diff --git a/frontend/src/components/CategoryGroup.tsx b/frontend/src/components/CategoryGroup.tsx
index 06091ea..832c108 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/CategoryGroup.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/CategoryGroup.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ interface Props {
 export default function CategoryGroup({ categoryId, categoryName, rooms, viewDate, config, onRoomClick }: Props) {
   const [open, setOpen] = useState(true)
 
+  const today    = new Date().toISOString().slice(0, 10)
+  const isToday  = viewDate === today
+  const isFuture = viewDate > today
+
   const outstandingTasks = rooms.reduce((n, r) => {
     return n + r.tasks.filter(t => {
       const d = t.task_when_date || t.task_period_from
@@ -30,10 +34,10 @@ export default function CategoryGroup({ categoryId, categoryName, rooms, viewDat
       <div className="category-header" onClick={() => setOpen(o => !o)}>
         <span className="category-name">{categoryName}</span>
         <span style={{ fontSize: 11, color: 'var(--text-muted)' }}>{rooms.length}</span>
-        {outstandingTasks > 0 && (
+        {!isFuture && outstandingTasks > 0 && (
           <span className="category-badge badge-tasks">{outstandingTasks} tasks</span>
         )}
-        {dirtyCount > 0 && (
+        {isToday && dirtyCount > 0 && (
           <span className="category-badge badge-dirty">{dirtyCount} dirty</span>
         )}
         <ChevronDown
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/RoomCard.tsx b/frontend/src/components/RoomCard.tsx
index 2d02d0f..09f1cca 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/RoomCard.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/RoomCard.tsx
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ function RoomCard({ room, viewDate, config, onClick }: Props) {
   const isBlocked = room.flow_type === 'blocked'
   const isVacant  = room.flow_type === 'vacant'
 
+  const today    = new Date().toISOString().slice(0, 10)
+  const isToday  = viewDate === today
+  const isFuture = viewDate > today
+
   // Booking status (lowercased) drives the card border via CSS attribute selector
   const bookingStatus = booking?.booking_status?.toLowerCase() ?? null
 
@@ -94,9 +98,13 @@ function RoomCard({ room, viewDate, config, onClick }: Props) {
   // Departure time shown in the left-bracket sliver (not as a card pill).
   // Show only when there's a departing booking whose status is still 'arrived'
   // (not yet checked out). Matches original: collapses once status flips to 'departed'.
+  // On future dates every in-house booking is still 'arrived', so only show
+  // late checkouts (time after the default checkout time).
+  const defaultCheckout = (config?.default_checkout_time || '11:00').slice(0, 5)
   const sliverDepartTime = !room.spans_previous &&
     room.departing_time &&
-    room.departing_booking?.booking_status?.toLowerCase() === 'arrived'
+    room.departing_booking?.booking_status?.toLowerCase() === 'arrived' &&
+    (!isFuture || room.departing_time.slice(0, 5) > defaultCheckout)
     ? room.departing_time.slice(0, 5)
     : null
 
@@ -131,7 +139,7 @@ function RoomCard({ room, viewDate, config, onClick }: Props) {
 
   return (
     <div
-      className={`room-card${isBlocked ? ' room-blocked' : ''}`}
+      className={`room-card${isBlocked ? ' room-blocked' : ''}${sliverDepartTime ? ' has-sliver-time' : ''}`}
       {...(dataAttrs as React.HTMLAttributes<HTMLDivElement>)}
       onClick={() => onClick(room)}
     >
@@ -139,7 +147,7 @@ function RoomCard({ room, viewDate, config, onClick }: Props) {
       {sliverDepartTime && (
         <div className="card-sliver-depart">
           <Clock size={9} {...I} />
-          {sliverDepartTime}
+          <span className="sliver-time">{sliverDepartTime}</span>
         </div>
       )}
 
@@ -171,9 +179,11 @@ function RoomCard({ room, viewDate, config, onClick }: Props) {
               {nights.current}/{nights.total}
             </span>
           )}
-          <span className={`card-site-status ${statusCls(room.site_status)}`}>
-            {room.site_status || 'Unknown'}
-          </span>
+          {isToday && (
+            <span className={`card-site-status ${statusCls(room.site_status)}`}>
+              {room.site_status || 'Unknown'}
+            </span>
+          )}
         </div>
       </div>
 
@@ -222,16 +232,18 @@ function RoomCard({ room, viewDate, config, onClick }: Props) {
             </span>
           )}
 
-          {/* Task status */}
-          <span className={`card-task-pill ${taskCls}`}>
-            <TaskIcon size={12} {...I} />
-            {outstanding.length > 0 && <span>{outstanding.length}</span>}
-          </span>
+          {/* Task status — housekeeping tasks only apply up to today */}
+          {!isFuture && (
+            <span className={`card-task-pill ${taskCls}`}>
+              <TaskIcon size={12} {...I} />
+              {outstanding.length > 0 && <span>{outstanding.length}</span>}
+            </span>
+          )}
         </div>
       )}
 
       {/* ── show_on_card task dots ──────────────────── */}
-      {todayTasks.some(t => taskDisp[t.task_type_id]?.show_on_card) && (
+      {!isFuture && todayTasks.some(t => taskDisp[t.task_type_id]?.show_on_card) && (
         <div className="card-task-dots">
           {todayTasks.map(t => {
             const d = taskDisp[t.task_type_id]
diff --git a/frontend/src/index.css b/frontend/src/index.css
index b292cca..6cecc58 100644
--- a/frontend/src/index.css
+++ b/frontend/src/index.css
@@ -460,23 +460,30 @@ html, body, #root {
 .room-card[data-next-status="unconfirmed"]::after { border-color: #f59e0b; }
 .room-card[data-next-status="departed"]::after    { border-color: #a855f7; }
 
-/* Departure time shown in left-bracket sliver (while prev booking still 'arrived') */
+/* Departure time shown in left-bracket sliver (while prev booking still 'arrived').
+   The bracket widens to 19px when a time is shown; the time reads vertically. */
+.room-card.has-sliver-time[data-previous-status]::before { width: 19px; }
 .card-sliver-depart {
   position: absolute;
-  left: -21px;
+  left: -23px;
+  width: 19px;
   top: 50%;
   transform: translateY(-50%);
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: column;
   align-items: center;
-  gap: 1px;
-  font-size: 8px;
+  gap: 2px;
+  font-size: 9px;
   font-weight: 600;
   color: var(--col-arrived);
   line-height: 1;
   pointer-events: none;
   white-space: nowrap;
 }
+.card-sliver-depart .sliver-time {
+  writing-mode: vertical-rl;
+  letter-spacing: .04em;
+}
 
 /* Blocked room */
 .room-card.room-blocked {