Manually block or unblock dates on a listing via the Multi-Calendar or the listing's calendar. A manual block is a flexible block, meaning it can be overridden. These blocks appear in gray on your calendar. Selected dates block or unblock across all connected booking channels.
A block must cover at least one night (spanning two calendar days). Guesty counts both the arrival and departure dates as part of the blocked period. Because check-in and check-out times usually happen in the morning or afternoon, the block leaves the rest of those days open.
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For example: If the block is for Jan 18th and Jan 19th, the calendar block covers only part of Jan 18th and Jan 19th. |
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Before you begin
If you use Smart calendar rules, select the "Include manual blocks" checkbox under the relevant rule to automatically block dates on connected listings. Without this selection, manual date blocks don't trigger the rules.
Create a manual block
Create manual blocks for past, current, or future dates.
Pilot: Learn how to create manual blocks in bulk.
Follow the instructions below to block dates manually via the Multi-Calendar.
Step by step:
- Sign in to your Guesty account.
- In the top navigation bar, click Calendar.
- Click and drag the cursor across the nights you want to block on the row next to the listing. Alternatively, click a date on the listing and select your dates from the date-picker in the sidebar.
- If necessary, adjust the required dates at the top of the right sidebar.
- Click Create a manual block.
- Enter the necessary details under "Note".
- Click Save.
Tip:
Instead of dragging the cursor, click a date on the listing and select a date range across one or more nights in the upper part of the pop-up. Use this method to block past dates: click a future date and change the date range manually in the pop-up to a past date.
Follow the instructions below to block dates manually 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.
- From the left-side menu, click Calendar, then select Calendar.
- Click the relevant date on the listing's calendar.
- In the sidebar, adjust the dates if necessary.
- Click Create manual block.
- Type a note about the manual block.
- Click Save.
Edit or remove manual, preparation time, or iCal blocks
Edit or remove manual and preparation time blocks via the Multi-Calendar or the listing's calendar. Remove iCal blocks only from the Multi-Calendar. Learn how to remove inflexible blocks.
Keep the following in mind:
- Removing an iCal block is an irreversible action. The block won't appear again, even if you relink the same iCal.
- Edit or remove a flexible block for past dates only via the listing's calendar.
- If you experience issues when attempting to remove a manual block, refer to our troubleshooting guide for browser-related issues.
- Contact us to remove manual blocks in bulk.
Follow the instructions below to edit or remove a block via the Multi-Calendar.
Step by step:
- Sign in to your Guesty account.
- In the top navigation bar, click Calendar.
- Click the relevant block in the calendar, marked in gray. Adjust the dates as necessary.
- Edit or delete a manual block:
- Click Edit manual block. Edit the note if necessary, and click Save.
- To remove a block, click Remove the manual block, and in the pop-up click Confirm.
Follow the instructions below to edit or remove a 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.
- From the left-side menu, click Calendar, then select Calendar.
- Click the relevant block in the calendar, marked in gray. Adjust the dates if necessary.
- Edit or delete a manual block:
- Click Edit manual block. Edit the note if necessary, and click Save.
- To remove a block, click Remove the manual block, and in the pop-up click Confirm.
Blocking or unblocking dates manually