Boat Rental Manager

Welcome

Thank you for purchasing Boat Rental Manager. This plugin provides a complete boat rental booking solution built on top of WooCommerce — no expensive add-ons required.

Requirements

Installation

1. Upload the boat-rental-manager folder to /wp-content/plugins/ via FTP, or install via Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin in WordPress admin.
2. Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress.
3. Make sure WooCommerce is installed and active.
4. Go to Boat Rental Manager → Settings to configure your season dates, location, and slot limits.
5. Create your boats as WooCommerce products (see Setting Up Boats below).
6. Add [boat_grid_2to11] to your search page and [boat_grid_results] to your results page.
7. Test a booking end-to-end before going live.

Quick Start

The fastest way to see the plugin working is to use the Demo Import:

1. Go to Boat Rental Manager → Demo Import in the admin menu.
2. Click Import Demo Data — this creates sample boats, pages, and settings.
3. Visit the search page that was created to test the booking flow.
4. Delete the demo data (or deactivate demo-import.php) before going live on a production site.

Settings

Navigate to Boat Rental Manager → Settings to configure the plugin.

Global Booking Limit

Season

Pricing Surcharges

Pricing Table

Set the title and route descriptions for the pricing table shown on each boat product page. Descriptions appear below each duration option (e.g. "Kelifos Island & Nearby Beaches").

Slot Management

Define up to 3 seasonal periods (Very Low, Low, High) with custom allowed departure slots and return buffers. Dates outside these periods use the default 30-minute return buffer.

Setting Up Boats

Each boat is a standard WooCommerce Simple Product. After creating the product, fill in the Boat Rental Manager fields in the product edit screen.

Specs Fields (via ACF or Custom Fields)

Pricing Fields

Set the rental price per duration in the Boat Rental Manager — Pricing section of the product edit screen. Leave a duration empty to hide it from the pricing table.

Pricing & Seasons

Boat Rental Manager supports three layers of dynamic pricing:

1. Base price — set per boat per duration in the product edit screen.
2. Weekend surcharge — flat percentage added on Saturdays and Sundays.
3. High season surcharge — flat percentage added during defined high season dates.

Surcharges stack — a weekend during high season applies both percentages.

Deposit vs Full Payment

The plugin supports two payment modes selectable at checkout:

Slot Management

Control which departure times are available based on the time of year.

For each period you can define: date range, allowed first slots (comma-separated, e.g. 09:30,10:00,10:30), and return buffer in minutes.

Shortcodes

Search Form Parameters

[boat_grid_2to11 results_page="42" style="transparent"]

Bookings

Go to Boat Rental Manager → Bookings to view and manage all reservations.

Filters

Filter bookings by status, date, boat, or payment type using the filter bar at the top.

Booking Statuses

Actions

From the bookings list you can: view order details, change booking status, and delete a booking.

Calendar

Go to Boat Rental Manager → Calendar for a monthly calendar view of all bookings. Navigate between months using the arrow buttons. Click any booking to view its order.

Revenue

Go to Boat Rental Manager → Revenue for earnings reporting.

Quick Date Ranges

Use the quick range buttons: Today, This Week, This Month, This Year, Last 3 Months — or set a custom date range.

Revenue Breakdown

The report shows net revenue (ex VAT), VAT amount, and total per booking, grouped by date. VAT rate is automatically read from your WooCommerce tax settings.

Capacity Rules

Each boat supports two booking modes for flexible capacity management.

Standard Mode

Simple check: adults + children × 0.5 ≤ max_total. Children count as half a person.

Custom Family Mode

Three separate rules applied simultaneously when children are present:

Example — A boat displayed as "5 persons" that allows up to 4 adults OR 4 adults + 2 children:

Display Capacity:         5
Booking Mode:             custom_family
Max Adults (no children): 5
Max Adults (with children): 4
Max Children:             2
Max Total (weighted):     5   (4 + 2×0.5 = 5 ✓)

Email Notifications

The plugin automatically sends two emails when a booking is confirmed:

Emails are sent via wp_mail() and respect any SMTP plugin you have configured (e.g. WP Mail SMTP).

Import Existing Bookings

Go to Boat Rental Manager → Import Bookings if you have existing WooCommerce orders that were placed before the plugin was activated and are not yet in the brc_bookings table.

1. Open the Import Bookings page — the counter shows how many orders are pending import.
2. Click Run Import and confirm.
3. Review the results table: each order is marked as Imported, Already exists (skipped), or Error.

Demo Import

Go to Boat Rental Manager → Demo Import to quickly populate your site with sample boats, pages, and settings for testing purposes.

File Structure

Changelog

v1.0.0 — Initial Release

• Custom booking engine — no WC Bookings dependency
• Atomic double-booking prevention via SQL transactions
• Seasonal pricing with high season and surcharges
• Slot-based availability with flatpickr calendar UI
• Custom Family capacity mode for boats with mixed-group rules
• WooCommerce HPOS compatibility
• Email notifications on booking confirmation
• Revenue reporting dashboard with VAT breakdown
• Admin bookings list with filters
• Admin calendar — monthly visual view
• Import Existing Bookings migration tool
• Demo import for quick setup
• i18n / POT file included
• Bundled assets — no CDN dependencies

Support

If you need help, please use the Comments tab on the CodeCanyon item page or contact us via our profile page.

Before You Ask

• Check PHP error logs for any fatal errors
• Confirm the brc_bookings table exists in your database
• Verify your boats have _brc_pricing meta with at least one price set
• Test with a default WordPress theme to rule out theme conflicts

Thank you for purchasing Boat Rental Manager. We hope it serves your marina or boat rental business perfectly! ⚓