Pricing Overview

CR Bee uses a layered pricing engine that calculates the final price for each booking. Understanding the priority chain helps you set up pricing that works for your business.

Pricing Priority Chain

When a customer requests a quote, the pricing engine evaluates rules in this strict order:

Availability Check — Is the vehicle available for the requested dates?
Special Offers — Is there an active special offer that applies?
Price Group — Does a price group match? (Falls back to the default group)
Vehicle Pricing — Is a specific price set for this vehicle?
Category Pricing — Is a price set for the vehicle's category?
Modifiers — Apply age surcharges, location fees, weekend rates
Coupons — Apply any discount codes
Taxes & Rounding — Apply tax rate and round to final amount

Vehicle-specific prices always override category prices. If you set a price for both a vehicle and its category, the vehicle price is used.

Building Blocks

The pricing system is built on three core entities:

Seasons

Time periods with different pricing (e.g., "Low Season", "High Season", "Peak Season"). Each season has a start date, end date, and optional label. Seasons must cover the full year without gaps.

Duration Tiers

Day-count ranges that determine the daily rate (e.g., "1-3 days" at a higher rate, "4-7 days" at a lower rate). Longer rentals typically have lower daily rates.

Named sets of prices that map to specific season × duration tier combinations. The "Default" group applies to all vehicles unless overridden. You can create additional groups for special pricing scenarios.

Price Calculation Example

For a 5-day rental in July:

Engine finds the season covering July (e.g., "High Season")
Engine finds the duration tier covering 5 days (e.g., "4-7 days")
Looks up the daily rate for this vehicle + season + tier
Multiplies: daily_rate × 5 days
Adds any modifiers (location fees, age surcharge)
Subtracts any coupon discount
Applies tax
Returns the final price

Rental Day Calculation

By default, rental days are calculated using calendar days: the difference between pickup and dropoff dates.

If you configure a Day End Time (in Settings > Pricing & Tax), the calculation changes:

Day 1 ends at the configured time on the pickup date
If pickup is after the day-end time, Day 1 extends to that time the next day
Each additional day is a full 24-hour block

See Rental Day Calculation for details.