Who this is for: studio operators (admin panel) · Plan: all plans · Product: Podyx V2
Booking rules are the guardrails for how clients can book. Set them to match how your studio actually runs, and the booking page enforces them for you on every booking, so your days stay workable.
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🔧 Where to find it
Settings → Booking
📷 Screenshot: the Booking settings tab, to add.
🛠 The main controls
Buffer time: a protected gap kept after a session for turnaround, reset, and cleanup before the next booking can start. It stops back-to-back sessions from leaving you no breathing room.
Booking cutoff: how far ahead clients must book, so nothing lands too last-minute to prepare for.
Minimum session length: the shortest bookable session.
Cancellation and reschedule window: how late a client can change or cancel, and any policy that applies.
🎚 Set globally, override where needed
These are your studio-wide defaults, but every one of them can be overridden at the room or setup level. So a delicate room can keep a longer turnaround buffer, a premium scene can require more lead time, and a quick service can allow a shorter minimum, all without changing your defaults. Set sensible global rules first, then fine-tune the exceptions.
🔗 How it connects to availability
These rules feed the availability engine: it takes your opening hours, subtracts existing bookings and blockers, then applies buffer and cutoff, so clients only ever see slots that genuinely work.
⚠️ Admin bookings are exempt
When you book on a client's behalf, these limits are lifted, so you can book inside the cutoff or back-to-back. The rules constrain the public booking page, not you.
🧠 Why it matters
Good rules protect your time and your quality of service: no surprise last-minute bookings, real turnaround between sessions, and a cancellation policy clients agree to up front. Per-room overrides mean you get this protection without forcing every space into the same mold.
✅ Summary
Set buffer (kept after sessions), cutoff, minimum, and cancellation policy as studio defaults, then override per room or setup where a space needs different treatment.
Related: Set Your Availability · Rooms · Setups · Admin Bookings & Pay Later