Set your availability

Availability is the outer boundary of when you'll ever be offered. DayOtter then subtracts your real calendar busy times from inside those hours, so what invitees see is the intersection: open hours, minus everything you've already got on.

Weekly hours

Under Availability, set the hours you're open each day. Add multiple ranges per day - a morning and an afternoon block with lunch in between - and save. Set your schedule's timezone once; invitees always see times converted to their own, and DST is handled for you.

Date overrides and multiple schedules

Override specific dates for a day off, a conference, or a one-time early start - without touching your normal weekly pattern.

Running distinct offerings? Create multiple named schedules (say, “Consulting hours” and “Office hours”) and assign each booking type to the right one. A demo can run 9-5 weekdays while coaching runs Tuesday evenings, from the same account.

Defenses that hold

• Focus blocks - reserve deep-work time that's off-limits to bookings. Ask Otter to find and hold them for you.
• Adaptive availability - cap meetings per day; once a day hits the cap, DayOtter stops offering slots that day even if hours remain.
• Travel buffers - automatically reserve time around in-person meetings so back-to-back locations don't collide.
• Protected lunch - a daily window that never gets booked over.
• Reclaim cancelled time - when a meeting is cancelled, optionally turn the freed slot into a focus block instead of re-opening it.