diff --git a/src/modules/chatelet/components/StayDatePicker.vue b/src/modules/chatelet/components/StayDatePicker.vue
index 3c2ee0e..2cb3ae2 100644
--- a/src/modules/chatelet/components/StayDatePicker.vue
+++ b/src/modules/chatelet/components/StayDatePicker.vue
@@ -106,8 +106,19 @@ function isDateDisabled(d: DateValue): boolean {
   if (y < todayYmd) return true
   const start = activeStart.value
   if (!start) {
-    // Picking a check-in: occupied nights are out; everything else is fair.
-    return props.nightSet.has(y) && !(bothSet.value && y === props.checkOut)
+    // Picking a check-in. An occupied night is out — except a committed
+    // check-out that landed on one, which must stay rendered as selected.
+    if (props.nightSet.has(y)) return !(bothSet.value && y === props.checkOut)
+    // A free day is only a valid check-in if a minimum stay fits before the
+    // next occupied night AND within the loaded window. Otherwise reka would
+    // offer it, then strand the guest with no reachable check-out (every
+    // later day disabled), so the only click left is an earlier day, which
+    // reka silently swaps into the range. Disable it up front instead.
+    const minCheckOut = addDays(y, props.minNights)
+    const nextOccupied = nextUnavailableOnOrAfter(props.nights, y)
+    if (nextOccupied && nextOccupied < minCheckOut) return true
+    if (props.maxDate && minCheckOut > props.maxDate) return true
+    return false
   }
   if (y === start) return false
   if (y > start) {