Amenity Settings

Amenity settings control how the resource behaves in the reservation system. These settings may vary depending on your implementation, but commonly include the following. 

 1. Amenity Title 

 The amenity name 

 2. Calendar Color (Hex) + Text Color 

 The background color and text color displayed in the calendar view. 

 

 

 3. Start and End Time 

 These define when the amenity is available to reserve. 

 

 4. Cleaning Buffer (Minutes) 

 Use for amenities that require buffers for cleaning. 

 

 5. Contact Booking Limit and Limit Period 

 Limits how many times a user can book within a set period. The settings below means that contacts can only book this amenity 3 times a week. 

 

 6. Maximum Expected People 

 Number of people the amenity can accommodate. 

 

 7. Allow Multiple Bookings At The Same Time 

 If an amenity allows multiple users to book together. 

 

 8. WaitList 

 Enable this to allow overlapping requests to be saved as a waitlist instead of being blocked. 

 

 9. Max Hours Per Booking 

 Set to 0 for no limit. Example: 4 means a booking can be at most 4 hours long. 

 

 10. Use Change Over Days 

 Enable overnight booking behavior. Requires check-in and check-out times. 

 

 11. Maximum Days Ahead To Book 

 For standard bookings, 0 means same-day only. For change over day bookings, 0 means next-day checkout only. Example: if the start date is 04/05/2026 and the Maximum Days Ahead to Book is 7, then the max allowed end date is 04/12/2026. 

 

 12. Date Range Display 

 Optional. Limit the booking date picker to the next X days from today. Example: 180 means users can only select dates within the next 180 days. 

 

 13. Next Booking Availability ( Amenity Specific ) 

 Optional. Add a recovery gap in days after each booking before this amenity can be booked again. Example: 7 means the next booking can only start 7 days after the current booking ends. 

 

 14. Default Comments 

 15. Activity Triggers 

 Create activities and triggers email notifications. 

 

 16. Admin Notification Email 

 Admin notification emails. Select from email templates. 

 

 17. Additional Fields 

 Add custom fields for each amenity. Additional fields are populated on the booking form. 

 

 

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