When a listing is set to available or unavailable by default with at least one rental period, you can automatically block nights before and/or after a reservation, to prepare the listing for the next guest's arrival. The blocked dates appear in the calendar as diagonal gray stripes that say "Preparation time".
The preparation time block is a flexible block, meaning it can be overridden.
Follow the instructions below to create a listing's preparation time block, or to remove it.
Important:
- Preparation time blocks are automatically removed if a reservation is canceled. You can also remove them manually, as described below. The blocks will be removed across all booking channels.
- Preparation time blocks are only added/removed to reservations that are confirmed after the block is set up. Contact us to add/remove a block to existing reservations.
- Preparation time blocks can overlap. For example, if you block "2 nights before and after each reservation", and there are exactly two nights between one reservation's check-out and the next reservation's check-in.
Managing a preparation time block via the listing's calendar
Follow the instructions to add, edit or remove a preparation time block via the listing's calendar.
ֿStep by step:
- Sign in to your Guesty account.
- In the top navigation bar, click Listings.
- Click the relevant listing.
- In the left-side menu, click Calendar. Then, select Availability settings.
- Click Edit.
- Under "Preparation Time", select when and how many nights to block.
- To edit the preparation time block, select an alternative option.
- To remove the preparation time block, select None (Default).
- Click Save.
Remove a preparation time block for a specific reservation via the Multi-Calendar
Step by step:
- Sign in to your Guesty account.
- In the top navigation bar, click
. - On the row next to the relevant listing, click on the preparation time block you'd like to remove.
- In the pop-up to the right, click Remove preparation time.
If you encounter issues removing a preparation time block, refer to our troubleshooting guide before returning to implement the steps outlined in this article.