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title: What's the difference between Recurring Events and Recurring Bookings?
description: Recurring Events are your repeating classes; Recurring Bookings are a member's standing spot in them. Learn what each does and where to manage them.
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# What's the difference between Recurring Events and Recurring Bookings?
## Octiv's Scheduling menu has two similarly named tools that do different jobs. Knowing which is which saves a lot of confusion.
**Recurring Events = your repeating classes**
A Recurring Event is a class or session that repeats on your timetable — for example a "Hybrid Training" class every Monday. You set it up once and it fills your calendar automatically.
You create and edit recurring classes from the calendar. For the full steps see "[How do I manage the class schedule and recurring classes?](https://knowledge.octivfitness.com/how-do-i-manage-the-class-schedule-and-recurring-classes?hsLang=en)" and "[How do I add a once-off or recurring class?](https://knowledge.octivfitness.com/adding-a-class-once-off-recurring?hsLang=en)"; to change a single occurrence rather than the whole series, see "[How do I edit a class or session?](https://knowledge.octivfitness.com/how-do-i-edit-just-one-occurrence-of-a-recurring-class?hsLang=en)".
You can also see every repeating class in one place under Scheduling → Recurring Events. Each row’s ⋮ menu lets you Edit, Duplicate or Delete the whole series.
**Recurring Bookings = a member’s standing spot**
A Recurring Booking automatically books a specific member into the same recurring class each week, so they don’t have to book it manually every time.
- Find them under Scheduling → Recurring Bookings. Each one shows the Member, the Class, the Booked Days and an End Date.
- Use the Status filter (Active / Inactive) to see current or ended bookings.
- Click Create New to add one, or the ⋮ (Actions) → Edit / Deactivate to change or stop one.
**In short**
A Recurring Event is the class itself, set up by your facility. A Recurring Booking is a member’s repeating place in that class.
**How far ahead the calendar shows:** The calendar displays up to about **3 months** in advance. Recurring classes and recurring bookings set to run further out - say, a series scheduled through to Christmas - are still saved and **will** run; they just won't appear in the calendar beyond that window yet. The later classes become visible as their dates come into range. So if a recurring series stops showing after about 3 months, nothing is wrong - the later classes simply aren't displayed yet.
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