In Bookinglayer, you can set different rules for last-minute bookings. In your Settings, you can define last-minute bookings (how many days prior to arrival?), set rules with regard to the deposits that need to be paid, and set all last-minute bookings to manual confirmation. Let us show you how. 

1. Click on Settings Module

2. Click on General Settings > Deposit and Last minute.

3. Decide and set how many days before arrival a new booking should be considered last minute

4. Set up a default deposit percentage for all normal bookings

5. You can also choose a different deposit percentage for bookings considered last minute

E.g. In the screenshot below, the default deposit is set to 30%. If someone books less than 5 days prior to arrival, the deposit changes to 100%.

Important: You can disable the automatic confirmation for last-minute bookings. If this option is selected, bookings will always come with a request status and will need manual confirmation.

Alternatively, when it comes to default and last-minute deposits, you can set the following.

Offer your customers the option to choose between two deposit amounts based on a percentage of the booking value. 

This could be a 50% deposit for half payment or a 100% deposit for full payment.

Require a fixed amount from your customer to confirm their booking. 

Be careful activating this when you have multiple currencies enabled for your Booking Engine. Currently, we only support a single value, and it will use the currency from the booking. Also, avoid setting a fixed deposit amount that could be greater than the possible value of a booking.