ApproveThis manages your CalendarFix approvals.

When Calendars Meet Approvals: No More "Oops" Moments

Let's be real - nobody wants their sales team accidentally booking demos during company-wide shutdowns. Or HR scheduling interviews with candidates before hiring managers even know there's an open req. CalendarFix handles the "when," but ApproveThis answers the "who said this was okay?"

Why This Combo Works Like Duct Tape for Adult Problems

CalendarFix keeps your team's schedules from looking like a toddler's finger painting. ApproveThis stops people from treating company time like Monopoly money. Together through Zapier, they create guardrails that actually work:

The Approval Layer Your Calendar Deserves

Think of this integration as bouncer for your calendar. New event pops up in CalendarFix? Zapier kicks it to ApproveThis where:

• Budget thresholds auto-approve $500 team lunches but flag $5K offsites
• External clients can approve meetings without getting CalendarFix logins
• Vacationing approvers get auto-skipped (no more "Out of Office" black holes)

Real-World Uses That Don't Suck

This isn't some "digital transformation" BS. Here's how actual teams use it:

For Marketing Teams: No More Rogue Webinars

Your junior marketer schedules a webinar? Cool. But now it automatically routes to:

1. Content lead checks topic relevance
2. Sales ops verifies CRM capacity
3. Legal approves disclosures

All before the calendar invite goes out. Bonus: ApproveThis' calculated fields automatically check against campaign budgets.

HR Teams: Interview Scheduling That Doesn't Embarrass You

Recruiters using CalendarFix can:

• Auto-verify interviewers aren't PTO
• Require hiring manager sign-off before sending invites
• Track approval delays slowing time-to-hire

Operations: Meeting Cost Control

That all-hands meeting requiring $15K in AV gear? ApproveThis:

- Auto-flags events over budget thresholds
- Routes to CFO only when needed
- Shows real-time approval status without 47 Slack pings

Setting This Up Without Losing Your Mind

Zapier makes this stupid simple:

1. Connect CalendarFix to Zapier
2. Choose "New Event" trigger
3. Add ApproveThis "Create Request" action
4. Map these fields:
- Event Title → Request Title
- Description → Comments
- Organizer Email → Requester
- Total Attendees → Custom Field (for cost calculations)

Pro Tip: Use ApproveThis' conditional logic to auto-approve routine 1:1s but gatekeep all multi-department meetings.

What You’re Really Buying Here

This isn't about automating paperwork. It's about:

For Execs: Knowing that $800/hr consultant meetings get VP review before hitting calendars

For Admins: Killing the "Who approved this?!" email chains

For Teams: Actually trusting the calendar instead of double-checking everything

The Nuts and Bolts You Care About

ApproveThis plays nice with CalendarFix through Zapier without:

- Requiring approvers to have CalendarFix logins (huge for external partners)
- Creating yet another app for people to check
- Adding meeting approval steps that feel like DMV visits

Key features doing heavy lifting:

Approval Thresholds: Auto-approve internal team meetings under 1 hour, escalate anything with "All Hands" in the title

Vacation Delegation: John's hiking Kilimanjaro? Requests auto-route to Sally without missing beat

Real-Time Tracking: See which department bottlenecks approvals (looking at you, Legal)

When This Makes Sense (And When It Doesn't)

This integration slays if you:

- Have compliance/oversight needs (public companies, healthcare, etc)
- Use external vendors who book time directly
- Run distributed teams across timezones
- Hate micromanaging but love visibility

Probably overkill if:
- Your biggest meeting drama is whose turn it is to bring donuts
- You have 3 employees who share one Google account

Getting Started Without the Usual Hassle

ApproveThis offers free trials (no credit card needed) and pre-built CalendarFix templates. The kicker? Approvers only need email - no new logins to manage.

Implementation timeline:
- Setup: 38 minutes (we timed it)
- Team adoption: About as long as it takes to say "This replaces 4 approval emails"

The Bottom Line

Companies between 50-5,000 employees use this integration to:
- Prevent calendar FUBAR moments
- Make oversight actually scalable
- Stop being the meeting police

It's not sexy, but neither are seatbelts. Both exist so you can move fast without crashing.

Do Something That Isn't Stupid

Either:
1. Try ApproveThis Free (connects to CalendarFix in 6 minutes)
2. Get Custom Demo (we'll show specific use cases for your industry)

Because continuing to manually approve calendar items in 2024 is like faxing meeting invites.