Automatic travel blocks
For events with a location, DOFOTT writes ordinary Google Calendar events before and after the meeting. The route length is based on Google Maps for the relevant time, including traffic for driving and timetables for transit.
DOFOTT
DOFOTT automatically adds Google Maps-based travel blocks before and after Google Calendar events with locations. It is designed for people with in-person appointments who want travel time reflected in their schedules and booking availability.
Automatic travel time for Google Calendar
DOFOTT is a Google Calendar travel-time automation tool for people whose schedules include meetings or other events at physical locations. After connecting a Google account and setting an address, it adds calendar blocks before and after qualifying events so the time needed to get there and return is visible in the schedule.
Travel durations come from Google Maps rather than a manually entered estimate. DOFOTT writes the blocks as ordinary events in Google Calendar, allowing them to appear in compatible calendar, planning, scheduling, and booking applications that show the same Google account. The service currently works with Google Calendar accounts; calendars that exist only in iCloud, Outlook, or another non-Google account are not supported.
Features
Address-based trip starts
Set home and, optionally, work as addresses. DOFOTT can use work during the configured work hours and home at other times as the starting point.
Flexible travel settings
Choose driving, transit, walking, or cycling as the default travel mode, then change the mode, starting point, return trip, or no-travel setting for an individual event.
Calendar-aware updates
Travel blocks follow events when they are moved or resized, and deleting the event removes its associated block. Recurring events receive recurring travel blocks, while changing one occurrence changes only that date.
Route and buffer adjustments
When two events are close together, DOFOTT can calculate the trip directly from the first event instead of returning home when that route is shorter. A five-, ten-, or fifteen-minute buffer can also be added to trips.
Calendar controls
Blocks can be marked busy, muted so they do not add notifications, and assigned one of Google Calendar’s colors. A one-button control deletes the blocks DOFOTT created and can delete the account.
Use cases
Schedules with in-person appointments
A consultant, salesperson, or other mobile professional can keep driving or transit time visible around on-site meetings instead of relying on a separate map check or a manually created calendar block.
Protecting booking availability
People who publish booking availability through Calendly, Cal.com, SavvyCal, or TidyCal can have DOFOTT’s busy travel blocks reflected in the Google Calendar availability those services use, reducing the chance of offering a slot that conflicts with a journey.
Planning across calendar apps
Users who organize their day in Apple Calendar, Notion Calendar, Akiflow, Sunsama, or Superhuman can see the travel blocks when those apps display the connected Google Calendar account.
Mixed home-and-work travel
Someone moving between offices, clients, or other locations can set home and work addresses, use a preferred travel mode, and apply a different starting point or mode to an individual trip when the default does not fit.
Team travel-calendar pilots
A team that wants travel time represented in every member’s calendar can apply through DOFOTT’s pilot program; a general team plan is not yet available.
Pros and Cons
Pros
- Uses Google Maps-based durations instead of requiring users to estimate travel minutes manually.
- Updates travel blocks when events move or resize and handles recurring events at the occurrence level.
- Writes ordinary Google Calendar events, so the blocks can be viewed by compatible calendar and scheduling apps.
- Supports multiple travel modes, address-based starting points, buffers, and per-event overrides.
- Travel blocks can reserve free/busy time for booking pages and can be muted to avoid additional notifications.
Cons
- It currently depends on events being stored in a Google account; iCloud, Outlook, Microsoft 365, and other non-Google calendars are not supported as source calendars.
- A payment card is required at sign-up, and usage beyond the free monthly allowance is billed according to the selected plan.
- Team plans are not generally available yet; team access is offered through a pilot program.
FAQ
What do I need to set up DOFOTT?
DOFOTT requires a Google account with Google Calendar. Connect the account once, set an address, choose a plan, and select which writable calendars to use. A Gmail address is not required; Google Workspace and Google accounts using other email addresses are supported, subject to any administrator approval requirements.
Which calendars and calendar apps does DOFOTT support?
DOFOTT works with calendars and events that live in a Google account. It can also appear in Apple Calendar, Outlook, and other apps when they display the same Google Calendar account. It cannot read events that live only in iCloud, Outlook, Microsoft 365, or another non-Google calendar account.
How are travel blocks created and updated?
For an event with a location, DOFOTT writes a travel block before the event and another after it. The duration is calculated with Google Maps for the relevant time; driving uses traffic information and transit uses timetables. The blocks are ordinary Google Calendar events and move when the original event is moved or resized.
How does DOFOTT pricing work?
DOFOTT provides up to 12 meetings with a location per calendar month at no charge. A month that exceeds 12 costs $5 plus tax for the rest of that month. An annual plan costs $36 plus tax and has no limit; the source also lists a temporary first-year offer of $18 plus tax until 31 October.
Can I use DOFOTT for a team?
A team plan is not available yet. DOFOTT is seeking pilot teams, with access free while the pilot runs; the site says that after the pilot the price would be $36 plus tax per person per year.
Quick Facts
- Category
- Calendar productivity
- Primary platform
- Google Calendar
- Travel modes
- Driving, transit, walking, and cycling
- Supported calendar apps
- Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, Notion Calendar, Akiflow, Superhuman, Calendly, Cal.com, Sunsama, SavvyCal, and TidyCal when connected to the same Google account
- Free allowance
- Up to 12 meetings with a location per calendar month
- Source domain
- dofott.com
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