"Will the AI say something wrong to my prospects?"

"It only knows what you tell it. You write the rules in plain English, it follows them, and anything it's unsure about it hands to you instead of guessing. And it doesn't stay wrong: every week it reviews where conversations fell short and suggests one plain-English fix for you to approve. A weak spot gets caught and fixed, not repeated."

"Does the bot change on its own?"

"No. Once a week it may suggest one small improvement, in plain English, already tested against your own past conversations. Nothing reaches your bot unless you approve it, and you can edit the wording or skip it. It suggests; you decide, every time."

"My prospects are senior. Won't an AI chat feel cheap?"

"It isn't a toy chatbot that loops “how can I help?” It answers real questions about your work and screens like a sharp assistant. What actually feels cheap to a senior buyer is a contact form and no reply until tomorrow."

"I don't want an AI handling my payments."

"It never holds your money. Session fees go straight to your own Stripe account through standard secure checkout. You set the amounts. And only you can issue a refund. The bot has no way to do it."

"I already use Calendly."

"Calendly books whoever clicks, which is exactly why unqualified people end up on your calendar. FrontDeskChat is the conversation before the booking: it answers questions, screens for fit, and takes the fee, then books into the calendar you already use."

"Do I need a website to use this?"

"No. With a website, paste one line of code and the chat widget appears on it. Without one, share your front desk as a link instead, in an email, a DM, or your link-in-bio. It works the same either way."

"My intro call is free. Does this still work?"

"Yes. Set the fee to $0 and it still answers and screens, so you only meet good-fit prospects. Or charge a small fee. Even $100 filters out the tire-kickers. You decide."

"What if it turns away a real client?"

"You define what “good fit” means, and you see every conversation it has. When it's not sure, it hands the visitor to you rather than guess. It leans toward booking the call, never toward closing the door. If it ever gets one wrong, you fix the rule in one sentence."

"It's new. Why should I trust it?"

"Play with the live demo on this page right now. The trial is free for 14 days with no card, the founder sets it up with you personally, and your calendar and payments stay in your own Google and Stripe accounts the whole time."

How to block all Google calendar invites?

Google Calendar does not offer a complete block of all invitations. You cannot prevent invitations from arriving in your email, and there is no built-in block or filter for specific senders. However, you can control whether invitations automatically appear on your calendar before you respond to them. By default, Google Calendar adds every invitation to your calendar the moment it arrives, even if you have not yet decided whether to attend. By changing one setting, you can make invitations visible only after you explicitly accept or respond to them.

Why change this setting:

The default behavior adds all invitations to your calendar immediately. This can clutter your calendar with many “maybe” events before you have made decisions. Some people prefer a cleaner calendar showing only events they have confirmed attending. The setting allows you to control this behavior.

How to change the “Automatically add invitations” setting:

Step 1: Open Google Calendar settings

Open Google Calendar at calendar.google.com.
In the top-right corner, click the Settings gear icon.

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A dropdown menu appears. Click on Settings to open the full settings page.

Step 2: Find the Event Settings section

In the left sidebar, scroll down to locate the Event Settings section (or you may see it listed as Invitations depending on your Google Calendar version).
Look for the option labeled Automatically add invitations or Add invitations to my calendar.

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Step 3: Choose your preference

You will see two options:

Option 1: Yes (default) Selecting Yes means all invitations you receive are automatically added to your calendar the moment they arrive, even if you have not yet responded. Your calendar shows the event in a tentative or pending status until you accept, decline, or mark as maybe. This is the default Google Calendar behavior and gives you a full view of all pending events.

Option 2: No, only display invitations to which I have replied Selecting No, only display the invitations to which I have replied means invitations do not appear on your calendar until you respond to them (accept, decline, or mark as maybe). The invitations still arrive as emails in your Gmail inbox, and you can open the email and respond (Accept, Decline, or Maybe) directly from Gmail or from Google Calendar’s invitation panel. Once you respond, the event immediately appears on your calendar according to your response. This keeps your calendar cleaner by showing only events you have made decisions about.

Step 4: Save your choice

After selecting your preference, the setting is saved automatically. You do not need to click a separate Save button.

Invitation notifications still arrive regardless of this setting:

Whether this setting is Yes or No, you will still receive email notifications when someone invites you to an event. The setting only controls whether the event appears on your calendar view before you respond. You can adjust email notification settings separately in Google Calendar’s notification preferences.

To find unanswered invitations when using “No”:

If you select “No” and forget about invitations in your inbox, you can find unanswered invitations by:

Going to your Gmail inbox and searching for emails from calendar invitations
Looking in Google Calendar’s left sidebar for an “Invitations” section or pending events indicator
Some Gmail versions show a separate “Waiting for your response” section that lists unanswered invitations

Frequently asked questions about How to block all Google calendar invites?

Can I completely block invitations from certain people?

Google Calendar does not have a block or filter feature to prevent invitations from specific senders. The “Automatically add invitations” setting is global and applies to all invitations, not individual people. If you want to avoid receiving invitations from specific people, your options are to ask them not to invite you, or use email filters in Gmail to archive their messages automatically. Blocking a person entirely would require doing so at the Gmail level, not in Calendar.

What happens to invitations I haven’t responded to when the setting is set to "No"?

When you set the calendar to “No, only display the invitations to which I have replied,” invitations you have not yet responded to will not appear on your calendar view. However, they are not deleted or blocked. The invitation email still arrives in your Gmail inbox. You can respond to the invitation from your email, and once you accept, decline, or mark as maybe, the event will appear on your calendar according to your response.

Does this setting affect invitations I’ve already accepted?

No. Events you have already accepted will always appear on your calendar regardless of this setting. The “Automatically add invitations” setting only controls whether new, unanswered invitations automatically appear on your calendar. Events you accepted in the past, and recurring events you are attending, will remain visible on your calendar.

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