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How to Book, Reschedule, Update or Cancel Your Appointment

Book a time from your appointment link, then reschedule it, change your details or cancel it — and see which confirmation email you get at each step.

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Written by Vince

Your appointment link lets you do four things: book a time, reschedule it, change your details, or cancel it — all without an account or a password. Every one of those sends you a confirmation email, and each of those emails carries the links you need to make the next change.

How do I book an appointment?

Open the appointment link you were sent. It opens on a month calendar showing when the person you are booking with is available.

The colobbo booking page showing a month calendar, with available dates marked and unavailable dates greyed out.

Only the highlighted dates have availability — the rest cannot be selected, so you cannot accidentally pick a day that will not work.

  1. Choose a date. The times available on that day appear beside the calendar.

  2. Choose a time.

  3. Fill in your details and accept the terms.

  4. Select Confirm Booking.

Available appointment times listed beside the calendar after a date has been selected.

On some schedules each time shows how many places are left — for example Available: 3. That means several people can book the same window, so you are choosing a period rather than a private slot.

The booking details form, with the selected date and time shown on the left under Current Booking Time.

The date and time you picked stays visible on the left while you type, so you can check it before confirming. Which fields you are asked for varies — whoever set the schedule up chooses whether to ask for a unit number, whether you own or rent, and site access notes.

What happens after I book?

You get a confirmation email straight away, headed New Booking. Keep it: it contains the links to reschedule, update or cancel this booking. The person the appointment is assigned to is notified at the same time.

If you lose the email, ask whoever sent you the original booking link — the links are unique to your booking and cannot be looked up from the booking page.

How do I reschedule to a different time?

Select Reschedule in your confirmation email. The page shows your current appointment beside the new one you are choosing, so you can see exactly what is changing before you commit.

The reschedule page showing Current Booking Time and New Booking Time side by side.

Pick the new date and time, check your details are still right, then select Reschedule Booking. You will get a Booking Rescheduled email confirming the new time.

How do I change my phone number or site access notes?

Select Update in your confirmation email. This changes your details — name, phone, unit number, site access notes — while keeping the same appointment time. You will get a Booking Updated email.

Use Reschedule instead if you want a different time. Update will not move the appointment.

How do I cancel?

Select Cancel in your confirmation email. Your booking details are shown read-only so you can check you are cancelling the right one.

The cancel booking page showing your booking details greyed out and read-only, for you to check before confirming.

Select Cancel Booking to confirm. You will get a Booking Cancelled email, and the person you were booked with is told as well. Cancelling cannot be undone — to come back later, book a new appointment from the original link.

Which emails will I receive?

When

Email you receive

You book an appointment

New Booking

You move it to another time

Booking Rescheduled

You change your details

Booking Updated

You cancel

Booking Cancelled

Shortly before the appointment

Booking Reminder, if reminders are switched on for that schedule

Every one of these also goes to the person your appointment is with, so you do not need to tell them separately.

Frequently asked questions

I did not get a confirmation email. What now?

Check your spam or junk folder first — the email comes from a do not reply address, which some filters treat as promotional. If it is not there, the address may have been mistyped when booking. Contact whoever sent you the booking link; they can see the booking and correct it.

Can I reply to the confirmation email?

No. It is sent from an unmonitored address. Use the Reschedule, Update or Cancel links in the email, or contact the company directly.

Why can I not select a date?

Dates without availability cannot be selected. That means the schedule does not run that day, the day is outside its date range, or every slot is taken. Try a highlighted date, or move to the next month using the arrows above the calendar.

Can I book more than one appointment?

That depends on how the schedule was set up — some allow multiple bookings from the same person and some do not. If a second booking is refused, that schedule allows one per person.

Do I need a colobbo account?

No. The booking link works without signing in, and so do the reschedule, update and cancel links.

My appointment time looks wrong. Which timezone is it in?

Times are shown in the schedule's timezone, named on the left of the booking page — for example W. Australia Standard Time. The current time in that timezone is shown underneath, so you can check it against your own.

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