# Multi-day Bookings

Allow customers to book services that span multiple consecutive days — retreats, workshops, equipment rentals, room bookings, and more.

## How It Works

Multi-day bookings use product variants with extended durations set in **hours** (e.g., "24 hours" for 1 day, "48 hours" for 2 days, "168 hours" for a week). When a customer books, Sesami blocks the resource for all consecutive days in the range.

Resources must be available for the **entire duration** — if any day is unavailable, the slot won't appear.

## Setting Up

{% stepper %}
{% step %}

#### Create product with multi-day variants

1. In Shopify, go to **Products**
2. Create or edit your service product
3. Add duration variants in hours:
   * `24 hours` (1 day)
   * `48 hours` (2 days)
   * `72 hours` (3 days)
   * `168 hours` (1 week)
4. Set pricing for each duration
5. **Save**
   {% endstep %}

{% step %}

#### Configure service in Sesami

1. Go to **Sesami > Services**
2. Link the service to your product
3. Assign resources (rooms, equipment, etc.)
4. **Save**
   {% endstep %}

{% step %}

#### Set resource availability

1. Go to **Sesami > Resources**
2. Ensure availability covers full potential booking periods
3. **Save**
   {% endstep %}

{% step %}

#### Test the booking flow

1. Visit the product page on your storefront
2. Select a multi-day variant
3. Choose a start date
4. Verify the calendar blocks consecutive days
5. Complete a test booking
   {% endstep %}
   {% endstepper %}

## Pricing

Use product variants to set pricing per duration:

* **Per-day pricing with discounts** — incentivize longer bookings (e.g., 24h: $100, 72h: $250, 168h: $500)
* **Flat rate** — single price for a defined experience (e.g., "Weekend Retreat: $500")

For variable pricing by season, create separate products or use a Shopify pricing app.

## Managing Multi-Day Bookings

In the **Sesami Calendar**, multi-day bookings appear across multiple days. Click any day to view the full booking details.

* **Reschedule** — select a new start date; Sesami checks availability for the full duration
* **Cancel** — all days are released back to availability
* **Buffer times** — add turnaround time between bookings for cleaning, maintenance, or setup

See: [Cancellations & Rescheduling](https://help.sesami.co/booking/booking-features/cancellations-rescheduling) and [Buffer Times](https://help.sesami.co/booking/availability/buffer-times)

## Tips

* **Clear variant labels** — you can add descriptive text alongside the hours (e.g., "48 hours: Weekend Stay")
* **Check-in/check-out times** — include these in the service description or confirmation email
* **Minimum/maximum stays** — control by offering only specific duration variants
* **Deposits** — consider requiring a [deposit](https://help.sesami.co/payments/deposits) for multi-day bookings

## Troubleshooting

<details>

<summary>Multi-day booking only blocks the first day</summary>

Check that the duration variant is set to enough hours to cover multiple days (e.g., "48 hours" for 2 days). Create a test booking to verify all days are blocked.

</details>

<details>

<summary>No availability for multi-day booking</summary>

Multi-day bookings require consecutive availability. Check resource availability for all days, look for existing bookings that conflict, and check buffer times that might extend into the range.

</details>

## Related

* [Resource Availability](https://help.sesami.co/booking/availability/resource-availability) — configure availability
* [Buffer Times](https://help.sesami.co/booking/availability/buffer-times) — turnaround time between bookings
* [Cancellations & Rescheduling](https://help.sesami.co/booking/booking-features/cancellations-rescheduling) — managing multi-day cancellations
* [Deposits](https://help.sesami.co/payments/deposits) — require deposits for multi-day bookings


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