Guide

Charge more in peak season and less for long hires

Your base daily rate is the starting point. Rules move it — up for summer, down for a fortnight's hire, whatever your season looks like. This is how they combine and which one wins.

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This guide answers

  • How do I charge more in peak season?
  • How do I give a discount for longer hires?
  • Why is my pricing rule not applying?
  • Which rule wins when two overlap?

Revenue → Pricing in the sidebar. Each vehicle has a base daily rate; rules move it for particular dates, days or hire lengths.

The five rule types

Type What it does
Seasonal (date range) Applies between two dates. Your summer rate.
Specific date A single calendar date. Public holidays, race weekend.
Day of week Particular weekdays. Friday and Saturday pickups.
Length of hire Applies to hires within a day-count band. The weekly discount.
Minimum days Not a price. Refuses hires shorter than the number you set.

Minimum days is the odd one out — it does not need a rate value, because it does not change the price. It stops a booking being made at all.

How the rate is expressed

Choose one:

  • Fixed rate ($) — replaces the daily rate with the amount you type.
  • Percentage (+/- %) — moves it by a percentage.
  • Multiplier (×) — multiplies it, so 1.15 is a 15% uplift.

Fixed replaces; percentage and multiplier adjust. That distinction matters when rules stack.

Narrowing where a rule applies

A rule with no scope applies to your whole fleet. Narrow it by category, vehicle group, a single vehicle, or pickup location. Leaving a scope field empty means "all", not "none" — a common way to make a rule broader than intended.

Which rule wins

Higher priority wins. When two rules could apply, the one with the larger priority number is used. Rules are evaluated in a fixed order — seasonal, then length-of-hire, then a specific-date override for that individual day — so a specific date beats a season it falls inside.

If a rule "isn't working", the usual cause is another rule with a higher priority quietly taking precedence, not the rule itself being wrong.

What you should see when it worked

Quote a test booking across the dates the rule covers and check the daily rate. The pricing calendar shows effective rates by month, which is the fastest way to see a season take shape.

Things worth knowing

  • Rules can be switched off with the Active toggle rather than deleted, which is easier to undo when a season ends.
  • Length-of-hire bands are about the whole hire, not each day, so a 10-day hire lands in the band covering 10 days.
  • A booking already made keeps its price. Changing a rule does not reprice existing bookings.

If it did not work

  • The rule seems ignored. Check for a higher-priority rule covering the same dates, then check the scope is not narrower than you meant.
  • The price moved on dates you did not expect. An empty scope field means all vehicles and all locations.
  • A short booking is being refused. That is a minimum-days rule doing its job. Look for one covering that vehicle or group.

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