FAQ Q341: Why doesn't the reservation form include start and end time fields, only dates?

The date/time form items are generated based on the time-related settings of a resource. By default if you set the minimum reservation time to less than 24 hours (or a longer period not being a multiple of 24 hours), your resource will be hour-based while min. reservation time of 24 hours, 48 hours or higher multiples of 24 hours will make the resource day-based. If you want to set the minimum rental time to 24 or 48 hours and still make the resource hour-based (meaning that the reservation form will ask for the start/end times), you can do this as follows:

• In time-related settings set the minimum reservation time to a value less than 24 hours, e.g. 23 hours
• In seasonal settings add a season, e.g. January 1 - December 31 (if you don't want to define multiple seasons), and set the minimum rental time to your actual allowed minimum, e.g. 2 or 3 days.

This setup will ensure that the customer cannot book for periods of less than X days and you'll still work with hours instead of full days.