[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":141},["ShallowReactive",2],{"guide-\u002Fguides\u002Fpricing-and-packages\u002Fweekday-vs-weekend-pricing":3,"guide-siblings-\u002Fguides\u002Fpricing-and-packages\u002Fweekday-vs-weekend-pricing":131},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":7,"description":106,"disclaimer":107,"draft":108,"extension":109,"faq":110,"lastReviewed":123,"meta":124,"navigation":125,"path":126,"publishedAt":123,"seo":127,"sitemap":128,"stem":129,"__hash__":130},"guides\u002Fguides\u002Fpricing-and-packages\u002Fweekday-vs-weekend-pricing.md","Weekday vs weekend pricing: should Saturdays cost more?","Rally",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":98},"minimark",[10,14,19,22,25,29,36,42,45,49,52,80,83,91,95],[11,12,13],"p",{},"Yes, in effect, and the friendly way to do it is a weekday rate rather than a weekend surcharge. Your Saturdays are finite inventory: maybe 30 prime weekend days a season, times however many parties fit in one. Your Tuesdays are nearly unlimited. Pricing them the same means underpricing the scarce one.",[15,16,18],"h2",{"id":17},"the-inventory-math","The inventory math",[11,20,21],{},"Count your real capacity. One crew and one rig running Saturdays might have 60 to 90 sellable weekend slots a season. Those slots are what your whole year's revenue rides on, and when they're gone, they're gone. A Tuesday slot that doesn't sell cost you nothing. A Saturday slot sold cheap cost you the difference between what it went for and what it would have fetched in June.",[11,23,24],{},"That asymmetry is the entire argument. Airlines, venues, and photographers all price it. Party operators can too.",[15,26,28],{"id":27},"two-ways-to-structure-it-one-clearly-better","Two ways to structure it, one clearly better",[11,30,31,35],{},[32,33,34],"strong",{},"Weekend surcharge:"," \"Parties are 425, plus 75 on Saturdays.\" Accurate, and it reads like a penalty. Clients anchor on 425 and feel charged extra for wanting the normal day.",[11,37,38,41],{},[32,39,40],{},"Weekday rate:"," \"Parties are 500. Weekday parties are 425.\" Same two numbers, opposite feeling. The weekend price is just the price, and the weekday is a deal for the flexible. Nobody has ever resented a discount.",[11,43,44],{},"Set the gap at 10 to 20 percent. Bigger than that and you're training clients to question the weekend number.",[15,46,48],{"id":47},"what-weekday-pricing-actually-unlocks","What weekday pricing actually unlocks",[11,50,51],{},"The weekday rate isn't really for birthday parents, most of whom need Saturday. It's for the demand that can flex:",[53,54,55,62,68,74],"ul",{},[56,57,58,61],"li",{},[32,59,60],{},"Summer camps and daycares",", whose events are weekday by definition.",[56,63,64,67],{},[32,65,66],{},"Schools",", for field days and end-of-year events.",[56,69,70,73],{},[32,71,72],{},"Corporate and team events",", which prefer weekdays.",[56,75,76,79],{},[32,77,78],{},"Summer birthdays",", where school's out and a Thursday party works fine.",[11,81,82],{},"Publish the weekday rate where those buyers can see it and Tuesday stops being an off day and becomes a second product.",[84,85,88],"rally-aside",{"label":86,"to":87},"See the catalog in Rally","\u002Ffeatures",[11,89,90],{},"Seasonal and day-based pricing rules live on your packages in Rally, so the booking form quotes the right rate for the date picked. The Saturday premium and the Tuesday deal both happen without you touching a quote.",[15,92,94],{"id":93},"the-line-to-remember","The line to remember",[11,96,97],{},"You're not charging more for Saturday. You're refusing to charge Saturday prices for a Tuesday, and there's a camp director out there who's glad you don't.",{"title":99,"searchDepth":100,"depth":100,"links":101},"",2,[102,103,104,105],{"id":17,"depth":100,"text":18},{"id":27,"depth":100,"text":28},{"id":47,"depth":100,"text":48},{"id":93,"depth":100,"text":94},"Your Saturdays are finite inventory and your Tuesdays are not. Discounting the weekday is the same math as premium-pricing the weekend, and it reads friendlier.","none",false,"md",[111,114,117,120],{"q":112,"a":113},"Should Sunday cost the same as Saturday?","In most markets Sunday demand is real but softer. Some operators price it with Saturday for simplicity, others give it a small break to fill it. Check your own inquiry pattern before deciding.",{"q":115,"a":116},"Should I charge more for peak season weekends?","If June Saturdays sell out by April, yes, they're underpriced. A peak-season rate on your hottest weekends is the same inventory logic one level up.",{"q":118,"a":119},"Do holiday weekends deserve a premium?","They cost you more, because crew is harder to book and worth more on a holiday. A holiday rate that covers premium crew pay is honest, and worth stating on the site rather than surprising anyone.",{"q":121,"a":122},"Will weekday pricing cannibalize my Saturdays?","Almost never. 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