🏷️ Smarter Duration Discounts & Scheduling Notice Logic for Rentals

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We’ve improved how

Duration-Based Discounts

and

Minimum Scheduling Notice

work for rental booking modes that utilise predefined rental periods and rental times.

Previously, some calculations could behave differently than businesses expected, as eligibility was evaluated using the underlying booking duration rather than the configured rental period. This was particularly noticeable for day-based, night-based, weekly, and monthly rental configurations where customers select dates rather than specific times.

With this enhancement, discounts and booking restrictions now align more closely with how rental businesses define and sell their rentals.

💰 Smarter Duration-Based Discounts

Duration discounts now determine eligibility based on the listing’s configured rental period, ensuring discounts are applied more consistently across date-based rental modes.

A vacation rental is configured with:

  • Rental-start: 3:00 PM
  • Rental-end: 11:00 AM
  • 2-day+ discount enabled

If a customer books from Monday to Wednesday, even though the booking duration is less than 48 hours, it clearly represents a 2-day stay and will now correctly qualify for the discount.

⏳ Improved Minimum Scheduling Notice

For rental modes configured using Days, Weeks, or Months, minimum scheduling notice is now assessed based on the configured rental period instead of exact hour calculations.

A listing requires:

  • Minimum Scheduling Notice: 2 Days

If today is Wednesday and the booking starts on Friday, the booking will be considered valid (regardless of the exact booking start time on Friday) as it meets the 2-day notice requirement.

In the past, the system evaluated this as an exact 48-hour requirement, which could sometimes yield unexpected results.

Note

Businesses that require precise time-based restrictions can continue to use the Hours option for scheduling notice. For example, a 48-hour notice requirement set using hours will still be evaluated as an exact 48 hours.

  • Makes duration discounts behave more consistently for day-based, night-based, weekly, and monthly rentals.
  • Aligns booking restrictions with how rental businesses define their rental periods.
  • Creates a more intuitive booking experience for both businesses and customers.
  • Reduces confusion around discount eligibility and booking notice requirements.
  • This enhancement helps Rentals operate more naturally for businesses utilising predefined rental periods.