How do I edit availability events and availability rates?

Learn how to edit availability events, availability rates, and custom availability rates from the Product Builder.

Accessing the features mentioned in this article

Where can I find this feature using the top menu?

• Availability Events: Inventory > Products > Availability
• Availability Event Rates: Inventory > Products > Pricing
  
  

What more do I need to use this feature?

• 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. 
   

Please see the following series for a detailed walk-through of product creation, including adding availability events. Introduction to products and the product builder

Edit availability can be edited in three ways...

• Editing an availability event
• Editing availability event rates
• Editing custom availability event rates

To edit an availability event, start by navigating to the Availability tab of the Product Builder (Inventory > Products > edit/+new product). 

You can find the availability event you need to edit within the Availability Events table. 

Open the actions menu (...) and select Edit from the list of options presented. This opens the Edit Availability Event modal.

From the Edit Availability Event modal, you can edit the event name, date range, fixed start time setting, hours of operation settings, booking rules, and Guest min/max settings.

Any changes to the date range within availability events impact when any pricing for those same availability events is applicable. The date range within the Pricing table is updated accordingly. Learn more about editing pricing for availability events with the following help articles. Step 4: Configuring pricing for your product How do I add pricing based on availability events?

Do you need to edit the pricing of the availability event? You can do so from the Availability tab of the Product Builder (Inventory > Products > edit/+new product).

Click the pencil icon next to the availability event pricing within the Pricing Table. This opens the Edit Availability Rate modal.

From the Edit Availability Rate modal, you can modify the rate type, percentage (%) or amount ($), modify the rate number, or remove the availability rate.

From the modal, you can also Remove the availability event pricing. This does not remove or delete the associated availability event, it simply disables the availability rates and removes the pricing from the Pricing Table.

Learn more about pricing for availability events below. Step 4: Configuring pricing for your product How do I add pricing based on availability events?

Do you need to edit custom availability rates? Simply click on the rate amount field within the Pricing Table and Pricing tab of the Product Builder (Inventory > Products > edit/+new product). Don't forget to Save your changes!