{"id":212,"date":"2018-03-08T15:32:10","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T15:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking-new-new-new\/?p=212"},"modified":"2023-03-30T12:06:38","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T12:06:38","slug":"general-informations-about-booking-availability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/premium-version-settings\/general-informations-about-booking-availability\/","title":{"rendered":"General information about booking availability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Users make a booking based on the dates that the system shows as &#8220;available&#8221;.<br><strong>Availability<\/strong> can either be configured from within the specific <b>&#8220;Bookable&#8221;<\/b> product or globally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Product availability<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/availability-product.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/availability-product-1024x390.png\" alt=\"Product availability\" class=\"wp-image-3845\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/availability-product-1024x390.png 1024w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/availability-product-300x114.png 300w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/availability-product-768x293.png 768w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/availability-product-1536x585.png 1536w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/availability-product.png 1648w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fcf8e3\"><strong>Note: <\/strong>When creating a booking, all the dates included must be available and consecutive. For example, users can&#8217;t book any product or service from October 1st to October 10th if the 5th and 6th have been already booked by another customer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Global availability<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/global-availability.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"308\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/global-availability-1024x308.png\" alt=\"Global availability\" class=\"wp-image-3846\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/global-availability-1024x308.png 1024w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/global-availability-300x90.png 300w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/global-availability-768x231.png 768w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/global-availability-1536x463.png 1536w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/global-availability-2048x617.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Unavailable dates become <strong>not-selectable<\/strong> for your customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking-new-new-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2018\/03\/christmas-not-bookable.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"631\" height=\"511\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking-new-new-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2018\/03\/christmas-not-bookable.png\" alt=\"christmas not bookable\" class=\"wp-image-2153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2018\/03\/christmas-not-bookable.png 631w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2018\/03\/christmas-not-bookable-300x243.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Both the global (default) availability rules and the product availability rules have the same options. 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