How to Set Minimum & Maximum Stay Rules on Booking.com (Full Guide)

Booking.com offers multiple ways to control minimum and maximum length of stay, but many hosts either miss these settings or use them incorrectly.

In this video, I show you exactly how to set minimum stay rules on Booking.com, including both the basic calendar method and the advanced dynamic restriction rules for unsold and gap nights.

What you’ll learn in this video:
How to set minimum stay rules directly from the calendar
How to apply different minimum stays for different seasons
How Dynamic Restriction Rules work on Booking.com
How to reduce minimum stay for unsold nights
How to fix gap / orphan nights automatically
How to apply rules on a rolling window without manual changes

These settings help you increase occupancy, reduce empty nights, and optimise revenue without constantly editing your calendar.

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0:00 Introduction
0:10 Logging into the Booking.com Extranet
0:20 Calendar method for minimum stay
0:41 Switching to month view
0:52 Setting minimum stay by date range
1:16 Seasonal minimum stay strategy
1:31 Dynamic restriction rules overview
1:45 Unsold nights rule explained
2:33 Rolling 14-day minimum stay example
3:08 Gap nights / orphan nights explained
3:48 Fixing gap nights automatically
4:07 Reviewing and activating rules
4:12 Final thoughts & outro


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