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title: "Should I use schedules or a price rule for peak and off-peak pricing?"
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description: "Set peak and off-peak pricing effortlessly with time-based price rules, ensuring consistent rates across all sales channels without separate schedules."
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updated: 2026-08-24T07:03:47Z
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# Should I use schedules or a price rule for peak and off-peak pricing?

Peak and off-peak pricing is best set with a time-based price rule, not with schedules. A price rule adjusts a product's price automatically by day, time or date range (eg weekends and public holidays), and the same pricing applies across online checkout, POS and Venue Manager.

## Do I need separate schedules for peak and off-peak pricing?

No. A schedule sets **when** sessions are **available**. A time-based price rule sets **what** those sessions **cost**.

If you link your schedule to [operating hours](/v1/docs/create-your-product-schedules-using-operating-hours), one schedule covers the whole week, even when your opening hours change day to day.

Add a time-based price rule to a product to charge more at peak times and less off-peak.

If you already run separate peak and off-peak schedules with differently priced tickets, that setup keeps working. Moving to a price rule means one schedule and one set of tickets, with prices set per tier (peak, holidays), so there's less to update when your prices change.

## Set up peak and off-peak pricing with a time-based price rule

> [!NOTE]
> The [permission](/v1/docs/permissions-by-feature-and-role) required to create and edit price rules is **Can manage price rules**. The permission required to apply a rule to a product is **Can edit products**.

1. From Venue Manager, go to **Products** > **Create price rule.**
2. Select **Time-based pricing**.
3. Give the rule a clear name (eg Weekend and holiday pricing).
4. Use the **Base** tier for your off-peak rate. It's created for you and applies whenever no other tier does.
5. Add a tier for each exception (eg Weekends, Holidays), then use the drop-downs to schedule the days it applies.
6. To set pricing for holidays or special events, select **Add custom date group**, name it, then choose its dates and pricing tier.
7. Select **Save**.

Then apply it to your product.

1. From Venue Manager, go to **Products** > **All products** and select your product.
2. Scroll to **Price rule** in the product settings.
3. Select your rule from the **Price rule** drop-down.
4. Enter a price for each tier in the variations table, then select **Save**.

> [!NOTE]
> For the full walkthrough, including override times and checkout price comparisons, see the guide [Create a time-based price rule](/v1/docs/create-a-time-based-price-rule).

## Which tier applies when more than one could?

Tiers apply in this order:

1. Custom dates (eg holidays or special events)
2. Override times (specific hours within a day, time-restricted sessions only)
3. Recurring days (eg every Saturday and Sunday)
4. Base tier

## Related

- [Get started with price rules](/get-started-with-price-rules.md)
- [Create a time-based price rule](/create-a-time-based-price-rule.md)
- [Create product schedules using operating hours](/create-your-product-schedules-using-operating-hours.md)