Booking during high season in one week blocks

[Martin4149]

Hi! Thanks in advance for your help.  During July and August I only want to take bookings in blocks of one week.  I want people to be able to arrive on a Saturday and stay for one or two weeks, as long as they also leave on a Saturday so that a new guest can book for the next full week.  I've tried setting a seven day minimum stay on the calendar, but guests can still potentially stay for eight or nine days and scupper the next full week.  I've also tried using Trip Length under Pricing and Availability but I get a similar problem.  I can set it so that guests only check in on Saturday for a minimum of seven days, but they're still free to checkout out on day eight or nine.   I'd appreciate any help the community has to offer, I feel I must be close but I'm just a little too green to tell!

[Mike-And-Jane0]

@Martin4149 From your account switch on professional tools. In the listing apply a ruleset for the months in question that forces Saturday-saturday stays. It will all be obvious when you look at rulesets

[Martin4149]

Thank for such a quick supply, I really appreciate it - and @Sarah977 too. I only have a single property, does that mean that professional tools and rule sets are not open to me?  I've turned professional tools on, but I can't see rulesets anywhere.  I noticed this statement which could be the issue, "Hosts with 6 or more listings have access to features that allow them to create and edit rule-sets".  Like I said, I'm just starting out with a singly property.  Thanks again!

[Martin4149]

I'm talking to myself now, but thanks both - I've figured it out now. I could use professional tools and rule-sets with a single property, I just wasn't doing it right.

[Mike-And-Jane0]

@Stephanie Please could you ask Airbnb to update their help pages for pro tools which say that they can only be used by hosts with 6 or more listings. This is clearly not true and just puts people off from using these excellent tools. @Scott I assume the more that use your tools the merrier? I have never understood why these are not just the default tools for everyone rather than maintain two similar but different systems.

[Sarah977]

@Mike-And-Jane0  I never understood that either. Why should anyone have to "turn on professional tools" - why can't rule sets and such just be part of our basic hosting pages? 

[Stephanie]

Thanks @Mike-And-Jane0 , I'll relay it asap.

[Sarah977]

@Martin4149  As Mike and Jane pointed out, you need to use the rule-sets you will find in "professional tools". What you are trying to do cannot be accomplished with stay length or minimum stay settings.