You can set a minimum advance booking period for each availability period. This prevents guests from making last-minute bookings.
Note: This setting is only available after you have created and saved an availability period. For more information, see the article Set up available periods.
Setting a minimum advance booking period
Click Edit next to the desired availability period.
Go to the General tab and click the clock icon next to the availability period.
Specify how many days or hours in advance a guest must book.
Click Save.
Guests will no longer be able to make a booking within the configured time frame.
Reservation deadline examples
When configuring the reservation deadline, the time difference is calculated by counting back from midnight (00:00) on the arrival date.
Setting | Reservations possible until |
5 hours | 7:00 PM on the arrival date |
9 hours | 3:00 PM on the arrival date |
14 hours | 10:00 AM on the arrival date |
1 day | 12:00 AM (midnight) on the day before the arrival date |
Channel reservations (Booking.com)
For Booking.com reservations, you can also manage this setting within our booking system. See the article Set the minimum advance booking period for Booking.com to learn how to configure this.
For other booking channels, this setting cannot be configured within our booking system. Please refer to the settings of the respective platform. Available options may vary by channel.