When would a host use calendar pricing?
Calendar pricing removes the need to edit the beginning/end dates of each season. By using calendar pricing, you can leave the seasonal rates alone, and just override any rates/minimum night stays.
Last updated August 23, 2026
Once your calendar starts to fill, rates and minimum night stays might need to be adjusted. (It is common for owners to lift minimum night restrictions, to minimise 1-2 night calendar gaps.) To do this, you can either edit each season's beginning and end dates and/or rates, or override the seasonal rates with calendar pricing.
When editing one season's start/end dates, often the preceding and subsequent seasons will need to be adjusted as well. This can be time-consuming if you don't use a channel manager or dynamic pricing software.
A general (not literal) view when comparing seasonal and calendar pricing is:
Seasonal rates = set it and forget it, within one date range
Calendar rates = manual dynamic pricing
One difference matters more than convenience: seasons do not repeat. A season applies only between its own start and end dates, and once that end date passes it stops applying - its rates, minimum stays and changeover days go with it. Calendar rates and calendar rules are attached to the dates you select and do not expire. If you use seasons, plan to create new ones each year.
Most hosts use a combination of the two, as they tend to overlap. For example, in the Outer Banks, Jersey Shore and Cape Cod it is common to require weekly reservations only, with a weekly designated changeover date. If each week was created as a separate season, the host just edits the rate of each season as supply and demand fluctuate. But in markets where the minimum night stay varies - reservations may range from 1 to 14 nights - calendar pricing is probably more convenient.
How do I add calendar pricing?
Go to the calendar view in your dashboard: Manage Listings > Calendar.
Highlight the calendar dates that need to be edited.
Adjust the rate and the minimum night stay in the panel that opens on the left, then save.
To show or hide the seasonal rates table on your listing page, go to Pricing > Seasons and use the Hide seasonal pricing block on my listing toggle. It is on the Seasons page, not the calendar.