Minimum stays can be used to encourage longer bookings and prevent one night stays.
To start you will need to click on step 5 "minimum stays"
Click on "add"
Add start & end dates
This will indicate From when the minimum stay will begin and when the minimum stay shall continue until.
Click on the Calendar to indicate when the minimum stay will start and when it will end.
Overlapping Minimum Stays:
Minimum stays can overlap with each other in terms of the date that they apply. If you have 2 minimum stays that overlap, we will apply the minimum stay according to which will result in the longest stay.
In other words, if you setup a 3 night minimum stay that overlaps and existing 2 night minimum stay, we will apply the minimum stay that results in the longest stay (the 3 night minimum stay).
Specify Your Minimum Stay
Specify what the minimum number of nights is that you would like the guest to stay - type this in the field with a 2
Setting up minimum stays on specific days
You are able to setup minimum stays that overlap each other in-terms of the date.
Select on which arrival dates this will be applicable - in this example guests arriving on Thurs, Friday, Saturday & Sunday will have to stay a minimum of 5 nights.
Where as Mon, Tue, and Wed a minimum of 2 nights will apply.
Ticked = arrival dates the minimum stay applies to
UN-ticked = arrival dates the minimum stay does not apply to
Fill in the minimum nights of stay on the other days (UN-ticked)
Select room type the minimum stay applies to
Select the individual room this minimum stay must apply to by selecting each check box.
Alternatively you will be able to select All Rooms.
Ignore rule
If you will however, be willing to accept a booking shorter than your minimum stay only a few days before arrival, specify this here.
You can leave this blank if you don't want it to apply
The ignore rule does not update to the following channels:
- Booking.com
- Airbnb
- Followme2Africa
- HRS
- Agoda
- Hotelbeds
- Hostelworld
- Mr and Mrs Smith
- I-Escape
- Jumia
- Travelport
- Tourvest
Click on save
You will go back to the minimum stay screen
Once the minimum stay has been saved, all you will need to do is click on exit to take you back to the main menu.
Click on "publish"
All changes that you have made with in your Setup will then go live once you click on "publish"