Booking cut-off: until when a booking can still be made today

Booking cut-off

Do you not want anyone booking for today at 23:40? For that, each unit has the booking cut-off. It is not in the unit's master data but under Open pricing, Settings tab: at the top, under “Select properties”, choose the units, then set Booking cut-off (time) and Min. lead time (days) on the unit and click “Save”.

Min. lead time and booking cut-off with the sentence that describes the effect

This is how the two fields work together:

• Min. lead time 0 and a time, e.g. 18:00: from 18:00, bookings for today are closed. Earliest arrival day after that: tomorrow.
• Min. lead time 1 or more and a time: from that time, bookings for today and the following n days are closed.
• Min. lead time 1 or more, but “No cut-off”: then 11:30 automatically applies as the time.
• Min. lead time 0 and “No cut-off”: bookings for today are possible until midnight.

The page writes the effect for you in one sentence below the fields; read it before you save.

Where it applies

The booking cut-off is sent to the connected channels and applies just as much to your own booking tool. A guest therefore cannot get past the block via the direct route.

Airbnb is the exception. Airbnb has no time of day, only a lead time in hours. With min. lead time 0 with a time, your Airbnb setting therefore stays unchanged; the booking cut-off applies to Booking.com and the other channels. If you want the same at Airbnb, set it there separately as a lead time.

Don't mix these up

• Booking cut-off = from when nothing more is possible for today (time).
• Minimum stay = how many nights at least (see “Minimum stay and buffer nights between bookings”).
• Max. lead time / “Open until” = how far into the future bookings are possible at all.