How to enable and disable Instant Booking

Watch the Video Tutorial:

For a step-by-step guide on enabling Instant Booking and managing booking-related fees
This video will cover:
- How to enable Instant Booking.
- How to manage bookings with no deposit fee.
- How to manage bookings with a deposit/service fee.
- How to manage bookings when using WooCommerce for payments.

In this video, you will learn how to enable the Instant booking option per listing, how to manage bookings with no deposit fee required , how to manage bookings with deposit/service fees bigger than 0 and how to manage bookings if you use WOO commerce plugin for payments.(all with instant booking enabled) Watch Video on Youtube

How to Enable Instant Booking

Access the Property Dashboard:

To enable Instant Booking for a property, navigate to:

My Properties → Add / Edit Property → Description Settings.

Enable Instant Booking:

By default, the Instant Booking option is unchecked.
To enable it, simply check the option for Instant Booking and save your changes.

How Instant Booking Works

Scenario 1: Admin Fee and Deposit Payment Required

Live demo –https://main.wprentals.org/properties/summerlin-cabin-perfect-holiday/

User Sends Booking Request:

A user can send a booking request for the property.

Payment of Deposit:

If the site admin has set a deposit fee, the user must pay the deposit via Theme Merchants or WooCommerce merchants (if set) before the booking is confirmed.
The deposit can be set by Admin only
It can be a fixed value or a % value. Read more here

Booking Process

User will be prompted to Login / register to send the booking request.

The user must pay the deposit via Theme Merchants or WooCommerce merchants (if set). Read more here https://help.wprentals.org/article/what-payment-platforms-are-supported-in-wprentals/

Once the payment is made, the booking is confirmed.
The user can then view their reservation under My Reservations in their Dashboard.

Scenario 2: Instant Booking with WooCommerce Payment

Live demo – https://demo1.wprentals.org/properties/condo-in-liberty-state-park/

Using WooCommerce:
- If you have enabled WooCommerce for payments, the deposit payment can be processed instantly without requiring the user to log in first.
- WooCommerce will register and login the user automatically as he completes his order
- Help – Install WooCommerce and Use WooCommerce Payments.

Scenario 3: Instant Booking with Admin Fee Set to 0

Admin sets deposit to 0

User Sends Booking Request:
- User registers / logins if he is not logged in
Instant Confirmation:
- The booking request will be confirmed instantly without requiring a deposit if the admin fee is set to 0.

How to hide Instant Booking

Instant booking can be hidden with CSS from submitting form

.col-md-12 #instant_booking {
    margin-left: 15px;
    display: none;
}

[for="instant_booking"] {
display: none!important;
}