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

1

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

2

Configure service in Sesami

1. Go to Sesami > Services

2. Link the service to your product

3. Assign resources (rooms, equipment, etc.)

4. Save

3

Set resource availability

1. Go to Sesami > Resources

2. Ensure availability covers full potential booking periods

3. Save

4

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

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 and 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 for multi-day bookings

Troubleshooting

Multi-day booking only blocks the first day

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.

No availability for multi-day booking

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.

Related

• Resource Availability — configure availability

• Buffer Times — turnaround time between bookings

• Cancellations & Rescheduling — managing multi-day cancellations

• Deposits — require deposits for multi-day bookings