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Booking Lifecycle

The Kasura booking lifecycle moves every booking through reserved, active and returned states, with cancellation possible before it becomes active.

What problem this solves

Without a defined lifecycle, staff and integrations would lack a shared vocabulary for what stage a booking is in.

Why the alternative is insufficient

Treating a booking as one static record without stages would make it impossible to distinguish an upcoming reservation from an active rental.

How Kasura handles it

A booking's current stage determines which actions (pickup, return, check-in, check-out) are available on it.

What this does not mean

That a vehicle reservation and an accommodation stay follow entirely separate lifecycles; both follow the same reserved/active/returned progression under different terminology.

Related concepts

Part of: Rental Lifecycle

Related glossary terms

Related pillar pages

Principles: PR-02 · Rationale: WHY-07 · Product Truth: T07

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