Orbit Cal

Bookings

Review upcoming meetings, approve pending requests, and cancel.

Open Dashboard → Bookings. Tabs: Upcoming, Pending, Past.

Statuses

StatusMeaning
pendingWaiting for host approval (or held for conflict checks)
confirmedBooked; calendar event written when possible
cancelledCancelled by host or guest
rescheduledReplaced by a new confirmed booking

Without confirmation

When Require host confirmation is off:

  1. Guest confirms → booking is confirmed
  2. Google Calendar event (+ Meet if enabled) is created
  3. Guest receives confirmation email

With confirmation

When confirmation is required:

  1. Guest requests → pending
  2. Guest gets “Request received”; you get “Confirm booking” pointing at Bookings
  3. No Google Calendar event until you approve

Approve or decline

On the Pending tab:

  • Approveconfirmed, create calendar/Meet, email guest “Confirmed:”
  • Declinecancelled, email guest “Declined:”

Cancel as host

On upcoming bookings, Hold to cancel:

  • Sets status to cancelled
  • Deletes the Google Calendar event when present
  • Emails the guest

Guest actions

On /booking/{uid} guests can cancel (confirmed or pending) or reschedule (confirmed only). Reschedule marks the old booking rescheduled and creates a new confirmed one.

Upcoming layout

Upcoming groups Today and Next. Open a booking sheet for When, Who, Where (Meet), and Notes.