How to Set Date-Specific Booking Restrictions for Different Channels
Sometimes, your short-term rental business may require different booking rules for different OTA channels across specific dates.
With Hostex, you can easily apply customized booking restrictions for each channel and date range to better align with your strategy.
1. How to set it up
- Go to the Pricing Calendar in Hostex.
- Select the date or date range for a specific channel listing you want to adjust.
- In the pop-up window, click “Restrictions.”
- Set the values you need for items.
- Click Save.
2. Which booking restrictions are supported by each channel?
| Airbnb | Booking | Agoda | Bookingsite | Expedia | Vrbo | Houfy | Trip.com | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum stay | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Maximum stay | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |||
| Minimum stay through | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |||||
| Maximum stay through | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |||||
| Closed on check-in | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Closed on check-out | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
3. What do the different booking restrictions mean?
Minimum stay: Reservations with the check-in date on this date must not be shorter than the specified number of days.
Maximum stay: Reservations with the check-in date on this date must not be longer than the specified number of days.
Minimum stay through: Reservations including this date must not be shorter than the specified number of days.
Maximum stay through: Reservations including this date must not be longer than the specified number of days.
Closed on check-in: Reservations for the check-in date on this date are not allowed.
Closed on check-out: Reservations for the check-out date on this date are not allowed.
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