Configuring group pricing in Checkfront lets you set tailored rates for larger parties, making it easier to offer value, accommodate group bookings, and streamline pricing for Customers booking together.
Learn how to set up group pricing for your product, including group pricing using product rates, group pricing per Guest in a group, and group pricing per group of Guests.
Learn more about the Pricing tab here: Step 4: Configuring pricing for your product
New to the Product Builder? Read the first article in this series for an introduction to the Product feature.
Accessing the features mentioned in this article
Where can I find this feature using the top menu?
- Inventory > Products > Products > Add Product/Add New Product/Edit Product > Pricing
What more do I need to use this feature?
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Admin permissions to manage inventory or restricted permissions to View products and assets and Manage products and assets.
Which Checkfront version supports this feature - classic items, classic products, or both?
- Your account must have access to classic products (Inventory > Products), a key feature of our classic products version of Checkfront. This feature is not available for use with classic items (Inventory > Items) in our classic items version. → Learn more about products.
Configuring group pricing
Group pricing enables you to create a customized pricing structure based on the number of products or guest types booked. Depending on your business needs...
- Group pricing can be configured to increase or decrease as the quantity booked increases.
- Group pricing can be configured per product (with or without assets), per guest in a group, or per group of guests.
- Group pricing per guest type or per group using guest types can be configured to include a product rate or not.
Group pricing using product rates
To configure group pricing per product rate, click the +Add Group Rate button next to the product rate.
To set up group pricing for your product, follow these steps...
- Click the +Add Group Price button next to the Product Base Rate to open the group pricing settings.
- Specify the range of your first group pricing tier and toggle the settings accordingly. For example, rent one to two kayaks for $35.00 each or three to four kayaks for the reduced rate of $25.00 each.
- Ensure you finish your final row with the infinity icon (∞) to configure the range with no upper limit. For example, rent five or more kayaks for $15.00 each. If you don't configure the tier to have upper limits, the price returns to the base price.
- Click the +Add Price button for every additional pricing tier you need to achieve your desired pricing structure.
The above is a preview of what this configuration example would look like to the Customer within the Book Now tab and Create Booking page. According to the example configuration, reduced pricing takes effect when a quantity of three or more is selected.
Group pricing per Guest in a group
To configure group pricing per guest type, click the +Add Group Rate button next to the guest rate.
To set up group pricing per Guest, follow these steps...
- Click the +Add Group Price button next to the Guest Base Rate to open the group pricing settings. By default, the tiers are priced Per Guest.
- Specify the range of your first group pricing tier and toggle the settings accordingly. For example, for groups of one to two Guests, the price is $25.00 per Guest, but it decreases for groups of three to four guests ($20.00 per Guest) or five or more guests ($15.00 per Guest).
- Ensure you finish your final row with the infinity icon (∞) to configure the range with no upper limit. For example, book five or more guests for $15.00 each. If you don't configure the tier to have upper limits, the price returns to the base price.
- Click the +Add Price button for every additional pricing tier you need to achieve your desired pricing structure.
The above is a preview of what this configuration example would look like to the Customer within the Book Now tab and Create Booking page.
According to the example configuration, reduced pricing takes effect when a quantity of three or more is selected.
The above example uses a simple use case, where the guest type is Guest, but you can configure group pricing for each guest type if you have multiple options (e.g., Adult, Youth, Child, Senior).
Group pricing by guest type can also be combined with product rate pricing, depending on your business's specific needs.
Group pricing per group of Guests
To set up guest pricing per group, follow these steps...
- Click the +Add Group Price button next to the Guest Base Rate to open the group pricing settings.
- Select the Per Group option from the settings to the right of the first tier. You need to do the same for each tier you add.
- Specify the range of your first group pricing tier and toggle the settings accordingly. For example, for groups of one to two Guests, the price is $50.00 per group. However, the price decreases for groups of three to four guests ($40.00 per Group) or five or more guests ($30.00 per Group).
- Ensure you finish your final row with the infinity icon (∞) to configure the range with no upper limit. For example, book five or more guests for $30.00 per Group. If you don't configure the tier to have upper limits, the price returns to the base price.
- Click the +Add Price button for every additional pricing tier you need to achieve your desired pricing structure.
The above example uses a simple use case, where the Guest type is Guest, but you can configure group pricing for each Guest type if you have multiple options (e.g., Adult, Youth, Child, Senior).
Product rate pricing with guest rate pricing
Group product rate pricing and Guest rate pricing can also be combined, depending on your business's needs.
Next Steps
In the next article in this series, we explore working with the pricing table.
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