How to set the default booking duration

Created by Customer Service Bookia/Tableo, Modified on Sat, 14 Nov at 2:42 PM by Customer Service Tableo

1. Click on Settings in the side menu.


Open Settings from the Diary, with the expanded side menu and six varied synthetic bookings


2. Open Reservations > General rules. In Availability, find Default booking duration.


Default booking duration in Availability, with Reservations and General rules visible


3. Open Default booking duration and choose the usual length of a booking. Scroll through the list to find the duration you need.


Actual open Default booking duration menu; the list scrolls to additional durations


This duration is used unless a matching party-size rule is set in Capacity & duration.


4. Scroll to the bottom and click on Save changes.


Save changes at the bottom of General rules, shown disabled because no settings were changed



Setting booking duration according to party size


1. Open Reservations > Capacity & duration.


2. Under Booking duration by party size, click on Add duration rule.


3. Set From (guests) and To (guests) for the party-size range.


An unsaved duration rule showing From (guests), To (guests), Duration and Save changes


4. Open Duration and choose how long to reserve tables for that range.


Actual open Duration menu for an unsaved party-size rule


5. Add any other ranges you need, keeping them separate, so each party size matches at most one rule. Click on Save changes.


Party sizes without a matching rule use Default booking duration.


The booking end time is shown on the widget’s success page and in the confirmation email, so guests know when the table is needed back.



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