What is the Minimum Stay rule?
Min Stay Check In: This ensures that guests checking in on a specific day stay at least X nights or more. For example, a minimum stay check in rule of 5 on a Friday means guests must stay until Tuesday night and check out on Wednesday morning – at the very least.
Min Stay Any: This ensures that guests staying on a specific night (regardless of their check in day) stay at least X nights or more. For example, a minimum stay any rule of 5 on a Friday means a guest that checks in on a Thursday must either stay one night (and check out before Friday) or stay five nights (and check out on Tuesday morning).
How do I set this up?
Let's look at setting a 3-night minimum stay for a bank holiday weekend:
Go to Prices > Price Update.
Add Min Stay Check In within the 'What to update?' field.
Add '3' into the value field.
Add the relevant bookables.
Add the rate type.
Enter the dates of the bank holiday. It’s common to add minimum stays to the Friday, Saturday and Sunday, but you might want to include the Thursday and Monday too.
Add the days of the week.
Click Set Prices.
You can also add minimum stays directly from the Grid – great if you've only got a couple of dates you want to update.
Go to Prices > Grid.
Enter the dates of the bank holiday under from and until.
Select Min Stay Any from the drop down menu under Show Me.
Click Show on Grid.
You can now click the relevant dates, and type 3.
Press enter on your keyboard to save.
Repeat this process until the dates for each bookable read the correct number.