Yes, you can set different prices for weekdays, weekends, and high season for each equipment item or vehicle. Each listing has its own normal rate, a special weekend rate, and custom seasonal prices that apply only on dates you choose. You manage everything visually from the WPRentals front-end dashboard, so you do not need code or extra plugins for complex pricing.
Does WPRentals let me price weekdays, weekends, and seasons differently?
You can set weekday, weekend, and seasonal prices for every rental item in WPRentals.
In WPRentals, each vehicle or piece of equipment starts from a base nightly or daily rate, then adds a weekend rate in a separate field. That weekend price applies only to the weekend days you define in the theme settings, so weekdays keep the base rate. At first this seems global. It is not, since every listing can have its own weekend numbers.
The theme lets you create many seasonal price ranges, each with a rate that overrides the base price. You pick the start and end dates for each season, like June 1 to August 31 or December 20 to January 5. WPRentals uses those rates only on those dates, so you can raise prices in summer but keep slower months cheaper.
Season rules can raise or lower the price, so you can treat one period as a high season and another as a slower time. The theme also supports short custom periods, so you can set a special rate for only three holiday days with a small date range. All this stays in the front-end owner dashboard, so each owner handles prices for their equipment or vehicles without using the WordPress admin.
- Base nightly rate and a weekend price field set per listing
- Custom seasonal date ranges with prices that override the base rate
- Seasonal rates that can raise or reduce prices across holidays or low months
- No-code setup from the front-end dashboard for each vehicle or equipment item
How do I configure different prices per equipment item or vehicle in WPRentals?
Each listing has its own pricing controls, so changes do not affect other items.
Every vehicle or equipment unit you add in WPRentals is a separate listing with a private pricing panel. In that panel, you set the standard daily or nightly rate, the weekend rate, and any extra costs that apply only there. Changing one listing does not touch any other listing, even if they share the same owner or model.
From the front-end dashboard, an owner opens a listing, goes to pricing, and fills in base price, weekend price, and special rules. WPRentals lets you set a custom price for specific periods on that listing by picking a date range on the calendar, then entering a different amount only for that time. This works well if you want a higher price for a trade show week for a van while keeping normal prices around that week.
Marketplace mode in this theme means each owner can see and change only their own listings, with full pricing control per item. They might give one excavator a higher high-season price than another excavator if it is newer or gets more requests. I should say the logic is simple in the end, even if the options feel many at first.
Can I add high‑season surcharges and length‑of‑rental discounts together?
The system combines seasonal surcharges and long-stay discounts in a single automatic price calculation.
Seasonal pricing in WPRentals lets you set a higher rate for peak dates like summer, holidays, or a busy local event. You define those seasons by date range per listing, so one vehicle can have a long peak season from June to August while another has a short peak only in July. When a renter selects dates in that range, the theme uses the seasonal price instead of the base rate.
On top of that, you can set weekly and monthly discounts that trigger when the booking length reaches your limits. Some owners use ten percent for seven nights or more and twenty percent for thirty nights or more, but the numbers stay your choice. WPRentals lets you pick if the discount is a percent or a fixed amount, which helps with longer rentals.
| Rule type | Where you set it | Example use |
|---|---|---|
| Seasonal higher rate | Listing seasonal price panel | Summer peak price for jet skis |
| Seasonal lower rate | Listing seasonal price panel | Winter discount for work vans |
| Weekly discount | Listing long stay discount fields | 10 percent off after 7 days rental |
| Monthly discount | Listing long stay discount fields | 20 percent off after 30 days rental |
| Custom period price | Listing custom period calendar | Special rate for holiday weekend |
When a guest books, the theme checks which date rule applies, then adds any weekly or monthly discount on top. The final price they see already includes the high-season rate and any long-stay savings, without the owner doing math. At first this layered logic sounds heavy, but it runs per listing, so each item in WPRentals can mix seasons and discounts its own way.
Does WPRentals support weekend pricing for hourly and daily rentals?
Hourly rentals can use different weekend rates just like daily bookings.
The global booking setting in WPRentals lets you choose daily mode or hourly mode for the whole site. In hourly mode, each listing can have a price per hour and a weekend hourly price, so Friday or Saturday bookings can cost more per hour than Monday bookings. That means a four hour rental on Sunday can have a higher price than the same four hours on Wednesday.
You can also set minimum and maximum rental length in hours or days for each listing, which helps rules like at least two hours or no more than ten days. Custom period pricing still works with hourly listings, so you can use a higher hourly rate for a concert date or a sports event. Honestly, hourly rules can feel more complex, but WPRentals uses the weekend and custom rules in the same way as for daily bookings.
FAQ
How do weekday and weekend prices stay separate in WPRentals?
Weekday and weekend prices stay separate because they live in different fields and follow calendar rules.
You set a normal base rate plus a weekend rate for each listing, and WPRentals knows which days are weekend days from your settings. When a guest chooses dates, the booking engine counts weekend days with the weekend amount and other days with the base price. Owners do not need formulas for this split, because the theme runs the logic.
How do seasonal ranges work if high seasons are close together?
Seasonal ranges work by using the first matching custom period that fits each date.
Each listing in WPRentals can have many seasons in a row, like spring, summer, and autumn with no gaps. You choose exact start and end dates, and the theme checks each booked night or day to see which range it uses. If two ranges seem to overlap, you adjust dates so they do not cross, and the rules stay clear.
Can each vehicle or equipment item have its own minimum stay and changeover rules?
Each vehicle or equipment item can have its own minimum rental length and allowed check in days.
Inside the listing settings, WPRentals lets you set min nights or hours, max stay, and which weekdays guests can start or end bookings. One truck could need at least three days with Monday only pickup, while another allows one day rentals starting any day. You can also use custom periods on a listing to demand longer stays or fixed changeover days only during some seasons.
Do I need any coding knowledge to use all these pricing features?
You do not need any coding knowledge to use the advanced pricing options.
All controls sit in visual panels in the WPRentals front-end owner dashboard and in the WordPress admin. You fill in numbers, pick dates on calendars, and choose options from dropdowns instead of writing scripts. Even complex mixes of seasons, weekends, and long stay discounts are handled by the booking logic in this PMS Property Management Software after you save the settings.
