Optimize Revenue by Leveraging Booking Gaps

Even for properties with high occupancy, occasional gaps between bookings inevitably appear. These booking gaps can lead to lost revenue and higher operational costs. That’s why it’s essential to implement strategies to reduce these gaps and maximize income.

What exactly are booking gaps?

Unoccupied days between two bookings are known as booking gaps.These gaps can be either intentional or unintentional, often caused by factors like minimum stay restrictions, last-minute cancellations, or low demand.

How can you close gaps?

Minimum stay restrictions often make it hard—or even impossible—to fill these gaps. Guests won’t be able to book if their intended stay doesn’t meet the minimum requirement.

To solve this, Beds24 offers a “GAP FILLER”  price.

Example: Suppose you have a minimum stay requirement of 3 nights. Guest A books from August 1st to August 7th, and the next booking (Guest B) starts on August 9th. This leaves an unbookable two-night gap (August 7th–9th) because of the 3-night minimum restriction.

With a gap filler price configured for a minimum and maximum stay of 2 nights, Beds24 will allow a new booking (Guest C) to fill this two-night gap. The gap filler price will only apply in these specific cases. For gaps of 3 nights or more, your standard 3-night minimum stay still applies.

You can set the gap filler price to be higher or lower than your usual rates. Additionally, you can create multiple gap filler prices with different minimum and maximum stays, prices, and seasons—giving you full flexibility to optimize both occupancy and revenue.

This powerful feature has been one of Beds24’s core functions for years and is available free with every Beds24 account.

If you’d like to boost your revenue and aren’t yet using Beds24, start your free trial today — no commitment required.