Have been a host for many years but still don’t know if what I want to do is possible.
If on on a particular weekend I am not available to check a guest in or clean a room on Saturday (I host a room in my home) but technically Saturday night is free, then if I block it off I lose potential 2 night bookings for Friday/Saturday or Saturday/Sunday. Is there any way to get around this I wonder.
Yes. It is in the Availability section, @Melanie33 . Click "Edit" beside Check-in and Checkout, then choose "Specify days of the week when guests can't check in" at the bottom.
@Melanie33 If this issue is only related to a specific weekend or date range, I understand that @Lawrene0 recommendation will affect the whole booking window. So if you do not allow check in on Saturday it will affect all the Saturdays.
@Melanie33 , are you able to create a rule-set in your calendar? The Help section says you must have 6 listings or more to do this, but I am being allowed to set one with my 2 listings, or so it says in my multi-calendar. Within the rule-sets, I see, the days when check-in is not allowed is customisable to specific dates.