Councils and local services
Free resident appointments, information sessions and requests checked before they are confirmed.
Public sector and education
Online booking for public services and education
Councils, colleges and public services mostly offer appointments that cost nothing: advice, enquiries, office hours and information sessions. CaliDiary books them on your own WordPress website with no payment step, holds the ones that need an eligibility check until staff confirm them, and keeps residents' and students' details on your own server.
4 industries in public sector and education
Universities and colleges
Office hours, careers and advice appointments, and workshops with a set number of places.
Schools: parents' evenings and meetings
Parents' evenings, school tours and admissions meetings, booked free online.
Embassies, consulates and visa centres
Visa, passport and document appointments, with uploads and checks before confirming.
What public services and education have in common
- Most appointments are free: free bookings have no payment step at all, and paid services such as room hire can sit on the same form.
- Some need a check first: eligibility, the right specialist, the right adviser. Requests you approve hold the time while staff decide.
- Everyone must be able to book: the form is built and tested to WCAG 2.2 AA.
- Several staff, several sites: on Pro, each adviser has their own hours and services, and each office or campus is a location.
- Personal data stays with you: bookings and answers are stored on your own website, with WordPress's export and erase tools.
Most used
Features public sector businesses rely on
Free and paid bookings
Not every booking needs a price: free, pay later, bank transfer or card, chosen per service.
Requests you approve
Hold the time and decide yourself whether to accept or decline each booking.
Accessible to every customer
Every customer can book, by keyboard, screen reader or touch. Tested to WCAG 2.2 AA.
Team scheduling
One booking form for the whole team, each person with their own hours and services.
Several locations
Customers choose where to come first; each place has its own people and services.
Your data stays on your website
Bookings and customer details stay in your own website. We never see them, so never sell them.
Questions, answered.
Can appointments be free?
Yes. A service with no price books straight through with no payment step.
Is the booking form accessible?
It is built and tested to WCAG 2.2 AA, with keyboard and screen-reader support, readable colours and reduced motion.
Where is people's data stored?
In your own WordPress database. It never reaches CaliDiary's servers.
Get your evenings back.
Start on the free plan, with no booking limit. Upgrade only when you need to.