Enable instant booking (direct booking)

Zyelra supports two public booking modes for short-term stays: Request to book (default) and Instant booking. Instant booking lets eligible guests pay on your website. Online payment reserves the unit when the provider confirms it. A bank transfer holds the dates until the host confirms or declines.

1. Step 1In Zyelra

   Open Rentals & Bookings settings

   Go to Dashboard → Settings → Rentals & Bookings. You need permission to create stays to change booking mode.

2. Step 2In Zyelra

   Set Public booking mode to Instant booking

   In the Booking mode card, choose Instant booking (instead of Request to book), then save. Zyelra asks you to confirm before enabling Instant booking.

3. Step 3In Zyelra

   Publish short-term units on your website

   Instant booking only applies to public short-term stays. Publish the property, keep availability accurate, and ensure short-term units have pricing and stay facts guests need.

4. Step 4In Zyelra

   Connect guest payments when you collect online

   Guests complete payment in a modal. Online payment reserves the stay when the provider succeeds. A bank transfer holds the dates until you confirm or decline it under Bookings.

• Settings → Rentals & Bookings
• Stay requests (Request to book)
• Guest payment

Booking mode is an agency default for your public storefront. It is not a per-property toggle today — when Instant booking is on, eligible published short-term units use that mode.

Return to Settings → Rentals & Bookings, set Public booking mode to Request to book, and save. Guests will submit requests your team confirms in Bookings instead of paying on the website.