — clients only see open slots.

- UI target: availability-weekly-hours
- Visual: mockup:dashboard-availability

### 3. Block holidays

Add blocked date ranges for holidays or personal time off. Blocked dates are hidden from your booking page entirely.

- UI target: availability-blocked-dates
- Visual: mockup:dashboard-availability

### 4. Per-staff schedules

If you have multiple staff, assign each person their own hours under Staff, then link them to services. Clients pick staff when booking (if you enable it).

- Navigation hint: Staff
- Visual: mockup:dashboard-staff

## Related Guides
- https://dinaya-lk.vercel.app/docs/guides/add-services
- https://dinaya-lk.vercel.app/docs/guides/add-staff-availability