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  • January 14, 2026
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  • MLL
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Hey All, we are a small property with a very unique setup, 20 unique cabins and 8 motel rooms on one property, which results in 25 different room types. Managing restrictions in MEWS has been a nightmare for years, especially that we do not do a blanket property restrictions but rather room specific for various reasons 

Two main challenges is setting initial restrictions and then adjusting them, and also having the ability do dynamically and automatically relax restrictions when a window open up 

MEWS does not have a solution for this and wondering if any of you have had this issue and what kind of third party work arounds did you find?

Best answer by adrianne.flores

Hi ​@MLL 😀

Your setup (20 unique cabins + 8 motel rooms) is exactly the kind of property where restriction management gets complex fast, especially if you avoid blanket property-wide rules.

Mews can target restrictions at the space category + rate level, but it doesn’t currently automate the “gap-filling” logic you’re describing (e.g., relaxing min LOS when short windows open up), so you end up doing a lot manually.

What we see other properties do in similar cases:

✅ Use an RMS connected to Mews (e.g., Atomize, RoomPriceGenie, Duetto) to dynamically adjust min LOS/CTA based on demand and to prevent unbookable gaps
✅ Or push more restriction logic into their channel manager/CRS, with Mews mainly handling inventory + base pricing
✅ Or group similar units to reduce the number of unique rule sets they maintain

So short answer: there are workarounds, but native automation for gap-filling isn’t there yet in Mews today.

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Johannes Rott
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  • Johannes Rott
  • Superstar Guru
  • January 15, 2026

​@MLL we are now using a RMS to set restricitons as it is very annoing in MEWS. I guess there is no different solution.

Johannes Rott // IMLAUER Hotels
adrianne.flores
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  • adrianne.floresMews Employee
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  • January 16, 2026

Hi ​@MLL 😀

Your setup (20 unique cabins + 8 motel rooms) is exactly the kind of property where restriction management gets complex fast, especially if you avoid blanket property-wide rules.

Mews can target restrictions at the space category + rate level, but it doesn’t currently automate the “gap-filling” logic you’re describing (e.g., relaxing min LOS when short windows open up), so you end up doing a lot manually.

What we see other properties do in similar cases:

✅ Use an RMS connected to Mews (e.g., Atomize, RoomPriceGenie, Duetto) to dynamically adjust min LOS/CTA based on demand and to prevent unbookable gaps
✅ Or push more restriction logic into their channel manager/CRS, with Mews mainly handling inventory + base pricing
✅ Or group similar units to reduce the number of unique rule sets they maintain

So short answer: there are workarounds, but native automation for gap-filling isn’t there yet in Mews today.

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