What is Object Rental in WpRentals?
The Object Rental option is designed for rentals where the guest count is not needed, such as equipment, cars, boats, bikes, tools, or similar items. When this option is enabled:
- the guest field is hidden from the booking form
- the label per night changes to per day
- the rental still books a full calendar period, including the night between the selected days
This means Object Rental is useful for item-based rentals, but the booking logic still works with full-day reservations rather than partial-day periods. For hourly rentals, a separate hourly booking setup is required.
1. Enable Object Rental
Go to:
Theme Options → Booking Configuration → Guest Selector Settings
In this section:
- set What Do You Rent? to Object Rental
- set Show the Guest Dropdown in Submission Form to No
Important
When Object Rental is enabled:
- the booking form will no longer show the guest selector
- listing labels will switch from night wording to day
- this option is recommended when guest capacity is not relevant to the booking process
For Object Rental, the correct setup is to hide the guest dropdown in the submission form as well, because guests are not used in the booking form for this rental type.
2. Set the Booking Type
Go to:
Theme Options → Booking Configuration → Form General Settings
From here, choose the booking type for your website:
- Per Day (Night) for all listings
- Per Hour for all listings
- Mix – Owner chooses price by hour or by day
Recommendation for Object Rental
In most Object Rental setups, you will use:
- Per Day if the item is rented by day
- Mix if owners should decide per listing whether the rental is daily or hourly
If you need rentals by hour, use the hourly booking setup. Hourly booking has its own rules and limitations, including hourly prices, business hours, and same-day time selection.
3. Configure the Listing Submission Form
Go to:
Theme Options → Add Listing & Payment Settings → Listing Submission Form
From here, you can control which fields appear when users submit listings, and you can also adjust the labels for the main and secondary categories used in submission and search forms. This is useful if you want the terminology on the site to better match object rentals instead of accommodation rentals.
For Object Rental websites, review the submission form and remove any fields that are specific to guest-based accommodation if they are not relevant to your business model.
4. How Object Rental Affects the Front End
When Object Rental is enabled:
- the booking form will not show the guest field
- the price wording changes from per night to per day
- the rental remains calendar-based, with day-to-day reservations rather than guest-based stays
This helps make the booking form cleaner and more appropriate for non-accommodation rentals.
5. Object Rental and Hourly Booking
Object Rental can also be used together with hourly booking, but hourly booking must be enabled separately from:
Theme Options → Booking Configuration → Form General Settings
For hourly booking:
- guests can still be hidden when using Object Rental
- owners can define hourly prices and business hours
- hourly selection is limited to a single day, up to 24 hours
So if you are building a gear rental or equipment rental website, a common setup is:
- What Do You Rent? → Object Rental
- Booking Type → Per Hour or Mix
Important Notes
- Object Rental does not turn the system into a non-calendar booking system. It only removes the guest logic and changes the labels from night to day. The reservation still blocks the selected period in the calendar.
- If you need booking by hour, use the dedicated hourly booking option rather than relying only on Object Rental.
- For vacation properties, use Vacation Rental instead, because that option keeps the guest field in the booking form.