What does 'Other Resource' mean?

There are four different resource types in Resource Guru: people, meeting rooms, miscellaneous and vehicles. The last three of these are other resources. 

The functionality of other resources is different to that of people, for example it's not possible to create a duration booking (e.g. 4hrs) for other resources. You can only create time specific bookings for these resources (e.g. 9am-1pm) because unlike people, they do not have the capacity to manage their own time.

Also, it is not possible to invite other resources to your account, so they don't have access to their own personal dashboard where they can track their bookings, add their own time off or sync their Resource Guru events with their calendar such as Outlook/Google Calendar etc. This functionality is available to all invited people. 

Please note: It’s not possible to change a resource’s Type once it’s been added, so make sure to add your people as people, and anything else as other resources. That way you’ll have access to the right functionality for all the people and other resources that you manage.

You can also add custom fields to other resources i.e. a location to your vehicles or meeting rooms and individual availability. 

Adding People and Other Resources
2-Way Syncing Between Google Calendar and Resource Guru
Editing Resources Default Availability