{"id":1177,"date":"2024-07-08T04:43:52","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T11:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hostex.io\/help\/?p=1177"},"modified":"2025-07-14T01:16:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T08:16:01","slug":"gap-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hostex.io\/help\/gap-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Gap Management &#8211; Allowing Bookings with Stays Less Than the Minimum Stay Limit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Hosts often set a\u00a0minimum stay\u2014like 4 nights\u2014to streamline operations and increase revenue. However, between bookings, gaps sometimes appear that are\u00a0shorter than the minimum stay\u00a0(e.g. a 3-night gap between two reservations). These dates go unbooked, even though you\u2019d love to fill them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Previously, you&#8217;d need to manually adjust your minimum stay every time. Now,\u00a0Hostex handles it for you.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Gap Management?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Hostex\u2019s\u00a0gap management feature\u00a0automatically detects short gaps in your calendar and updates the\u00a0minimum stay\u00a0for those dates, matching the exact length of the gap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No more manual updates. No more missed opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step-by-Step Guide<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hostex.io\/app\/automation\/gap\">Automation<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0in your Hostex dashboard.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click\u00a0<strong>Create New Rule<\/strong>\u00a0for Gap Management.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Set a\u00a0<strong>threshold value<\/strong>\u00a0(in nights).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click\u00a0<strong>Save<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s it! From now on, <strong>any gap\u00a0shorter than your threshold\u00a0will automatically adjust its\u00a0minimum stay\u00a0to match the gap length.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Notes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If\u00a0multiple rules\u00a0apply to the same property or room type, Hostex will use the rule with the\u00a0shortest minimum stay.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If the\u00a0gap is longer than the threshold, and the\u00a0current minimum stay\u00a0inside that gap is already\u00a0longer than the gap,\u00a0Hostex won\u2019t make any changes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hosts often set a\u00a0minimum stay\u2014like 4 nights\u2014to streamline operations and increase revenue. However, between bookings, gaps sometimes appear that are\u00a0shorter than the minimum stay\u00a0(e.g. a 3-night gap between two reservations). These dates go unbooked, even though you\u2019d love to fill them. Previously, you&#8217;d need to manually adjust your minimum stay every time. Now,\u00a0Hostex handles it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-calendar","category-automations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hostex.io\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hostex.io\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hostex.io\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hostex.io\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hostex.io\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1177"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/hostex.io\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1504,"href":"https:\/\/hostex.io\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1177\/revisions\/1504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hostex.io\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hostex.io\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hostex.io\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}