New Work City uses ScheduleOnce for its tour inquiries, and it works well for us.
I was annoyed with the way I kept discovering that there were features I needed that I needed to increase my monthly payment for, so something I thought was going to cost $10/month ended up costing $30/month, but aside from that it's been a pretty solid experience for us so far. To Lisa Anne's original question, we use Google Calendar Appointments, which allows people to grab time slots without needing to be granted access to the calendar itself. Google's been annoying about their support for Appointments, which they tried killing then sort-of-resurrected. I *believe* you can still use Appointments if: (1) You started using it before they tried to kill it, or (2) You have a paid Google Apps account, but I'm not sure. Do some reading on it if you're interested. It's still not a perfect system because anyone who has the URL to our conference room could technically book a room, when only certain people should have that access, but it hasn't been too troublesome to keep an eye on it and look out for issues when they arise. Tony * --- Contact: @tonybgoode <http://twitter.com/tonybgoode> New Work City: nwc.co <http://nwc.co/> // @nwc <http://twitter.com/nwc> // facebook <http://facebook.com/newworkcity> // meetup <http://meetup.com/coworking-nyc> Project Bossless: bossless.co <http://bossless.co> Recent posts: Revisiting Transparency <http://happymonster.co/2014/07/17/revisiting-transparency/> // The problem with coworking (and an idea for how to solve it) <http://happymonster.co/2014/07/01/the-problem-with-coworking-and-an-idea-for-how-to-solve-it/> // Coworking on a train to a museum: my crazy coworking experiment at six months <http://happymonster.co/2014/06/25/coworking-on-a-train-to-a-museum-aka-my-crazy-coworking-experiment-at-six-months/> Travel plans: In NYC now through 8/1 // Boulder 8/2-11 // NYC 8/12-late August sometime * On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 11:43 AM, Alex Hillman <dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com');>> wrote: > This isn't a direct answer to the question, but because I've had the same > experience as Jerome (a.k.a. ya can't actually do it), you may want to look > at other tools that integrate with GCal. I haven't actually used this tool, > but I've seen it used and it seems really nice: > > http://www.scheduleonce.com/meetme.aspx > > -ALex > > > > > -- > > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > > > On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 8:32 AM, Jerome Chang <jer...@blankspaces.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','jer...@blankspaces.com');>> wrote: > >> ...not a whiz, but single log-ins for google share[-anything] doesn't >> seem to work in my experience. You have to invite/share the calendar to >> individuals, even though you may end up communicating to all of them via a >> group address like members@. >> >> You could, however, create a single email address like >> conferencero...@hattery.com >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','conferencero...@hattery.com');>, and then >> have people write in their name(s) in the appointment note. Not ideal, but >> that does simplify the booking process especially if your goal is just to >> visually determine and display vacant/not-vacant. >> >> >> *JEROME CHANG* >> >> *Mid-Wilshire* >> 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) | Los Angeles CA 90036 >> ph: (323) 330-9505 >> >> *Downtown* >> 529 S. Broadway, Suite 4000 (@Pershing Square) | Los Angeles CA 90013 >> ph: (213) 550-2235 >> >> >> <http://www.yelp.com/biz/blankspaces-los-angeles> >> <https://twitter.com/BLANKSPACES> >> <https://www.facebook.com/pages/BLANKSPACES/132257631339> >> <https://www.facebook.com/pages/BLANKSPACES/132257631339> >> <http://www.linkedin.com/company/blankspaces?trk=top_nav_home> >> <http://vimeo.com/blankspaces> >> <http://vimeo.com/blankspaces> >> On Jul 20, 2014, at 11:40 AM, Lisa Anne Logan <lisaan...@hattery.com >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','lisaan...@hattery.com');>> wrote: >> >> Hi there, >> >> We've been using the ol' "write your name on the door" method for booking >> conference rooms, and I'd like to implement a Google Calendar system >> instead. And, of course, by tomorrow ;) >> >> Ideally, everyone on a specific Google Groups distro (e.g. >> memb...@hattery.com <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','memb...@hattery.com');>) >> would have access to all our conference room resource calendars for >> booking. I would add and remove people from that group as they join or >> leave Hattery, and that would update their calendar access. Access would >> always by synched between that group and the resource list. >> >> It seems like this should just work as described, but it doesn't. The >> kicker may be that our members use dozens of different domain names, so the >> typical "share with everyone in my domain" choices don't apply. >> >> Looking for a Google Calendar whiz who might be able to lend some ideas... >> >> Thanks! >> >> LA >> >> >> Lisa Anne Logan >> >> Director of Marketing and Operations >> >> Hattery >> >> l...@hattery.com <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','l...@hattery.com');> >> >> 415.205.5325 >> >> -- >> Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Coworking" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','coworking%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com');> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> -- >> Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Coworking" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','coworking%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com');> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','coworking%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com');> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- *---Contact: (631) 513-1680 // @tonybgoode <http://twitter.com/tonybgoode>New Work City: nwc.co <http://nwc.co/> // @nwc <http://twitter.com/nwc> // facebook <http://facebook.com/newworkcity> // meetup <http://meetup.com/coworking-nyc> Travel plans: In NYC now through 8/1 // Boulder 8/2-11 // NYC 8/12-late August sometimeRecent posts: Revisiting Transparency <http://happymonster.co/2014/07/17/revisiting-transparency/> // The problem with coworking (and an idea for how to solve it) <http://happymonster.co/2014/07/01/the-problem-with-coworking-and-an-idea-for-how-to-solve-it/> // Coworking on a train to a museum: my crazy coworking experiment at six months <http://happymonster.co/2014/06/25/coworking-on-a-train-to-a-museum-aka-my-crazy-coworking-experiment-at-six-months/>* -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. 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