Take a deposit instead of the full stay, and let guests cancel from their own confirmation email.
New
Deposit at checkout: a rate plan can take a share now and leave the balance to collect at your property. The booking shows what is still due, the calendar marks it, and your desk marks it collected on arrival.
Cancellation policy per rate plan: free cancellation with a cut-off you choose, or non-refundable. The booking form shows the guest the exact date and time their free cancellation ends.
Guest cancellation link: paste one snippet into your Shopify order confirmation email and guests cancel themselves. Inside the window the deposit is refunded automatically; after it you keep the deposit, and either way the room goes straight back on sale.
A non-refundable term is attached to the room at checkout and stays on the order, so guests agree to it before paying.
Improved
Rate plans now answer two questions on one screen — what the guest pays now, and what you promise if they cancel — with a live preview of the sentence the guest will read.
Plans made before deposits existed are set to pay in full and non-refundable, exactly how they already behaved. Guests see no change until you make one.
Choose your own weekend days under Settings → Pricing defaults. Existing stores keep Saturday and Sunday until you change it.
Seasonal closure: close every accommodation for a date range in one step, and remove it just as easily.
Required add-ons: mark a service required on an accommodation and every booking is charged for it, admin bookings included.
The setup checklist can be hidden, and every storefront block has a one-click link into the theme editor.
Fixed
New stores start in your own timezone instead of UTC, which could refuse same-day bookings after about 5pm in the Americas. Older stores: check Settings → Timezone.
A required add-on priced per guest per night was charged for one night instead of the whole stay.
Rates with an extra-adult or extra-child price but no included guest count never charged that extra. Rates now lists any rate with this problem.
"Charge tax" on a service now applies to the order; it was saved but never used. Existing services were set to taxable to keep your tax unchanged — untick to change it.