An advance booking restriction prevents a reservation from being made at your property unless it is made a certain number of days in advance. The restriction can apply to:
- Rates (all rates or specific rates)
- Rate groups
- Space categories
- Space types
You can choose to restrict by arrival, departure, or stay when creating an advance booking restriction:
- For Arrival, any reservation that starts during the restricted period must be made a certain number of days in advance.
- For Departure, any reservation that ends during the restricted period must be made a certain number of days in advance.
- For Stay, any reservation with nights during the restricted period must be made a certain number of days in advance.
Create a minimum advance booking restriction
When a minimum advance booking restriction is in place, a reservation that falls within the restricted period can only be made if the number of days before arrival meets or exceeds the minimum advance.
- Go to Main menu > Settings > Services.
- Click on your stay service.
- From the Settings menu, click Restrictions.
- Click the
+
button.- Under the Type field, choose to restrict by either arrival, departure, or stay.
- Enter the start and end date of the restriction.
- The restriction applies to both the start and end date, as well as all dates in between. If you want to create a restriction for one day, you must enter the same date for the start and end.
- Select the rate, rate group, space category, and/or space type that you want the restriction to apply to. See our reference article for an in-depth explanation of fields on this screen.
- If you do not select an option, the restriction will apply to all. For example, if you don't select a rate, the restriction will apply to all of your rates.
- Under Minimum advance, enter the minimum number of days in advance that a reservation can be made before arrival.
- Click
Create
.
Create a maximum advance booking restriction
When a maximum advance booking restriction is in place, a reservation that falls within the restricted period can only be made if the number of days before arrival is less than or equal to the maximum advance.
- Go to Main menu > Settings > Services.
- Click on your stay service.
- From the Settings menu, click Restrictions.
- Click the
+
button.- Under the Type field, choose to restrict by either arrival, departure, or stay.
- Enter the start and end date of the restriction.
- The restriction applies to both the start and end date, as well as all dates in between. If you want to create a restriction for one day, you must enter the same date for the start and end.
- Select the rate, rate group, space category, and/or space type that you want the restriction to apply to. See our reference article for an in-depth explanation of fields on this screen.
- If you do not select an option, the restriction will apply to all. For example, if you don't select a rate, the restriction will apply to all of your rates.
- Under Maximum advance, enter the maximum number of days in advance that a reservation can be made before arrival.
- Click
Create
.