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The Google Calendar integration keeps 1Club bookings and Google Calendar events in step with each other. You map each area or instructor to a single Google calendar and choose whether bookings flow to Google, come in from Google, or sync both ways. Each mapping is independent, so you can wire a studio area to a shared resource calendar and a personal trainer to their own calendar at the same time. Google Calendar is a paid-plan integration. Organizations on the Free plan or still in the Grow trial cannot connect it or create mappings until they upgrade. Once connected, viewing mappings and deleting them stays available regardless of plan.

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Overview

  • Map per area or per instructor - Each mapping links one Google calendar to one area or one instructor (never both at once).
  • Choose a sync direction per mapping - Bidirectional, outbound only, or inbound only.
  • Multiple calendars - No limit on mappings; map different areas and instructors to different calendars.
  • Resource calendars - Point a mapping at a Google Workspace resource calendar to publish an area’s schedule to that room or asset.
  • On-demand full sync - Each mapping shows its last sync time and a Sync Now button that runs a full sync in the configured direction.
  • OAuth connection - Connect once with a Google account; 1Club stores a refresh token and lists the calendars you can write to.

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Before you start

  • A Google account with permission to read and write the calendars you want to sync.
  • To sync to a Google Workspace resource calendar, the resource must already exist in your Workspace admin.
  • An upgraded plan (Grow trial and Free plans are blocked from connecting).

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Connect Google Calendar

  1. Go to Settings → Integrations and click Activate on the Google Calendar card.
  2. On the Google Calendar page, click Authorize Google Calendar.
  3. Sign in to Google and grant 1Club permission to view and manage your calendars.
  4. You return to 1Club with the connection status shown as Active and a chip listing how many calendars were found.

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Add a mapping

Each mapping links one area or one instructor to one Google calendar.
  1. Click Add Mapping.
  2. In the Create Calendar Mapping dialog, choose either an Area or an Instructor. Selecting one clears the other - a mapping targets exactly one of them.
  3. Pick the Google Calendar to sync with from the dropdown. The primary calendar is tagged (Primary).
  4. Pick a Sync Direction:
    • Bidirectional - bookings created in 1Club go to Google, and events created in Google come back as bookings.
    • Outbound Only (Bookings → Google) - 1Club bookings push to Google; Google events are ignored.
    • Inbound Only (Google → Bookings) - Google events appear as bookings; 1Club bookings stay out of that calendar.
  5. Save. The new mapping appears as a card with a status chip and its sync direction.

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What syncs

  • The Google event title is built from the area or instructor name plus the member’s name (for example Court 1 - Jane Doe), and the event description carries the booking details, including any booking notes.
  • Booking start and end times map to the event times.
  • Inbound events become bookings for the mapped area or instructor, using the event summary and description.
  • Cancellations remove the event on the other side.
  • Edits propagate in the direction(s) you configured.
Each mapping card shows a Last sync timestamp. Click Sync Now to run a full sync for that mapping immediately - useful after a bulk schedule change. The result reports how many outbound and inbound events were synced.

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Multiple mappings

There is no limit on mappings. Common setups:
  • One mapping per court or studio area to dedicated resource calendars, outbound only, so the whole team sees the schedule in Google.
  • One mapping per instructor to that instructor’s personal calendar, bidirectional, so they can block their own time off from Google and have it show up as unavailable in 1Club.
  • A mix - broadcast areas outbound only while instructors sync both ways.

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Worked examples

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Padel club: publish court schedules to a shared team calendar

A four-court padel club wants front-desk and coaching staff to see court bookings inside the Google Workspace calendar they already live in. Create one mapping per court, each pointing at a Workspace resource calendar (Court 1, Court 2, and so on) with direction Outbound Only. Bookings taken in 1Club now populate those calendars, but stray events someone adds in Google never turn into phantom court bookings.

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Personal trainer: two-way sync to avoid double-booking

An independent strength coach takes 1Club bookings but also schedules external clients in their personal Google calendar. Map the instructor to their Google calendar with direction Bidirectional. A block they add in Google (a dentist appointment, an off-site session) comes back into 1Club as a booking on their schedule, so members can’t book them during that time; sessions booked in 1Club appear in their Google calendar automatically.

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Yoga studio: mirror the room schedule for a landlord

A yoga studio that sublets its room reports the schedule to the building manager. Map the studio area to a calendar shared with the manager, direction Outbound Only, and use Sync Now after publishing the new term’s timetable to push everything at once.

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Tips and best practices

  • Use Outbound Only whenever the Google calendar is a display or reporting surface. It prevents accidental Google events from creating real bookings.
  • Reserve Bidirectional for calendars a person actively manages (usually an instructor), where blocking time in Google should reserve time in 1Club.
  • Point area mappings at Workspace resource calendars rather than personal calendars so access follows the resource, not one employee’s account.
  • After a large timetable change, click Sync Now on the affected mappings instead of waiting for the next scheduled sync.
  • Authorize with a service or shared Google account the team controls, not a personal account that might leave with an employee.

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Troubleshooting

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Disconnect

Click Deactivate from the integrations list, or delete each mapping individually. Disconnecting revokes 1Club’s access to your Google account. Events already created on Google stay there until you delete them in Google Calendar.