With this article, you can learn how to manage booking rules for your product from the Availability tab of the Product Builder.
Learn more about the Availability tab here: Step 3: Determining the availability of products.
Booking rules are configured through availability events. Learn more about availability events here.
New to the Product Builder? Read the first article in this series for an introduction to the Product feature.
Which plans include this feature?
Legacy: Soho, Pro, Plus, Enterprise, Flex
New: Growth (Subscription), Growth (Online Booking Fee), Managed
→ Learn more about our new plans or how to change your plan.
Where can I find this feature using the top menu?
Inventory > Products > Products > Add Product/Add New Product/Edit Product > Availability
What more do I need to use this feature?
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Admin permissions to manage inventory or restricted permissions to View products and assets and Manage products and assets.
Which Checkfront version supports this feature - classic, new or both?
- Your account must have access to products (Inventory > Products), a key feature of our new version of Checkfront. This feature is not available for use with items (Inventory > Items) in our classic version. → Learn more about products.
Managing booking rules
You can configure booking rules for each availability event.
Booking rule options vary depending on how your product is booked. As described in the following articles, they are configured with your Availability Events (Inventory > Products > Product Builder > Availability tab).
- Creating availability events for your all day or nightly products
- Creating availability events for your timeslot products
- Creating availability events for your flex time products
The following table shows your options depending on how your product is booked.
| Setting | How this product is booked | Description | Options |
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Min Duration |
Nightly, All Day, Flextime |
Set if this product requires a minimum duration when being booked, e.g., 3 hours.
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Max Duration |
Nightly, All Day, Flextime |
Set if this product requires a maximum duration, e.g., 10 hours, when booked. |
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Booking Window |
Timeslots, Nightly, All Day, Flextime |
Set how far in advance bookings can be made, e.g. four weeks. Availability falling OUTSIDE this window will be HIDDEN. |
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Cutoff Window |
Timeslots, Nightly, All Day, Flextime |
Restrict bookings from being accepted too close to when the booking is meant to start, e.g. two days. Availability falling INSIDE this window will be HIDDEN. |
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With the next article in this series, we take a look at setting up the number of guests per booking for your product availability event.
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