How to Add Google Calendar and iCal Links to GHL Reminders

Updated November 18, 2022

Appointment no-shows often happen simply because contacts have no easy way to save the event to their personal calendar. Using GoHighLevel custom values, you will add working Add to Google Calendar and iCal/Outlook links inside any appointment reminder email or SMS.

In an appointment reminder, you may want to include the “Add This To Your Calendar” option to make it easy for your customers to simply put the event in their personal calendar. This can be done through the Custom Values in the template builder with a few easy steps.

Step 1: Access the Message Templates

In your system, navigate to your “Message Templates”. Either click “Add New” or click the edit icon on an existing template.

Step 2: Update the Template

In the pop up email/SMS builder window, there is a dropdown of “Custom Values”. Choose Appointment > Add to Google Calendar OR Add to iCal/Outlook.
Click save at the bottom of the builder screen.

NOTE: You can also do this anywhere you can add custom values to a communication, such as an email or SMS in a trigger, campaign, or workflow.