Featured periods allow you to highlight specific dates, such as holidays and special events. You can display these periods in your online booking engine, planning board, and rate overview. This helps guests easily find available accommodation for popular dates while giving you a clear overview of important periods when managing your rates.
Create a featured period
Follow these steps to create a new featured period:
Click New featured period in the top-right corner.
Enter a clear name for the featured period.
Set a slug. This is used to display the featured period on your website.
If needed, add translations using the Translations button in the top-right corner. You can enter a separate name and slug for each language to ensure the featured period is displayed correctly on you multilingual website.
Select the desired featured period type.
Configure the remaining settings and save the featured period.
Different types of featured periods
There are three types of featured periods available:
1. Manual
Choose Manual if you want to define the dates yourself.
Select Manual as the type.
Open the Periods tab.
Add one or more periods.
Save the settings.
This type is ideal for periods where the dates vary from year to year.
2. Fixed dates
Choose Fixed dates if the featured period falls on the same calendar dates every year.
Select Fixed dates as the type.
Set the start day and month.
Set the end day and month.
Save the settings.
The booking system will then automatically generate the featured periods for the coming years.
3. Fixed weekday of the month
Choose Fixed weekday of the month if the period occurs on a specific weekday each year, such as the second Monday of October.
Select Fixed weekday of the month as the type.
Select the desired month.
Select the week of the month.
Select the desired weekday.
Specify how long the period should last.
Save the settings.
This type is useful for recurring annual events that do not take place on a fixed calendar date but always occur on the same weekday within a particular month.
Configure where featured periods are displayed
Use the following options to determine where a featured period is visible:
Show in planning board and rate overview: displays the period in both the planning board and the rate overview. This allows you to quickly identify important periods and take them into account when managing your rates.
Show in booking engine: displays the period in the online booking engine.
Featured periods are displayed chronologically based on their dates, ensuring that upcoming periods appear in a logical order.
Show in the planning board and rate overview
When this option is enabled, featured periods are automatically displayed in both the planning board and the rate overview, similar to public holidays. This makes it easy to see which important periods apply at a glance.
Show in online booking engine
When this option is enabled, featured periods are displayed in both the calendar and the filter sidebar on the left-hand side of the booking engine. Guests can simply select a featured period to view the available accommodation without having to select the dates manually.
Highlight a featured period on your website
You can also highlight a featured period on a dedicated landing page on your website. If you would like to use this option, please contact suppor[email protected].