Rates for holidays

Q. Why do my holiday Rates get used for all reservations, even though I put the holidays in the "Special Dates Applicable" field?

The Special Dates field is often misunderstood.  This is used only as an exception to the Season dates -- e.g. if there are certain dates NOT in your normal season that this rate also applies.  However if your Season Dates field is blank, the rate is available for all dates anyway -- the Special Dates have no effect.  Therefore you need to put your holiday dates in as Season dates, not Special dates.  That way the rate will ONLY apply to the holidays.

Of course the other key is that the holiday rate appear before your normal rate, so it gets checked first.  Otherwise your holiday rate may not get used at all.