Minimum Nights by Night of the Week
You can now set a different minimum-night requirement for each night of the week within the same season!
For example, you can require:
2 nights for Friday and Saturday
1 night for Sunday through Thursday
You no longer need a separate season or rate just to set different weekend minimums.
What changed?
Previously, each season had one minimum-night requirement for all seven nights.
If you wanted to protect weekend bookings, you could use our Nights Booked Together feature for Friday and Saturday. However, this also blocked bookings you may have wanted to accept, such as:
Thursday–Friday
Saturday–Sunday
With the new Min. nights settings, you can protect your busy nights without blocking these shorter stays.
This feature is already available for all campgrounds. There is nothing you need to enable.
Your existing seasons will continue to work exactly as they do now unless you enter a number in one of the new Min. nights boxes.
Where to set your minimum nights
The new settings are located inside each seasonal pricing period, next to the nightly prices you already manage.
1. In your Owner Portal, open your campground and click Rate Editor in the left menu.
3. Click Edit
4. You will now see three settings for each day:
- Book together
- Nightly price
- Min. nights
A few things to know
If a Min. nights box is blank, it follows your Base Min. Nights setting. The number shown in gray is only a preview. It is not actually entered in that box.
Min. nights accepts whole numbers from 1 to 90.
Base Min. Nights has no upper limit, so you can use a higher minimum such as 180 or 365 for long-term stays.
To remove a specific night rule, simply delete the number from the box and save. That night will go back to the base minimum.
A new season starts with a Base Min. Nights of 1.
How minimum nights are calculated
RoverPass looks at every night the guest will stay at your campground and uses the highest minimum required for those nights.
Here are the key things to remember:
1. Only nights spent at the campground count
The checkout day is not considered a night.
For example:
Check-in Friday → Check-out Sunday
The guest is staying Friday night and Saturday night.
So RoverPass checks the requirements for Friday and Saturday.
2. A blank box follows the Base Min. Nights
A blank Min. nights box does not mean 1 night.
It means the night uses whatever number you entered as Base Min. Nights.
3. The highest minimum applies to the entire stay
If even one night of the stay requires 2 nights, the entire reservation must be at least 2 nights long.
For example:
Wednesday = 1 night
Thursday = 1 night
Friday = 2 nights
A Thursday–Friday stay is allowed because it includes Friday night and is 2 nights long.
4. Sunday refers to the Sunday night
A Sunday setting applies to guests staying Sunday night and checking out Monday.
It does not apply to a guest who checks out on Sunday.
5. Stays crossing seasons are checked by season
If a reservation crosses two seasons, RoverPass checks the minimum for each night based on the season that night belongs to.
The highest minimum required anywhere in the stay applies to the entire reservation.
Example: Requiring a 2-night weekend
This is one of the most common ways to use the new settings.
Let's say you want:
Friday: 2-night minimum
Saturday: 2-night minimum
Sunday–Thursday: 1-night minimum
Set your Base Min. Nights to 1, then enter 2 for Friday and Saturday.
Leave Sunday through Thursday blank.
Here is what guests can book:
| Wednesday only | Wed | 1 | ✅ Yes |
| Friday only | Fri | 2 | ❌ No |
| Thursday–Saturday | Thu, Fri | 2 | ✅ Yes |
| Friday–Sunday | Fri, Sat | 2 | ✅ Yes |
| Saturday only | Sat | 2 | ❌ No |
| Saturday–Monday | Sat, Sun | 2 | ✅ Yes |
| Sunday–Monday | Sun | 1 | ✅ Yes |
Why this is useful
The two stays that were often blocked by the old Book together method are:
Thursday–Saturday
Saturday–Monday
Both are valid 2-night stays.
With the new Min. nights settings, you can require 2 nights for Friday and Saturday without forcing guests to book both Friday and Saturday together.
How this works with your other rules
The new Min. nights settings work alongside the other rate rules you already use.
Book together
Book together works the same way as before.
If you currently have Friday and Saturday checked, you can keep those settings or remove them.
If your only goal was to require a 2-night minimum on weekends, you may want to uncheck Friday and Saturday under Book together and use the new Min. nights settings instead.
This allows stays such as Thursday–Friday and Saturday–Sunday.
Holiday pricing
Holiday pricing takes priority on holiday nights.
If a night falls within a holiday period, RoverPass uses the holiday's minimum-night requirement instead of the per-night minimum you entered.
Your existing holiday rules, such as Fourth of July requirements, continue to work the same way.
Min. Nights by Booking Window
If you use Edit Min. Nights by Booking Window, those rules take priority when they apply to the guest's booking window.
In that situation, the booking-window rule sets the minimum for the entire stay, and the per-night settings step aside.
These booking-window rules do not apply to stays that touch a holiday period.
Staff overrides
Your staff can still override minimum-night rules when needed.
In the Reservation Builder, select:
Override Rules → Min Nights Required
This allows your staff to create a reservation that would otherwise be blocked by the minimum-night settings.
Phone bookings are not blocked by these rules.
If you use RoverPass Channel Manager
If your campground uses RoverPass Channel Manager, your per-night minimums are automatically sent to your connected OTAs.
Each night is sent with its own minimum requirement, so a 2-night minimum for Friday on RoverPass will also be sent as a 2-night minimum for Friday on the connected OTA.
You do not need to configure these settings separately on each channel.
One important detail for parks with long minimums
A site can still qualify for Channel Manager if its shortest nightly minimum is 7 nights or less.
For example, you could have:
Base Min. Nights: 30
Monday–Thursday: 2
Friday–Sunday: 30
Because the shortest minimum is 2 nights, the site can still qualify for Channel Manager.
Frequently Asked Questions
I left a Min. nights box blank. Does that mean guests can book one night?
Only if your Base Min. Nights is set to 1.
A blank box always follows your Base Min. Nights setting.
Why does my rate now show "1–2 nights"?
When different nights have different minimums, RoverPass may show a range instead of one minimum number.
For example, if some nights require 1 night and others require 2 nights, you may see 1–2 nights.
This is expected.
Do I need a separate season or rate for weekends?
No.
That is one of the main benefits of this feature. You can use one season and set different minimums for different nights.
Can different site types have different minimums?
Yes.
The settings belong to each rate and season, so you can have different minimums for different site types.
For example, your pull-through sites could have a 2-night weekend minimum while your tent sites have a 1-night minimum.
Does setting Friday to 2 prevent guests from arriving on Friday?
No.
It means any stay that includes Friday night must be at least 2 nights long.
A guest can still arrive on Friday. They just cannot book Friday night by itself.
What happens to reservations that are already booked?
Nothing.
Minimum-night requirements are checked when a reservation is made. Existing reservations are not affected.
A guest says their dates are unavailable. What should I check?
Check the Min. nights setting for every night of the guest's stay, not just the first night.
Remember, the highest minimum among those nights applies to the entire reservation.
If you want to accept the reservation anyway, your staff can create it through the Reservation Builder using:
Override Rules → Min Nights Required
Still have questions?
If you're unsure how to set up minimum nights for your campground, reach out to RoverPass Support and we'll be happy to take a look at your season with you.