# Giving a service its own schedule

> Give one CoreHue booking service its own hours, notice and booking window, like headshots on Tuesday mornings only, without changing your other services.

Source: https://help.corehue.co/docs/online-booking/custom-availability-for-a-service/

By default every direct booking service uses your shared availability. A single service can run on its own schedule instead, which is how you keep Tuesday mornings for headshots, or give location shoots a week's notice while studio sessions can be booked tomorrow.

## Turning on a separate schedule

1. Open the service and go to the **Availability & location** tab.
2. Turn on **Use this service's own schedule**, "Set separate hours and booking rules for this service."
3. Adjust the weekly hours, rules and specific dates below it.
4. Choose **Save**.

The first time you switch it on, everything starts as a copy of your shared settings, so you're adjusting rather than starting from scratch. While the switch is off, **View shared availability** takes you to the hours this service is following.

## What you can change

A service on its own schedule gets its own:

- **Weekly availability**
- **Specific dates**, for days off or extra hours on this service only
- **Timezone**
- **Booking gap**
- **Minimum notice**
- **Booking window**

These work just like your shared settings. See [Setting your availability](/docs/online-booking/setting-your-availability) for what each one does. Everything saves with the rest of the service.

## When it's worth doing

- **Reserving hours for certain work.** Headshots on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings, everything else on your normal hours.
- **Different practicalities.** A quick studio session can be booked tomorrow. A location shoot needs a week's notice and a longer gap for travel.
- **Limited offers.** A service that only runs on a few days, without touching your main calendar.

## Google Calendar on a separate schedule

**Avoid Google Calendar conflicts**, "Hide times that overlap busy Google Calendar events.", starts **off** on a service with its own schedule, even when Google Calendar is connected.

A separate schedule is often meant to run independently, so this is on purpose. It does mean this service can be booked over a dentist appointment, so turn it on if your personal calendar matters here. See [Connecting Google Calendar](/docs/online-booking/google-calendar).

## Blocking your other services

**Block shared availability**, "Bookings here also block the same time for services using shared availability.", decides whether a booking on this service makes you unavailable everywhere else.

On a direct booking service, **Block shared availability** starts off, even after you switch on the service's own schedule. Turn it on so you can't be booked twice for the same hour. That's nearly always what you want.

> **It only works one way**
A booking on this service blocks your shared availability. A booking on your shared availability does **not** block this service's own times. That's what makes a separate schedule separate, but it can surprise you. If the two overlap, check them side by side on the calendar before you go live.

## Seeing it on the calendar

The calendar has a view selector in the top corner. It opens on **Shared availability**, and each service with its own schedule gets its own entry, so you can check that service's week on its own. See [Using the booking calendar](/docs/managing-bookings/using-the-calendar).

## Switching back

Turn **Use this service's own schedule** off and the service follows your shared hours again. CoreHue keeps the custom schedule, so you can switch back and forth without losing your work.

## Frequently asked questions

### Can mini sessions have their own schedule?

Mini sessions always have their own schedule: the dates you add to them. They have the same **Block shared availability** switch, at the top of **Schedule** on the **Dates & location** tab.

### Does a separate schedule change bookings already made?

No. Existing bookings keep their date and time. The new schedule only affects which times new clients can pick.

### Why was this service booked over a Google Calendar event?

Services on their own schedule start with **Avoid Google Calendar conflicts** off. Turn it on for that service and busy events will hide those times.

### Can inquiry services have their own schedule?

No. Inquiry services don't offer times, so there's no schedule to set. You agree the date with your client in the conversation.