Use advance notice to control how much time guests must give before they can book a reservation ahead of check-in. This helps you have enough time to prepare your property for the next arrival.
Advance notice creates a flexible block in the calendar, which means you can override it.
How advance notice works
- Pre-approving a reservation will override advance notice. This means the guest can confirm their reservation during the advance notice period that was set.
- Calendar dates under an advanced notice period won't be available for instant booking.
- Updates to advance notice will apply from midnight after the changes are made.
- The time zone is defined by the listing's location.
Booking channel limitations
Review channel-specific limitations below.
Advance notice is calculated backward from 11:59 PM on the day the guest intends to check in, in the time zone of the listing.
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For example: If you set a 1-day advance notice for the listing and a guest wants to check in on a Friday, they must make the reservation at least one day in advance. The cut-off time to make the reservation is 11:59 PM on Thursday. From midnight (12:00 AM) on Friday, they can no longer book for Friday. |
Note:
When you mark the Allow Airbnb guests to send reservation requests without advance notice (applies to Airbnb only) checkbox, the advance notice time that you've previously scheduled will be overridden, and guests will be able to send reservations — even if the time limit has already passed.
When a 1-day advance notice is set, Booking.com measures it from midnight (12:00 AM) on the check-in date, rather than counting 24 hours back from your property's check-in time. This affects bookings in two ways:
- Same-day bookings are blocked: Any reservation attempt made after 12:00 AM on the arrival date isn't allowed.
- Next-day bookings are allowed: Any reservation made before 11:59 PM on the day before arrival is accepted as a valid 1-day advance booking.
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For example: If you set a 1-day advance notice for the listing on a Friday, a reservation placed at 11:30 PM on Thursday is accepted. Booking.com accepts it because it was made before midnight on the check-in date, falling within the allowed booking window. However, any booking attempt after 12:00 AM on Friday is blocked. |
Guests can't make same-day reservations on Vrbo, regardless of the advance notice setup in Guesty.
Same-day advance notice settings currently don't apply to bookings made via the Booking Website.
Setting up advance notice to prepare a listing for guests
Follow the instructions below to set up an advance notice for your listings.
Step by step:
- Sign in to your Guesty account.
- In the side navigation menu, click
Properties overview. - Click the relevant listing.
- In the submenu, click Calendar.
- Select Availability settings.
- Next to "Listing Availability", click Edit.
- Under "Advance Notice", select how much notice is required from the dropdown.
- Fixed days: Select from the list. Use Same day (set cutoff time) to prevent same-day bookings.
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Custom: Enter a specific number of days.
Important:
Airbnb only accepts Fixed days values (None, Same day, 1, 2, 3, or 7 days); custom values aren't supported.
- At the top-right, click Save.
Tip:
Contact us to bulk update the advance notice settings for multiple listings.
Customize cut-off hours to prevent same-day bookings
Use Same day (set cutoff time) to prevent same-day bookings. Under "Guests can book same day until", click Select an option to choose the latest hour guests can book on the day of check-in (the cut-off hour). The latest cut-off hour is 11 PM.
Same-day notice syncs only with the following channels: direct integrations, Airbnb, Expedia, and Booking.com. For all other booking channels, this option creates a one-day block on the calendar before the check-in date.
Note:
If you select Same day (set cutoff time), an advance notice block appears for the entire day on your calendar. This visual block only applies to channels that do not support same-day bookings with cut-off hours. It does not affect same-day availability for supported channels (Airbnb, Booking.com, and Guesty's Booking Website).
Remove advance notice block
Follow the instructions below to remove an advance notice block from your calendar.
Step by step:
- Sign in to your Guesty account.
- In the side navigation menu, click
Multi-calendar. - Select the advance notice block.
- In the right side panel, click Remove advance notice.
Turn off Advance Notice
To deactivate advance notice, set "Advance notice" to None (Default).
