Holidu's Flexible Stays feature lets you open up bookable nights in the gaps between your reservations. These gaps usually appear in purple on your calendar because your minimum-stay rules or fixed check-in and check-out days block them. Activating Flexible Stays makes those nights available without changing your standard settings, so you can capture short-stay demand you would otherwise miss.

How to Activate Flexible Stays

Log in to your Holidu account and select the property you want to update. You can configure Flexible Stays from either the Discounts section or the Calendar section. The result is the same either way.

From the Discounts Section

1. Go to "Configuration" on the left-hand side of the page, scroll down, and click "Discounts".
2. Scroll to the bottom of the page, find the option "Fill short gaps between reservations", and click "Configure".
3. Choose a minimum stay of 1, 2, or 3 nights for the gap period. You can also increase the price per night by up to 50% above the price you currently set.
4. Click "Activate" to confirm your configuration.

What Are the Benefits for You?

• More bookings: Short-stay nights become bookable during high-demand periods.
• Better visibility: Over 20% of peak-season searches are for short stays.
• More reviews: Every booking is another chance to receive guest feedback.
• Higher ranking potential: Bookable gaps support your performance in search results.
• Less manual work: You don't need to adjust your calendar by hand for each gap.

Things to Keep in Mind

• The feature only affects calendar gaps where your current settings don't allow bookings.
• This setting overrides your current minimum-stay and short-stay settings for those gap nights.
• Check-in and check-out are possible on any day for these special nights.
• If a booking is made, the special pricing and stay rules apply only to that period.
• Flexible Stay bookings appear tagged in your calendar so you can identify them easily.
• You can deactivate the feature at any time from the same menu.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I exclude certain dates?

For now, Flexible Stays applies to all gap nights that match your settings. If you don't want to open specific dates, you can still manually block them in your calendar.

Can I change the setting later?

Yes. You can update or disable Flexible Stays at any time from the Discounts section or the Calendar section.