How do I edit a duration rate?

Keep your duration-based pricing accurate by learning how to edit duration rates in Custom Rates or the Product Builder, with the reassurance that any changes won't affect pricing for historical bookings.

Learn how to edit a duration rate via Custom Rates and the Product Builder.

Accessing the features mentioned in this article

Where can I find this feature using the top menu?

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

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.
• Duration rates are available only for those using All Day, Nightly, and Flex Time, not Timeslots.
   

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. 

What is a duration rate? A duration rate allows you to configure pricing increases or decreases, by dollar amount or percentage, based on the booking duration, and apply them to the base rate configured for your product.

How do I create a product? For a detailed walk-through of product creation, please see the following series: Introduction to products and the product builder

Preserving historical duration rates If you edit a duration rate, e.g., change the rate amount, any duration rates applied to historical bookings are preserved and not changed.

To edit a duration rate, you have two options.

• Edit availability rates from Custom Rates
• Edit availability rates from the Product Builder

To edit a duration rate from Custom Rates:

1. Start by navigating the Custom Rates page (Inventory > Custom Rates).
2. Click on the name of the duration rate to open the Duration Rate modal.
3. Modify the name, date range, duration rates, multi-duration setting, and the applied categories and products from the Duration Rate modal. You can also archive the duration rate.

To edit a duration rate from the Product Builder:

1. Start by navigating to the Pricing tab of the Product Builder (Inventory > Products > edit/+new product). 
2. Find the duration rate you need to edit within the Pricing Events table. 
3. Click on the pencil icon next to the duration rate pricing within the Pricing Table. This action opens the Duration Rate modal.
4. Modify the name, date range, duration rates, multi-duration setting, and the applied categories and products from the Duration Rate modal. You can also archive the duration rate.