André ,
Thank you for your interest in Vacation Request!
As far as the doc links (or lack thereof) it sounds like some of your users are getting their mail after it goes through a gateway to another mail system. Is everybody on Notes? I have not seen this behavior before. Please reply with any other information you can provide.
Yes, the personal calendar entries are only for the specific day (not just the first day) on which the button was clicked in the Vacation Request calendar. There is no way I could attempt to duplicate all of the logic for repeating appointments in Vacation Request, hence, this compromise. Also, please note that busytime is reserved (an appointment) only if the vacation is for the person in whose calendar the event is being captured (otherwise a reminder). I chose to not use the all day event since vacation need not be only for full days.
Two choices here: click the button on each day of the vacation in the Vacation Request calendar or (my preference) after getting the first day of the vacation period in your personal calendar update it with appropriate repeat details.
HTH,
Bob