Article Summary: This tutorial explains how to access and analyze your booking window (or lead time) using the Reservit dashboard. You will learn how to filter your reservation data by specific dates and processing methods to understand exactly how far in advance your guests are booking their stays. By mastering this metric, you can optimize your marketing campaigns and adjust your pricing strategy to capture both early planners and last-minute travelers.
The 4 key steps to check your booking window:
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Access the Dashboard: Navigate to the "Statistics" menu and click on "Dashboard" to open your primary reporting interface.
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Define the Period: Use the buttons to display the last 30 days or the next 30 days: the booking window is not displayed if you select custom dates in the calendar.
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Select the Processing Method: Choose whether to calculate your statistics based on the booking creation date or the actual date of stay.
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Review Your Booking Window: Locate and review the lead time data automatically presented on your screen (please note that filters do not apply to this metric).
Why follow this guide? Monitoring your booking window provides essential insights into guest booking behavior, empowering you to deploy targeted promotions and yield management strategies at the perfect time. This straightforward guide saves you valuable time by showing you exactly where to find this critical lead time data, eliminating guesswork and helping you maximize your property's occupancy.
1. Click "Statistics" then ''Dashboard''
2. Next to the calendar, choose to display the last 30 days or the next 30 days.
3. Do not select a beginning date in the calendar...
4. ...or an ending date: with custom dates, the booking window is not displayed.
5. You can select with these two buttons, how you want to process your stats, by date of creation or date of stay of your bookings.
6. The booking window will be presented
Alert: Please note! Filters do not apply to the booking window.
Tip: The booking window is the average number of days between the booking creation date and the arrival date. The bookings taken into account are selected by date of stay (default) or by creation date; this indicator is not available by invoice date.
Warning: Dashboard figures are recalculated every night: bookings made today will appear tomorrow.
Learn more: Reservit statistics glossary - Understanding the dates in your statistics