{"id":384,"date":"2018-04-19T17:17:52","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T17:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking-new-new-new-new\/?p=384"},"modified":"2023-03-31T07:39:26","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T07:39:26","slug":"hourly-booking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/premium-version-settings\/hourly-booking\/","title":{"rendered":"Hourly bookings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <strong>&#8220;Hourly bookings&#8221; <\/strong>are useful in the following cases:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Appointments<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lessons<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Courses<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bookings whose duration can be configured by hours<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You can enable hourly bookings in the&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;Booking settings&#8221;&nbsp;<\/strong> by selecting &#8220;hour(s)&#8221;.<\/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\/duration-hours.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/duration-hours-1024x298.png\" alt=\"Hourly bookings\" class=\"wp-image-3868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/duration-hours-1024x298.png 1024w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/duration-hours-300x87.png 300w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/duration-hours-768x224.png 768w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/duration-hours-1536x447.png 1536w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/duration-hours.png 1766w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can choose either &#8216;fixed units of&#8217; or &#8216;customer can book units of&#8217;. Below we will give 2 examples using each one of the options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Example for fixed units of &#8211; Restaurant booking<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Example for customer can book units of &#8211; Tool rental<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">example &#8211; fixed units of &#8211; restaurant booking<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>We create a bookable product for a restaurant, brunch and dinner, where people can book fixed units of 2 hours. We are closed on Monday mornings and Tuesdays. From 14.30 &#8211; 16.00, we have our break. Our daily opening hours are; Brunch from 10.30 &#8211; 14.30 and dinner from 16.00 &#8211; 22.00.<\/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\/hourly-example.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"209\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/hourly-example-1024x209.png\" alt=\"Booking settings - Restaurant example\" class=\"wp-image-3869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/hourly-example-1024x209.png 1024w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/hourly-example-300x61.png 300w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/hourly-example-768x157.png 768w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/hourly-example-1536x314.png 1536w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/hourly-example.png 1838w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/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\/hourly-costs-example.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"306\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/hourly-costs-example-1024x306.png\" alt=\"Booking settings - Restaurant example\" class=\"wp-image-3870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/hourly-costs-example-1024x306.png 1024w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/hourly-costs-example-300x90.png 300w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/hourly-costs-example-768x230.png 768w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/hourly-costs-example-1536x460.png 1536w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/hourly-costs-example.png 1644w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To start off, we set the &#8216;booking duration&#8217; to\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Fixed units of&#8221; 2 hour(s)<\/strong>. And we set a price of $30 for 2 hours, multiplied by the number of people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now we move on to the default booking availability rules.<\/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\/default-hours.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"307\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/default-hours-1024x307.png\" alt=\"Default hours restaurant example\" class=\"wp-image-3871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/default-hours-1024x307.png 1024w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/default-hours-300x90.png 300w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/default-hours-768x230.png 768w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/default-hours-1536x461.png 1536w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/default-hours.png 1940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We set all days to &#8220;Bookable&#8221; and select&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;Set hours&#8221;<\/strong> so we can start applying our default opening hours. Below an example of what the booking form will look like for the customer:<\/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\/04\/booking-form-view-restaurant-example.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-4\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1002\" height=\"845\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking-new-new-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2018\/04\/booking-form-view-restaurant-example.png\" alt=\"booking form view restaurant example\" class=\"wp-image-2084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2018\/04\/booking-form-view-restaurant-example.png 1002w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2018\/04\/booking-form-view-restaurant-example-300x253.png 300w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2018\/04\/booking-form-view-restaurant-example-768x648.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1002px) 100vw, 1002px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that we have set our opening hours, we will use the&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;+ Add options for specific days&#8221;<\/strong> option, to decide our days of closure.<\/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\/restaurant-example.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-5\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/restaurant-example-1024x441.png\" alt=\"availability days restaurant example\" class=\"wp-image-3872\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/restaurant-example-1024x441.png 1024w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/restaurant-example-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/restaurant-example-768x331.png 768w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/restaurant-example-1536x662.png 1536w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/restaurant-example.png 1588w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We set Monday to bookable from 16.00 to 22.00 as we are closed for the morning, and we set Tuesday to not bookable all day. These rules you add here will override the default availability rules you set before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below an example of what the booking form will look like when the customer wants to select one of these days:<\/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\/04\/days-with-rules-restaurant-examples.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-6\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"813\" height=\"893\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking-new-new-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2018\/04\/days-with-rules-restaurant-examples.png\" alt=\"days with rules restaurant examples\" class=\"wp-image-2083\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2018\/04\/days-with-rules-restaurant-examples.png 813w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2018\/04\/days-with-rules-restaurant-examples-273x300.png 273w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2018\/04\/days-with-rules-restaurant-examples-768x844.