In your Ventrata dashboard, go to Product > Products.
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Create a product by pressing the + New Product button.
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Enter the name of your product.
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The URL path auto-populates using the name.

Scroll down to the product form and tick the 'Package' checkbox.

In the 'Validity Days' field, enter how many days the includes' travel dates can be apart from each other.
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The number of validity days refers to the range of dates within which the travel dates of includes can be booked.

Travel dates of packages with more than one include are determined by the travel date of the first date selected on any of the includes.

For example, if validity is set to 10 days on a package with more than one include, the travel date first selected delimits a 21-day range with the first selected date in the middle, allowing a travel date selection of the second include 10 days before or after the first selection. See the example below.

If validity days are set to 0, travel dates of all includes are on the same date as the first selected date. See the example below.
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Tick the 'Package Multi-Date' checkbox.
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⛔️ WARNING

DO NOT CHECK the Package Product checkbox when creating a Multi-Date Package.
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Adjust the rest of the settings to your needs, then press the Create Product button.
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On the product level of the package product, go to the Included Products tab.
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Press the + NEW INCLUDE button.
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Check the 'Optional' box if the include does not have to be selected to complete a booking. The include is required if the box is left unchecked.
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Select include groups if available.
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Include groups are typically used for city passes. You can group includes into levels (for example, Premium or Standard) and offer a number attractions in each group.
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Select how many times the same include can be redeemed.

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This is useful for annual passes or memberships.

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Check the 'Fixed Rates' box to retain the include's original price instead of the pro-rata rate of the package price.

Check the 'Offset Duration' checkbox if you wish to offset the travel date of the include by the duration of the package.
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You can offset duration for return tickets.
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Enter by how long to offset the include from the package in minutes, hour or days.
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Select a product to include in the package. If the product contains an option, please select that as well.
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Select a unit set on the include or keep the default package unit.
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Enter an interval to reserve time before the next redemption if necessary.
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Check the 'Allow Overlap' box if the tour dates of your package includes can overlap.
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📒 NOTE
Notice the behaviour of two included products in the calendar when ‘Allow Overlap’ IS NOT enabled on either product. If both products are offset in days, then guests cannot book these two products for the same day. If both products are associated with timeslots (specific tour times), then guests cannot select overlapping timeslots or timeslots in the range of the other product’s duration.
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Check the 'Open Dated' box if a tour date does not have to be selected at the time of booking.
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📒 NOTE
Open Date must also be set on the included product (Required Date).
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Select a specific tour time set on the include or leave blank to inherit all tour times.
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Press the Create Include button.
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The customer selects the multi-date package product.

Then they select the number and type of tickets.

On the following screen, the customer is prompted to select which includes they wish to use.

When an include is selected, the customer chooses their preferred date and time of the journey.

The Continue button will take them to the next step.

Depending on the product configuration, the customer must either

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A circle near the top indicates how many includes are selected out of the total.

Once all required includes are selected and set, the customer will use the Continue button on the right to continue to the Summary page.

The customer reviews their selection and can continue to complete their booking.