How Multi-Date Rental Bookings Work

The same family needs a reception lehenga out on the 10th and a ceremony set out on the 12th. One notebook line cannot hold two windows. Two separate “orders” in Excel lose the shared customer and deposit story.

Better process

1. Create one order for the customer.
2. Add a sub-order per function window with its products.
3. Set dispatch and return on each sub-order.
4. Run availability per window before save.
5. Collect rent and deposit against the parent financials.
6. Move each sub-order through ready to dispatch → dispatched → completed.

Tradock-supported workflow

New order stepper: Sub-orders → Customer → Review & save. Each sub-order carries products, notes, alteration flag, and schedule. Parent status derives from active sub-orders. Availability validation runs for the requested periods. Invoices can present order sections for multi-date rentals.