Guide
When to Use Room Readiness
Room readiness shows whether a unit can be checked into — ready, dirty, or cleaning — and blocks check-in until staff set it back to ready.
Why room readiness exists
An accommodation unit never leaves the business the way a rented vehicle does — it stays in place, and the question after a guest departs is not what condition it came back in, but how soon it can be sold again. Room readiness gives that turnaround a name: a status on the unit that tells staff, at a glance, whether the next guest can check in.
Ready
Ready means the unit can be checked into. New accommodation units start in this state, and it is where every unit returns once cleaning is finished. Kasura's check-in step checks this status directly: if room readiness is turned on for the workspace and a unit is not marked ready, check-in is blocked with an explicit message that the room is not ready yet.
Dirty
Dirty is the state a unit enters automatically the moment a guest checks out, when room readiness is turned on for the workspace. It is not a judgment about the room's actual condition — it is simply the signal that the unit needs attention before it can be sold again. If room readiness is turned off, check-out does not touch this status at all.
Cleaning
Cleaning is the optional middle state between dirty and ready, set manually by staff once work on the unit has started. Some businesses skip it entirely and move a unit straight from dirty to ready; others use it to show, on the operations board, that a unit is actively being worked on rather than simply waiting.
Operational transition
In practice, a unit moves from occupied to dirty at check-out, optionally through cleaning while work is underway, and back to ready once it is confirmed fit for the next guest. Every transition into or out of cleaning and ready is a manual choice a staff member makes on the Assets page; only the move into dirty at check-out happens on its own. The accommodation operations board shows all three states together, alongside today's check-ins and check-outs, so staff can see what needs attention without checking each unit individually.
Common mistakes
The most frequent mistake is forgetting to move a unit back to ready once it has actually been cleaned — the status only reflects what staff enter, so a spotless room stuck on dirty or cleaning will still block check-in. Another is expecting room readiness to organize who cleans what: it shows a status, not a task list, and assigns nothing to anyone. Businesses that turn the feature off sometimes still expect check-in to be gated on cleanliness — with it off, Kasura no longer touches or checks this status at all.
What this guide does not mean
- Room readiness does not manage housekeeping. It shows and changes a status; it does not create, assign, or track cleaning tasks.
- Room readiness does not schedule anything. There is no cleaning calendar, shift plan, or staff roster attached to this feature.
- Room readiness does not plan staff. Kasura has no concept of a cleaner, a cleaning team, or who is responsible for a given unit.
- Room readiness is not a hotel property-management system. It tracks one status field per unit, not room types, housekeeping departments, or multi-day operational scheduling.