# 📅 Fullday Services: Book Whole Days Without Time Slots

> Set up a Fullday service in Cowlendar for day passes, open houses and events: capacity per day, show start and end time, pre-select the date and more.

A Fullday service sells a whole day. Your customer picks a date, not a time slot. It is perfect when the duration is unknown or irrelevant: a museum pass, a market stall, an open house, a trail.

Fullday is one of the four basic modes. If you are not sure it is the right one, read [Service Types and Presets: Which One Should You Choose?](https://help.cowlendar.com/a/service-types-and-presets-which-one-should-you-choose)

## Create a Fullday service

1. Open **My services** and click **New service**.
2. Choose **Fullday Booking**, or one of the presets built on it: **Full Day Event** (single day passes for museums, zoos, hiking trails or workshops) or **Event (Start Time Only)** (great for garage sales, open houses or events with no fixed end time).
3. Link the service to a Shopify product and open its settings.

In the **General** tab, under **Type of booking**, you choose:

- **Fullday regular booking**: the customer pays through the Shopify checkout.
- **Fullday instant booking no checkout**: no order and no payment is made on Shopify (for free events or payments taken in person).

![The My services list showing a Fullday service with its type text under the name](https://orka-chat.fra1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/prod/help/671a5e245d077ea954b2cd4c/1792168040305-mcp-claude-in-chrome-blob-1792167178661-fs7jfw.webp)

## The Availability tab

### Availability mode

A fullday service can use **Availability per service** or **Availability per equipment** (for example a limited number of passes or tickets handled as equipment). See [Availability per Equipment: Rent Bikes, Courts, Tables and More](https://help.cowlendar.com/a/availability-per-equipment-rent-bikes-courts-tables-and-more).

### Booking limit

In the **Booking limit** card you set **Capacity per day**: *Maximum number of bookings for the same day.* Switch on **Customize capacity for each availability** if you want to set the capacity inside each availability block instead.

### Availabilities

Define the days (and the time window) when your service is available, like in any service. Excluded dates can be added inside each availability.

### Override dates and Blocked dates

- **Override dates** replaces your regular availability on specific dates with a custom schedule.
- **Blocked dates** blocks dates. Blocked dates always win over custom schedules, and existing bookings are not affected.

### Scheduling options

| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| **Show event start time** | Shows the start time of the event to the customer. |
| **Show event end time** | Shows the end time of the event to the customer. |
| **Automatically pre-select the only available date** | If only one date is available, it is selected automatically and the widget goes straight to the confirmation form. |
| **Minimum scheduling notice** | The shortest time before the event when a customer can still book (to prevent last minute bookings). |
| **Look ahead** | How far ahead customers can book. |

In the preview on the right, the widget shows a calendar with the available days highlighted in green and a Quantity selector. There are no time slots to choose.

![The Scheduling options card of a Fullday service](https://orka-chat.fra1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/prod/help/671a5e245d077ea954b2cd4c/1792168048140-mcp-claude-in-chrome-blob-1792167210715-9vsl5d.webp)

### Other cards

- **Buffer time** (on the regular version): **Don't use buffer time**, **Use custom buffer time** or **Use global buffer time**.
- **Seasons**: Customize price by seasons or peak times.

Fullday services do not have **Meeting duration** or **Break times**, because there are no time slots.

## The Customization tab

- **Language, timezone & hour format.**
- **Display preferences**: on the regular version, **Skip cart** (Directly go to checkout) and **Enable autocomplete for customer information**.
- **Redirect after booking** (instant version only). See [Redirect After Booking: Send Customers to a Thank-You Page](https://help.cowlendar.com/a/redirect-after-booking-send-customers-to-a-thank-you-page).
- **Widget visibility**: choose what the customer sees. See [Widget Visibility: Show or Hide Every Element of the Booking Widget](https://help.cowlendar.com/a/widget-visibility-show-or-hide-every-element-of-the-booking-widget).
- **Calendar month to show**: **Current month** or **First available date**.

## The Payment tab

Depending on the version you will find **Confirm/Decline a booking**, **Waitlist**, **Pre-payment** (regular version), **Upsell** and **Deposit**.

## Common questions

**What do customers see?**

A calendar where they pick a day. If you set the start or end time to be shown, they see it as information about the event.

**Can I limit how many people book the same day?**

Yes, with **Capacity per day** in the **Booking limit** card.

**Can I sell different tickets (adult, child)?**

Yes. In the **General** tab, the **Participants** card has the switch **Use different participant types** on the regular version. See [How to Set Up Different Participant Types for Your Service](https://help.cowlendar.com/a/how-to-set-up-different-participant-types-for-your-service).