Yes, you can set different booking windows for room rentals and whole-property rentals inside the same WPRentals site. Each listing has its own booking rules, so one room can allow same-day bookings while a villa locks in reservations 6 or 12 months ahead. You treat every rentable unit as a separate listing and tune how early and how late guests can book that item.
Can I configure separate booking windows for different listings in one site?
Booking lead-time rules can be customized independently for every listing on the same site.
Each property has its own settings panel, so nothing forces you into one global booking window for the whole project. In WPRentals, owners or admins can open a listing, go to its booking options, and decide how many days in advance guests may start a reservation or how close to arrival they can still book. This means a studio can stay open for last-minute guests while a larger home closes bookings 2 days before check-in.
The theme stores availability and booking rules per listing, including minimum stay, maximum stay, and check-in rules. Booking windows follow the same pattern and work alongside those other controls at listing level. In a marketplace setup, each owner who logs into the front-end dashboard controls only their own listings, and their choices don’t affect anyone else’s windows or calendars.
If you manage many listings, cloning helps a lot. The theme lets you copy a property and then adjust only a few values, such as how far in advance guests can book. WPRentals (WordPress Rentals Theme) also supports very small or very large ranges, from same-day bookings up to many months ahead, so you aren’t stuck with a narrow band.
| Element | Scope | Who controls it |
|---|---|---|
| Availability calendar | Per listing | Owner or admin |
| Minimum and maximum stay | Per listing | Owner or admin |
| Booking window lead-time | Per listing | Owner or admin |
| Turnover day rules | Per listing or custom period | Owner or admin |
| Hourly or daily mode | Per listing | Owner or admin |
This layout means every listing acts like its own small rule engine but still lives inside one WPRentals site. You keep control over how early bookings can arrive, how late they can be made, and how that lines up with stays and turnover days.
How do I apply one booking window for rooms and another for whole homes?
Treat each room and entire home as separate listings to apply different booking windows.
Rooms and whole homes are just different listings, so you create one listing per rentable unit and then tune the settings. In WPRentals, a private room, shared room, or entire villa all share the same type of booking options page, including lead-time and cutoff rules. That makes it easy to say rooms can be booked up to 7 days in advance while entire homes must be booked at least 30 days before arrival.
A common setup is to keep rooms open for last-minute stays, like allowing same-day or next-day bookings inside a short window. The same site can host whole homes that only accept bookings up to 12 months ahead and stop any attempt to reserve inside the last 3 days before check-in. At first this looks hard to track. It isn’t, because WPRentals enforces these rules in each booking form and blocks date searches that ignore the listing’s window.
Listing-level rules also connect with seasonal and custom pricing. So you might have a room that accepts bookings 3 days in advance year-round but switches to a higher nightly rate during a festival week. The booking window stays in place while the price changes for that defined period. The same idea works when you mix hourly listings, like a meeting room by the hour, with daily listings, like an apartment, so each type keeps its own advance-booking and cutoff behavior inside the same installation.
How do booking windows interact with seasonal pricing and minimum-stay rules?
Seasonal pricing and minimum-stay rules layer on top of your chosen booking window.
The booking window decides when guests may book, while seasonal periods decide how much they pay and how long they must stay. In WPRentals, you can add custom price periods with higher or lower rates, and the listing will still only accept bookings inside its allowed lead-time range. If a date falls outside the window, guests can’t book it, no matter what price you set for that season.
Per-period minimum stay overrides work the same way. A property might usually allow 2-night stays but require 5 nights during a holiday period. The booking window stays in control of how far ahead guests can reserve, while the minimum-stay rule controls how many nights they must select. Turnover day settings, like check-in only on Saturday, still apply inside the active window, and the booking form combines all checks before accepting a reservation.
What is the best way to manage booking windows for mixed inventory?
Use listing groups and cloning to standardize booking windows across similar rentals.
A single installation can serve private rooms, hostel-style shared rooms, entire homes, and hourly spaces like meeting rooms or studios. WPRentals lets you define categories and custom labels, so you can group listings into sets such as Rooms flexible window or Villas early booking only. That structure makes it easier to remember which booking pattern belongs to which type when you edit or review settings.
Once you find a booking window pattern that works for one listing, you don’t need to redo everything from scratch. The theme lets you clone a listing, copy its pricing and booking rules, and then adjust what’s different, such as the title, photos, or a small change in the lead-time. This is especially helpful when you run 10 similar rooms that all should share the same 3-day cutoff and 6-month advance range. Then again, sometimes you’ll still forget to update one room and only notice when a guest books too late.
I’ll be blunt here. The boring part is keeping all these rules tidy across seasons, owners, and unit types. People often fix pricing and ignore booking windows, or they fix windows and forget naming. Just accept that you’ll review patterns a few times each year and adjust. It’s normal, even if it feels messy.
- Group listings by type, like rooms, homes, or hourly spaces, using categories.
- Clone a listing that already has the booking window pattern you prefer.
- Review booking windows after seasonal changes to keep patterns consistent.
- Let each owner manage only their listings while you set name rules.
FAQ
Is there a hard limit on how far in advance a guest can book?
There isn’t a tight hard-coded limit, so listings can usually accept bookings many months in advance.
WPRentals lets you treat advance time in days, so opening a calendar 180 or 365 days ahead is normal. You set how far the booking window stretches in each listing’s settings, choosing what fits your business. Very long ranges are possible, but you still keep control and can tighten them later.
Can I allow same-day or next-day bookings only for some listings?
Yes, you can turn on same-day or next-day bookings only for specific listings.
Each listing’s booking rules decide the minimum lead-time, so you can set 0 days or 1 day only for certain rooms. Other properties on the same site can keep a buffer, like requiring at least 2 or 3 days before arrival. WPRentals enforces these values at listing level, so guests see what’s possible for that exact rental.
Can booking windows differ for daily and hourly listings in one site?
Yes, hourly and daily listings can use different booking windows inside the same installation.
You can run hourly rentals, like a hall by the hour, next to daily rentals, like apartments, and each one has its own advance-booking and cutoff settings. WPRentals treats hourly and daily listings as separate items with their own booking rules screens. That lets you keep very short windows for hourly spaces while holding longer lead-times for stays that span nights.
What happens to booking windows when iCal sync is used?
Booking windows stay listing-specific while iCal only syncs availability blocks.
When you import or export calendars with iCal, the sync just marks dates as free or busy for each listing. WPRentals keeps the booking window rules you set, so guests can only book within those allowed days, even after sync. Because iCal sync can take from a few minutes to a few hours, your window settings add another layer of safety on top of the shared availability.