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 813px) 100vw, 813px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">example &#8211; Customer can book units of &#8211; tool rental<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>We create a bookable product for a floor cleaning machine rental.&nbsp; People can choose for how many hours they need the product. We are closed on Monday morning and Sunday, and open till late on Fridays. Our daily opening hours are from 06:00 to 17.00 and on Friday until 21.00.<\/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\/tool-rent.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-7\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/tool-rent-1024x201.png\" alt=\"example settings tool rent\" class=\"wp-image-3873\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/tool-rent-1024x201.png 1024w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/tool-rent-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/tool-rent-768x151.png 768w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/tool-rent-1536x301.png 1536w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/tool-rent.png 1896w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\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\/rent-example.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-8\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"307\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/rent-example-1024x307.png\" alt=\"example settings tool rent\" class=\"wp-image-3874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/rent-example-1024x307.png 1024w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/rent-example-300x90.png 300w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/rent-example-768x230.png 768w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/rent-example-1536x461.png 1536w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/rent-example.png 1700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To start off, we set the &#8216;booking duration&#8217; to\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Customer can book units of&#8221; 1 hour(s)<\/strong>. And we set a price of $25 per hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now we move on to the default booking availability rules.<\/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\/rental-options.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-9\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"238\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/rental-options-1024x238.png\" alt=\"add options to tool rental example\" class=\"wp-image-3875\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/rental-options-1024x238.png 1024w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/rental-options-300x70.png 300w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/rental-options-768x179.png 768w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/rental-options.png 1514w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We set all days to &#8220;Bookable&#8221; and select&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;Set hours&#8221;<\/strong> so we can start applying our default opening hours. Below an example of what the booking form will look like for the customer:<\/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\/04\/frontend-example-tool-rent.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-10\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"743\" height=\"867\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking-new-new-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2018\/04\/frontend-example-tool-rent.png\" alt=\"frontend example tool rent\" class=\"wp-image-2123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2018\/04\/frontend-example-tool-rent.png 743w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2018\/04\/frontend-example-tool-rent-257x300.png 257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 743px) 100vw, 743px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that we have set our opening hours, we will use the&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;+ Add options for specific days&#8221;<\/strong> option, to decide our days of closure.<\/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\/specific-days.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-11\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"462\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/specific-days-1024x462.png\" alt=\"added options for special days example\" class=\"wp-image-3876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/specific-days-1024x462.png 1024w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/specific-days-300x135.png 300w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/specific-days-768x346.png 768w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/specific-days-1536x692.png 1536w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2023\/03\/specific-days.png 1584w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We set Sunday to not bookable all day, we set Monday morning to not bookable from 06:00 to 12:00 as we are closed for the morning. And we set Friday to bookable from 06:00 to 21:00. These rules you add here will override the default availability rules you set before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below an example of what the booking form will look like when the customer wants to select one of these days:<\/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\/04\/options-special-hours-example-customer.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-12\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"747\" height=\"829\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking-new-new-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2018\/04\/options-special-hours-example-customer.png\" alt=\"options special hours example customer\" class=\"wp-image-2126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2018\/04\/options-special-hours-example-customer.png 747w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2018\/04\/options-special-hours-example-customer-270x300.png 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 747px) 100vw, 747px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">No time available in calendar<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>For per-minute bookings, the plugin adds the possibility to disable the complete day, if no time is available. You can do so by enabling the option &#8220;<strong>Disable day if no time is available<\/strong>&#8220;. From YITH &gt; Booking &gt; Settings &gt;<strong> \u201cBooking forms\u201d.<\/strong><\/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\/04\/option-disabled-and-enabled.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-13\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1002\" height=\"906\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking-new-new-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2018\/04\/option-disabled-and-enabled.png\" alt=\"option disabled and enabled\" class=\"wp-image-2166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2018\/04\/option-disabled-and-enabled.png 1002w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2018\/04\/option-disabled-and-enabled-300x271.png 300w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-booking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/294\/2018\/04\/option-disabled-and-enabled-768x694.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1002px) 100vw, 1002px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We know that all hours of 8 November are booked, therefore it is no longer possible to book this date. In the example above you can see an example of the <strong>&#8220;Disable day if no time is available&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong>option disabled and enabled.<br>In the disabled image, you can see the date as &#8216;bookable&#8217; but when you click on it you&#8217;ll see &#8216;<em>no time available<\/em>&#8216;. In the enabled image, you directly see the date as &#8220;not bookable&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Please note<\/strong>: if enabled, the calendar will show up to 1 month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8220;Hourly bookings&#8221; are useful in the following cases: You can enable hourly bookings in the&nbsp;&#8220;Booking settings&#8221;&nbsp; by selecting &#8220;hour(s)&#8221;. You can choose either &#8216;fixed units of&#8217; or &#8216;customer can book units of&#8217;. 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