The journal
Hourly venue booking, without losing your days.
What we learn while managing villas for shoots, events and productions: rates, slots, deposits and the clients who reschedule.
Define which villa uses are allowed in an hourly rental
A practical guide to define which villa uses are allowed in an hourly rental with a clear brief, checklist and decision points for a real booking.
Prepare your villa for the next photoshoot
A simple preparation routine to welcome a photoshoot team without running into the next slot.
How much should two hours of villa time cost?
A five-duration rate grid, and why the price for eight hours is never four times the price for two.
How to manage your villa listings with an AI agent
Connect Claude Code, Codex, OpenClaw or Hermes to VillaSlot to review villas, check availability and manage bookings with an organization API key.
Four villas, 425 bookings: what twelve months of hourly slots reveal
Plume Villas opened its venues for hourly bookings in January. We reviewed their calendar line by line: what fills up, what gets paid and what gets cancelled.
What a production team checks before booking
West light, truck access, power outlets: the six questions that come up on every call.
The 30% deposit changes everything
Bookings without a deposit are cancelled three times as often. The numbers, and how to ask for a deposit without friction.
Remind clients without chasing them
The same link, with the current balance.
Cash, bank transfer, Stripe: accurate records
A payment received on site matters as much as an online payment.