The Manual Meeting Workflow (and Why It Breaks)
Without automation, booking a video call looks like this: receive a request → propose times → confirm a time → create a calendar event → add the guest → generate a Meet link → copy the link into the invite → hope you didn't forget anything.
That's eight steps with four common failure points: forgetting to add the guest, generating the wrong link, sending the invite to the wrong address, or not syncing with your calendar at all.
What a Connected Scheduling Tool Does Differently
When Slotwise connects to your Google account, it reads your Google Calendar in real time to determine which slots are free. When a guest books a slot, Slotwise automatically:
- Creates a Google Calendar event for both host and guest
- Generates a unique Google Meet link
- Sends confirmation emails to both parties
- Blocks the slot so no one else can book it
This entire workflow happens in seconds, with zero manual input.
Conflict Detection in Real Time
One of the most powerful benefits of Google Calendar integration is live conflict detection. If you accept an ad-hoc meeting invitation in your Google Calendar, Slotwise detects the new event and removes that slot from your booking page immediately. You're never double-booked, even when you schedule directly in Google Calendar.
Privacy and Permissions
Slotwise requests read access to detect calendar conflicts and write access to create booking events. It never exposes the details of your existing calendar events to guests — it only uses them to determine availability. Your meeting subjects, descriptions, and attendees remain private.
Getting Your Google Calendar Connected
Go to Settings → Calendar in Slotwise and click "Connect Google Calendar." You'll be taken through Google's standard OAuth flow. Once connected, your availability is synced in real time and every booking triggers automatic event creation.
Making the Most of Auto-Generated Meet Links
Because each booking generates a unique Meet link, there's no confusion about which link belongs to which meeting. Guests receive the link in their confirmation email and in the calendar invite. As the host, it appears in both your Slotwise booking list and your Google Calendar event. Nothing falls through the cracks.