CMS Builder as Short Term Rental Calendar?

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Last Post: February 18, 2009   (RSS)

By dougdrury - February 18, 2009

I have a customer who wants a CMS site, and also wants to have a rental calendar so he can put in dates where the rental is occupied and show availability.

Has anyone added a section to CMS Builder that does this? And... was it a success with the end user?

Just wondering and asking for input/tips/thoughts.

Thanks,
Doug

Re: [dougdrury] CMS Builder as Short Term Rental Calendar?

By InHouse - February 18, 2009

Hi there,

I've done this type of calendar list a few times with CMSB and it has worked out quite well.

The issue as I see it is to decide whether you have to show dates when a record is present, or when it's not. The easiest method is to show dates where you have some value in the database. This might be an event, or a potential window for an event to happen in (like a photographer scheduling weddings for the summer - x weekends are available, y weekends are already booked.)

Here's an example: www.masonichip.ca

Under the Events Calendar, we display dates which have an event going on. It could just as easily be a list of dates where an event is currently unscheduled but could be available. That might be a good model for your project.

J.