=== MotoPress Booking Calendar ===
Contributors: MotoPress
Donate link: https://motopress.com/
Tags: booking, booking calendar, booking form, availability calendar, reservation calendar
Requires at least: 6.0
Tested up to: 6.9
Requires PHP: 7.4
Stable tag: 1.3.3
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

WordPress booking calendar plugin for daily, nightly, and hourly rentals.

== Description ==

Rent out anything. The only calendar booking system for WordPress that allows you to manage short-term and long-term rentals in the most human-friendly interface. Charge by the hour, day, or night. Enables clients to pick available time slots directly from the online booking calendar and reserve any number of dates and/or things.

* [Booking Calendar Plugin Demo](https://form.getmotopress.com/) with the Dashboard access.

### Perfect for any rental type

Absolutely agile, this free WordPress booking plugin was built to cover various rental periods and reservation-based business needs:

* Hourly rentals (bikes, services, rental studios).
* Daily rentals/full-day (tours, equipment, training).
* Nightly stays/changeover days (vacation rentals, inns, hotel rooms).

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### Smart inventory and availability control

Your booking resources are fully manageable: create an unlimited number of booking calendars, rental types, and inventory units.

* Create unlimited rental items with their own calendars or within one calendar.
* Add item variations within one calendar (VIP tickets, regular tickets, discounted tickets).
* Set quantity available per item (e.g. 2 double rooms and 1 single room).
* Create different timeslots for different days.
* Automatically track availability when items are booked - or change it manually.
* Display item images and descriptions right in the WordPress booking calendar.

### One screen to manage everything

With our WordPress booking calendar, we’ve delivered a revolutionary calendar and rental management design to WordPress, where you can edit almost every key thing without leaving one screen.

For every booking calendar, there is a smart customizable screen to edit your rental types, availability, prices, and inventory.

* Add or remove rental units.
* Set availability and prices.
* Update booking statuses.
* Customize admin timeline view.
* Bulk edit or drag across multiple days.
* Add images and text descriptions to your rentals.
* View statues per rental: Available, Booked, Fully Booked, Unavailable, and more.
* Jump to the calendar page to customize it.

### WordPress booking calendar with dynamic pricing

The rental business is always about complex pricing scenarios! Use the price adjustment tools to integrate dynamic prices for customers using our WordPress booking plugin.

* Charge based on the rental type (e.g. VIP vs regular, deluxe vs basic).
* Charge based on the time slot (e.g. 5 AM - 10 AM: $50 vs 10 AM - 5 PM: $100).
* Set flat or fixed extra charges. (*only in PRO*)
* Apply fees depending on what the customer selects. (*only in PRO*)

### Drag-and-drop WordPress booking form builder

Our WordPress booking calendar plugin relies on flexible forms you can build for personalized checkout experiences. Use WP booking calendar custom fields to meet your needs:

* Collect the exact data you need (e.g. the number of guests for a vacation rental).
* Use 10+ custom fields to tailor your forms (checkboxes, dropdowns, country selection, etc.).
* Create separate forms for different calendars.
* Custom form fields per rental type.
* Customize layout with Gutenberg blocks (headings, separators, columns).
* Save WordPress booking form templates and assign/re-use them for specific calendars.

### Automated email notifications

Make your WordPress booking calendar function on autopilot with set-and-forget email alerts:

* Send emails to clients, admins, or team members.
* Trigger messages based on the calendar being used.
* Customize content, appearance, and recipient for each email type.

### Shopping cart-style experience

Clients can book different items and dates in one transaction through the WordPress rental plugin. Provide them with a familiar e-commerce feel in your calendar booking system!

### Easy embedding and calendar display

We love WordPress-native solutions. Add your WordPress booking calendar anywhere on your site:

* Use an automatically generated branded booking page for each calendar.
* Use a Gutenberg block or shortcode.

### PRO features

What’s available only in the [Premium version of this WordPress booking calendar plugin](https://motopress.com/products/booking-calendar/)?

* The Price adjustment form field. This field is used to adjust/recalculate pricing by rental type using flat or percentage charges.
* Accept payments with Stripe.
* Premium support.

## Booking tools are what we do best

Booking solutions and scheduling tools are what we do best.

Check out our other [WP calendar plugins](https://motopress.com/products/category/wordpress-calendar-plugins/) built for niche businesses and backed by years of development and customer trust:

* [Hotel Booking Plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/motopress-hotel-booking-lite/)
* [Appointment Booking Plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/motopress-appointment-lite/)
* [Events Calendar Plugin](https://motopress.com/products/events-calendar/)

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Who should use the plugin? =

This WordPress booking calendar plugin is ideal for any business that works with rentals and schedules:

* Hotels and property owners.
* Activity and tour organizers.
* Consultants and event managers.

= I installed the plugin. How to get started? =

Follow these steps to configure your booking calendar:

1. Create a calendar.
1. Select your booking type.
1. Add bookable items like rooms, properties, or equipment by creating variations. Each variation is a unique bookable type.
1. Set inventory for each variation: add the number of available units for each rental variation using the inventory management feature.
1. Customize availability and pricing.
1. Adjust availability settings to reflect days or time slots when bookings are allowed.
1. Customize the checkout/booking form, including variation-specific fields.
1. Customize the calendar page (automatically generated or by using shortcodes or blocks).

= What are the top MotoPress Booking Calendar features at a glance? =

Our WordPress calendar booking plugin is a work in progress, but here is what you get at the moment:

* Full-day bookings
* Multi-day bookings
* Changeover days
* Hourly bookings
* Availability calendar
* Booking form
* Custom checkout fields per rental
* Calendar overview
* Inventory management
* Booking panel
* User-specific notifications
* Advanced availability management

== Installation ==

1. Upload the Booking Calendar plugin to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.

== Copyright ==

MotoPress Booking Calendar plugin, Copyright (C) 2025, MotoPress https://motopress.com/
MotoPress Booking Calendar plugin is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL.

== Changelog ==

= 1.3.3, Mar 26 2026 =
* Improved compatibility with Yoast SEO plugin.

= 1.3.2, Nov 3 2025 =
* Bug fix: fixed an issue with fractional prices in Stripe.

= 1.3.1, Oct 22 2025 =
* Minor bugfixes and improvements.

= 1.3.0, Oct 9 2025 =
* Added the Pay on-site payment option.
* Added the new booking confirmation mode requiring admin approval.
* Added the ability to set a custom name for a timeslot (e.g., Half-day).
* Added the ability to set a short text under the rental type title to highlight its key details.

= 1.2.0, Sep 22 2025 =
* Added the ability to receive payments through Stripe gateway.

= 1.1.0, Jul 16 2025 =
* Minor bugfixes and improvements.

= 1.0.0, Jun 2025 =
* Initial release.
