Quickstart
From signing up to a shareable booking link in about five minutes.
This walks through the shortest path to a working booking link: connect a calendar, create one event type, share it.
1. Create your account
Sign in at bunnycal.io with Google or Microsoft. Using the same provider as your main work calendar saves a step later, since the calendar connection is authorised at the same time.
2. Connect a calendar
BunnyCal needs calendar access for two things: reading your existing events so it never offers a slot you’re already busy for, and creating the event when someone books.
On first sign-in you’ll be asked to connect a calendar. Choose the account whose calendar reflects your actual working life — you can add more accounts later, and personal calendars are worth adding as conflict sources even if you never want a meeting written to them.
Exactly one calendar is the write target — where confirmed bookings are created. Every other connected calendar can be read for conflicts without ever being written to. See Connecting calendars.
3. Set your availability
Your availability schedule is the outer boundary of when you can be booked; your calendar then subtracts anything you’re already busy for.
Set the days and hours you’re generally available, and confirm the timezone at the top is correct — everything else derives from it. Split days (“9–12 and 2–5”) are expressed as two windows on the same day.
4. Create an event type
An event type is one kind of meeting you offer: a name, a duration, and the rules for when it can be booked.
For a first one, the defaults are fine:
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Intro call |
| Duration | 30 minutes |
| Location | Google Meet or Zoom |
| Buffer | 15 minutes after |
| Notice | 4 hours minimum |
Minimum notice is the setting people most often wish they’d set on day one — without it, someone can book you for twenty minutes from now.
5. Share the link
Each event type has its own URL:
https://bunnycal.io/<your-handle>/intro-call
Put it in your email signature, or embed it on your site so guests never leave the page.
Next steps
- Availability rules — buffers, notice periods, and date ranges
- Event types — one-on-one, group, and collective meetings
- Connecting calendars — multiple accounts and conflict sources