Minimum-stay and gap rules

If your rentals have minimum-night or gap requirements, configure them so Rezi doesn’t offer stays that violate your rules.

Raw calendar availability answers “are these dates free?”, but bookability is a stricter question: free dates can still be un-sellable under your own policies. A one-night request into a three-night-minimum cabin, or a stay that would strand an unbookable single night between two reservations, is technically open and practically wrong. Encoding these rules is what lets Rezi answer like an experienced host rather than a calendar lookup.

• Set a minimum number of nights per building or season
• Avoid orphan one-night gaps between bookings
• Rezi applies these when quoting availability to guests

Minimum nights, and why they vary

Most hosts set minimums for economics: with a fixed cleaning cost per turnover, one-night stays can lose money, and party-risk screening also favors longer bookings. Minimums often vary by season, two nights in the shoulder season, four in peak summer, a full week around major holidays. Set the rule the way your listings actually run, and Rezi applies the right minimum to the dates being asked about: a guest wanting one night in July hears “there’s a 4-night minimum in summer,” often with an offer of compliant alternatives rather than a flat no.

Gap rules, the subtler cousin

Gap rules prevent the orphan-night problem: a guest books Wednesday-to-Friday, leaving a lone Tuesday between them and the previous reservation, a night almost no one will ever book. Gap-aware quoting steers proposals so stray unbookable slivers don’t accumulate, which over a season quietly recovers real revenue. If you’ve fought this manually by nudging guests’ dates, this is that judgment, automated.

Consistency with your platform listings is worth a deliberate check. Your Airbnb settings enforce minimums for bookings made *on Airbnb*; Rezi’s rules govern what it *says* to people who text or call. If Airbnb says three nights and Rezi says two, a guest will eventually notice, and you’ll have an awkward conversation. When you adjust seasonal minimums on a platform, update Rezi’s rules in the same sitting, the same habit as keeping rates current.

How rules shape Rezi’s answers

Rules act as a filter on top of the merged calendar: Rezi only proposes stays that clear both availability and policy, and when a request falls short, it explains the rule and pivots to what would work, “the minimum that week is 3 nights; Thursday through Sunday is open if that suits.” The explanation matters: guests accept rules far more readily than rejections, and the pivot converts a decent share of near-miss inquiries into valid bookings.