Sync Occasion with your Google Calendar

Occasion offers a two-way sync with your Google Calendar — so you can plan your schedule around your business, block off personal time so customers can't book you, and keep everything in one place.

In this article:

• Connecting your Google Calendar
• Setting up your sync preferences
• Disconnecting Google Calendar
• Common Questions

Connecting your Google Calendar to Occasion

• Log into your Occasion workspace and go to Settings in the left navigation.

• Click Account Settings, then select Integrations from the left menu.

  

  
  
• Find the Google Calendar card and click Edit.
• Click Connect to Google Calendar — this will open a Google authorization pop-up.
• Select the Google account you want to connect and allow the requested permissions.

Setting up one-way or two-way sync between Occasion and Google Calendar

Once connected, click Edit on the Google Calendar card to configure your sync.

You'll see three settings:

1. Push Events to Google Calendar — Occasion bookings will appear in your Google Calendar automatically. When a customer books an event, it's pushed to Google immediately.
2. Pull Events from Google Calendar — Your personal Google Calendar events will appear in your Occasion workspace calendar. This lets you see your full schedule in one view.

Note: All-day events will not sync from Google to Occasion. New events may take up to one hour to appear.

3. Avoid Double Bookings — When enabled, Occasion will block customer bookings during times you're busy on your personal Google Calendar.

Make sure to save your changes after updating any settings.

Disconnecting Google Calendar from your Occasion workspace

1. Go to Settings > Account Settings > Integrations.
2. Find the Google Calendar card.

3. Click Disconnect and confirm in the pop-up.

   

   
   

Common Questions

• Why do only some of my Occasion events show in Google Calendar? Occasion only syncs events once a customer books them — unbooked events won't appear. If you need all events visible, reach out to us and we can set up a raw ICS feed instead (note: ICS feeds can be slower to update).
• How does Occasion appear in my Google Calendar? If Push Events is enabled, your Occasion calendar will appear as "Occasion — [your business name]" in Google Calendar.
• Will private Google Calendar events show in Occasion? Not by default. To show private events, toggle on "Show private events on the calendar" in your Website Calendar Layout settings.
• Does Occasion integrate with Outlook or Apple Calendar? Not natively — but it's on our roadmap. Stay tuned.