Open date activities

When a customer books an open date activity, their booking is valid until a specific expiration date. As a result, customers do not select a date during the booking flow. They can enjoy the activity any time before the voucher expires. This is a common solution for activity providers organizing a temporary event or with less need to follow a strict schedule.

Identifying open date activities

To determine if an activity is open date, call the /activities/{activityUuid} endpoint and look at the open property:

{
	"max_confirmation_time": "P2D",
	"cutoff_time": "P0D",
	"booking_type": "NO-CALENDAR-FIXED-END",
	[...]
	"open": true,
	[...]
}

When the open property is true, the activity is open date.

Types of open date activities

The booking_type property describes the type of open date activity. In the example above, the value of NO-CALENDAR-FIXED-END means every customer's booking will expire on a specific date.

A value of NO-CALENDAR-FIXED-VALIDITY means the expiration date is set to a certain number of days after the customer makes their order.

Limitations

While open date bookings allow customers a greater freedom to experience an activity when they want, their freedom is not absolute. Customers are still limited to the operating dates and hours of an activity's location as well as any restrictions on the maximum number of people allowed at a time.