# Hot Desk (Full Day) with CIDO Hot Desking

> Book a free hot desk at the CIDO Innovation Centre for the day (8:30am to 5:00pm, Monday to Friday). Up to 10 desks are available each day. Just pick your date and register with your name and email.

- Host: CIDO Hot Desking
- Duration: 510 min
- Host time zone: Europe/London
- Confirmation: Bookings are confirmed instantly.
- Booking page: https://cal.com/cido-hot-desk/book
- Event type id: 7853492

## Check availability

```http
GET https://api.cal.com/v2/slots?eventTypeId=7853492&start=YYYY-MM-DD&end=YYYY-MM-DD&timeZone=<IANA time zone>
cal-api-version: 2024-09-04
```

The response is `{"data":{"YYYY-MM-DD":[{"start":"<ISO 8601 with offset>"}]}}`; no API key is needed.

## Book

```http
POST https://api.cal.com/v2/bookings
cal-api-version: 2026-02-25
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "eventTypeId": 7853492,
  "start": "<UTC ISO 8601 start from the slots response>",
  "attendee": {
    "name": "…",
    "email": "…",
    "timeZone": "<IANA time zone>"
  },
  "bookingFieldsResponses": {
    "privacy-consent": "…",
    "notes": "…",
    "marketing-opt-in": "…"
  }
}
```

- Required fields: `name` (Your name), `email` (Email address), `privacy-consent` (I agree that CIDO can keep my name and email to manage my hot desk bookings and record how often I visit. See our privacy policy at cido.co.uk/privacy-policy)
- Optional fields: `notes` (Additional notes), `marketing-opt-in` (Yes, please send me occasional emails about CIDO events, workshops and offers (optional))
- `name` and `email` go in `attendee` and `guests` is a list of emails; every other field goes in `bookingFieldsResponses` under its name.