If you rent out spaces, equipment, or anything that requires booking, managing dates and times can sometimes get tricky. Now, you can easily control how your customers select booking periods with clear options that make sense for your business. Whether you want customers to pick specific times or just dates, this setup puts the choice in your hands — helping to avoid confusion and unexpected charges.

📌 Why This Matters

Managing rental bookings shouldn’t feel complicated. When time and date options are unclear or scattered in hidden settings, mistakes happen — like customers being charged for extra days they didn’t intend to book. By making booking periods clear and customizable per listing, you gain better control, your customers know exactly what to expect, and your rental process becomes more transparent and fair.

✨ What’s New

• Clear Booking Period Options: Choose from three easy-to-understand modes for rental bookings — Date & Time Selector, Date Selector, and Fixed Durations.
• Date & Time Selector: Lets your customers pick both the date and time, ideal for hourly rentals or when exact start and end times matter.
• Date Selector: Lets customers choose start and end dates only, with default start and end times you set to calculate booking length automatically.
• Fixed Durations: For items or spaces that rent for set periods, customers can select a start time if you allow it, while end times and durations are handled automatically.
• Smart Compatibility: The system prevents conflicting settings so you only create valid booking options, avoiding errors.
• Improved Control: Time selection can now be enabled or disabled on a listing-by-listing basis — no more global or hidden settings to worry about.
• Easy Transition: Existing bookings are automatically updated to fit these new modes, so nothing breaks on your site.

🛠️ How to Use It

1. Step 1: Decide for each rental listing whether customers should select a specific time or just dates.
2. Step 2: Pick one of the three booking period modes that fits your rental type: Date & Time Selector, Date Selector, or Fixed Durations.
3. Step 3: Set your default rental start and end times if you use the Date Selector or Fixed Durations options so the system calculates the booking length correctly.
4. Step 4: Review your listings to ensure the combinations of booking period and pricing units make sense (for example, hourly pricing only works with time selections).
5. Step 5: Let your customers book confidently knowing they’re charged the right amount for the exact timeframe they want.

💡 Pro Tip

Clear and customized booking options reduce confusion and prevent accidental overcharges, helping you build trust and increase repeat bookings for your rental business.