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Availability and Service Area

Getting your availability right means customers only see time slots when you can actually show up — and only for addresses you can actually reach. This section covers how Driive's layered availability system works, how to set business hours and individual schedules, and how to define the geographic area you serve.


In this section

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What you'll learn

Availability Overview

How Driive determines when appointments can be booked — the layered system from org hours to individual calendars.

Setting Business Hours

How to configure your organization-wide weekly schedule with the visual editor.

Team Member Availability

How individual members set their own hours, overriding organization defaults.

Buffer Times and Booking Windows

Gaps between appointments and how far in advance customers can book.

Service Area Overview

What the service area is and why it matters for home-service businesses.

Configuring Your Service Area

How to set your center address, radius, and map-based coverage.

Troubleshooting Availability

Fixes for missing time slots, timezone mismatches, service area issues, and more.


Where to go next

  • Teams and Users — Manage the people whose availability you're configuring.

  • Appointment Types — Set buffer times and booking windows per service.

  • Calendar — See how availability translates to your team's schedule.

  • Integrations — Connect Google Calendar or Outlook to factor external events into availability.