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# Event Buffers or Break between the Events

**Event buffers** add padding before or after your meetings so you're never booked back-to-back — time to prep, breathe, or wrap up notes. Guests can't book these blocked periods.

| Why use buffers

* **Avoid exhaustion:** no back-to-back calls with no break.
* **Prep & wrap-up:** a "before" buffer to prepare, an "after" buffer to finish notes.
* **Travel time:** get between in-person locations.

| Set up buffers

1. Open **Event Types** and click the event.
2. Open the **Limits** tab.
3. Set **Before event** and/or **After event** buffer minutes.

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4. Click **Save**.

| How it works

* **Invisible to guests:** buffered times simply show as unavailable.
* **Automatic:** a 30-minute meeting with a 15-minute "after" buffer blocks 45 minutes total.
* **Multiple durations:** the buffer applies to whichever length the guest picks.
* **Team events:** buffers apply to the specific team member booked.

> **Note:** buffers apply *around busy times*, not to the very start or end of your working day. So a 9:00–10:00 slot at the start of the day isn't pushed later by a "before" buffer — but if the adjacent slot is booked, the buffer blocks the neighboring slot to protect the gap.

| 💡 Tip

A common setup is a 5-minute "before" buffer for quick prep and a 10-minute "after" buffer for follow-up.