{"source_id":"cove-34283833309332","company":"Cove","kind":"documentation","category":"documentation","title":"Create an Amenity Space","url":"https://support.cove.is/hc/en-us/articles/34283833309332-Create-an-Amenity-Space","body":"The Cove Reservations module allows property teams to manage, configure, and control all reservable amenity spaces from one centralized location. Each amenity can be fully customized with detailed space information, approval workflows, booking rules, availability settings (including custom time windows), billing configurations, visibility permissions, questionnaires, consent forms, and operational triggers such as automatic work orders.\n\nAmenities are organized into categories, with individual reservable spaces created within each category. To set up a new space, first create an amenity category, then configure the individual amenity with the appropriate settings to match your building’s operational and tenant experience needs.\n\nCreate a reservable amenity space\n\nKey Details\n\nSeating Arrangements Setup\n\nWork Flows\n\nHours and Availability\n\nBooking Constraints\n\nOverlapping Spaces\n\nBilling\n\nVisibility\n\nCreate a reservable amenity space:\n\nNavigate to the Reservations module.\n\nClick on Reservation Setup.\n\nClick on Amenity Setup.\n\nClick on the name of an Amenity Category (in blue).\n\nClick on New Amenity.\n\nFill out the form\n\nClick Save.\n\nAmenity Space Key Details\n\nAmenity Category: choose a category from the dropdown menu\n\nSpace Title: Name your reservable space\nNote: If you are creating a series of spaces in one category, be sure to identify them clearly by name (eg- Phone Booth #1 or Conference Room A)\n\nSpace Description: Describe the space (this will be visible to users).\n\nImage: Upload an image of the space\n\nAmenities (optional): Add a bullet list of amenities (e.g. projector, etc.)\nClick Add to add more bulleted items\n\nPolicies/Important Information (optional): Add a bullet list policies and/or important information\nClick Add to add more bulleted items\n\nSeating Arrangement Options (optional): Add the type of set-up options below and users can choose from one of the following when a reservation is made.\nCreate Seating Arrangement Options\n\nAmenity Space Workflows\n\nReservation Approval Requirements: Require reservations for this amenity to be approved prior to confirmation?\nIf you choose Require Approval prior to reservation reservations will not be confirmed until you have approved them in the Requested page.\n\nSend Confirmation Email: Turn Reservation Confirmation Emails on / off\n\nIf selected, add emails to the Notify Reservation emails field below. When a reservation is made for this space by any user, these emails will receive a notification. Separate each with a comma.\n\nNotes:\nIf Send Confirmation Email is selected and no names are added under Notify Reservations Email, the email addresses listed in your dashboard’s Property Setup will still receive the confirmation emails.\n\nTo apply the same confirmation email settings across all amenities, add the desired email addresses in the Property Setup page and leave this section empty.\n\nTo customize confirmation emails for each amenity individually, leave the Property Setup section blank and enter the appropriate notification contacts for each space here.\n\nSend Reservation Reminder Email: Turn Reservation Reminder Emails on / off. When enabled, a reminder email is sent to the Reserved-For user 24 hours before the reservation start time, adjusted to business hours (8am–8pm) in the property's local timezone.\n\nCustom Questionnaires:\nCreate questionnaires to present users with questions before submitting the reservation.\n\nCreate questionnaires first and then select from the dropdown menu.\n\nConsent Forms:\nCreate consent forms that users will have to accept before submitting the reservation.\n\nCreate consent forms first and then select from the dropdown menu.\n\nWork Order Triggers:\nSet up a trigger so that a work order will be created when a reservation for this space is Confirmed. The work order will have the issue type selected and will be due at the start time of the reservation.\n\nCreate an Issue Type first\n\nClick +Add Work Order Trigger\n\nCreate an Issue Type first, and then select it from the dropdown menu.\n\nAdd a limitless number of work order triggers\n\nNote: Once a Work Order Trigger is set up and linked to an Issue Type, a work order will automatically generate each time the space is reserved (confirmed, not requested). If the reservation is cancelled, the work order will automatically update to Completed.\n\nAmenity Space Hours and Availability\nChoose whether this amenity follows the property’s default operating hours or has its own custom booking schedule. Custom hours allow you to define exactly when the space can be reserved.\n\nUse Property Hours (Default)\nThe amenity follows the building hours set in the Property Setup module.\n\nSelect Custom Hours\nWhen selected, a calendar will appear and you can configure specific booking availability for this amenity. Within Custom Hours, you can:\n\nAdd one or multiple bookable time windows per day. Click + Another Time Window to create additional availability windows. This allows for flexible schedules such as split-day, early-morning, evening, or overnight access. Delete custom time windows by clicking on the red x.\n\nSelect 24 hrs to make the amenity reservable 24 hours per day.\n\nSelect Offline to make the amenity unavailable for booking.\n\nAmenity Space Booking Constraints\n\nBuffer Time: The amount of time that a space is unavailable before the reservation starts and after a reservation finishes (max 8 hours).\n\navailable in hours and 30 minute increments\n\nBooking Limits: How many hours of bookings each user can make over a time period (days, weeks, months, years).\n\nNone: there is no limit on the number of hours a user can book this space.\n\nMax Upcoming:Number of upcoming bookings a user can have at a time. If left at zero, there is no restriction.\n\nMax Consecutive Days: Number of days in a row anyone at the same tenant can book this amenity. If left at zero, there is no restriction.\n\nOverlapping Spaces: When two amenities overlap, they cannot be booked at the same time. Reserving this amenity will automatically block off the following amenities during that reservation period.\nTo restrict booking on another space when this space is reserved, select the pre-created amenity spaces from the dropdown menu.\n\nAmenity Space Overlapping Spaces Use Case example:\n\nYour building has a Conference Room A, Conference Room B, and Conference Room A & B, where the two can be joined together and reserved as one. If this is the case, when a user reserves Conference Room A & B, they should not be able to also book Conference Room A or Conference Room B.\n\nIf setting up a space like this you should create three reservable spaces:\n\nConference Room A\n\nConference Room B\n\nConference Room A & B\n\nWithin the Overlapping Spaces setup section of each, choose the other spaces that should not be reservable at the same time.\nFor example: when setting up the Conference Room A & B space, make sure Conference Room A and Conference Room B are selected so that they are not reservable at the same time.\n\nConflicting Spaces: A single tenant cannot book this amenity and the following amenities at the same time. Other tenants may still book these amenities.\n\nChoose tenants from the dropdown menu.\n\nLeaving this blank will not restrict any tenants from booking this and another space at the same time.\n\nAmenity Space Billing\n\nGeneral Billing Settings: If tenants should be billed an hourly rate to book this amenity, choose from the following options:\n\nThis amenity is free to book (default)\n\nBillable - During all of amenity's open hours: This space is billable during all of the amenity's open hours\n\nIf this option is selected, Hourly Rates options will open below where you can choose the the dollar or credit rate per hour, or a flat rate.\n\nNote: Credit calculations reset according to the billing cycle set at the property level. For example, if billing is monthly, credits reset each month.\n\nBillable - During custom hours only: This space is billable during specific hours only\n\nIf this option is selected, a calendar option will open below where you can choose the hours a space is reservable\n\nIf this option is selected, Hourly Rates options will open below where you can choose the the dollar or credit rate per hour, or a flat rate.\n\nAmenity Space Visibility\nUser Tag Visibility\n\nVisible To All Users (Default)\n\nOnly Visible To Specified User Tags\nWhen this is selected, a user tag dropdown menu will appear. 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