Set a minimum stay restriction

Where: Channel Manager → Inventory in ClearHost
You need: Channel Manager on the property's plan, and permission to edit inventory on this property.

#Steps

1. 1

   Select the property you want to work on in the top bar.

2. 2

   Open "Channel Manager → Inventory".

3. 3

   Click the room type name to expand it — each of its rate plans then shows a row of rates. Click the rate figure on the plan and date you want, and the rate drawer opens for that night.

4. 4

   Set "Min stay if arriving" to the number of nights a guest must book if they arrive on that date. Use Min stay through instead when any stay that merely covers the date has to run that long.

5. 5

   "Max stay" has to be at least as large as the minimums you set, otherwise the drawer refuses to apply. Leave it at No limit if there is no ceiling.

6. 6

   Use Dates if the rule should cover a run of nights rather than the one you clicked, then click "Apply to" — the button names how many nights it will write.

7. 7

   Careful: the drawer applies every field it is showing to every night in the range, "Price a night" included. Check the price reads what you expect before applying over a range, or set the minimum stay one night at a time.

8. 8

   Click "Save Changes" in the bar at the bottom to push the staged nights.

#Good to know

Minimum stay is held per rate plan, so repeat it on each plan you sell those dates on. A minimum stay does not block the date — guests who meet it can still book.