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# Booking system overview

The Booking System is your complete scheduling hub — manage client appointments, set practitioner availability, configure your Booking Page and maintain your service catalogue.

| 📍 **Where to find this:** Left navigation menu → Booking System

## 🧭 How to access the Booking System

1. Click **Booking System** in the left navigation menu.
* The Booking System menu expands to show all sub-sections.

![Booking System Menu](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/8/c/a/c/8cac159472d82800/image_91pos5.png)

## ✅ What's in the Booking System

| # | Page | What it covers |
| ---- |
| 1 | [Booking calendar & appointments](https://help.meridiq.com/en/article/booking-calendar-appointments-9906q1/) | View the booking calendar, add bookings, add private time and manage booking details |
| 2 | [Staff schedules & availability](https://help.meridiq.com/en/article/staff-schedules-availability-iorshy/) | Create and manage practitioner availability schedules |
| 3 | [Booking Page for clients](https://help.meridiq.com/en/article/online-booking-portal-for-clients-mlni3z/) | Configure the client-facing Booking Page and mandatory fields |
| 4 | [Bookable services](https://help.meridiq.com/en/article/bookable-services-s6391i/) | Add, edit and manage the services clients can book |
| 5 | [Service categories](https://help.meridiq.com/en/article/service-categories-1ss43xs/) | Create and manage service categories (single or group) |
| 6 | [Configure the booking system](https://help.meridiq.com/en/article/configure-the-booking-system-1wwn69k/) | Set scheduling policy, email/SMS notifications, booking page settings and holidays |

| 💡 Click any page in the table above to go directly to its full guide in the [Booking System](https://help.meridiq.com/en/category/booking-system-yrqr08/) section.