Parent/Child Spaces and Related Availability

This article is for Hosts who manage multi-room venues or dividable facilities with interlinked availability.

Parent/Child relationships link related Spaces together so booking one Space automatically manages calendar availability across linked sections.

Why Use Parent/Child Space Relationships?

1. Automated Availability Protection

When a venue can be booked as a whole or divided into smaller sections:

• Parent Space: The entire combined venue (e.g., Main Hall).
• Child Spaces: Sub-divided rooms within the venue (e.g., Room A and Room B).

Booking logic works automatically across linked tiers:

• Booking the Parent Space blocks out all Child Spaces.
• Booking a Child Space blocks out the Parent Space, but leaves sibling Child Spaces open for booking.

2. Grouping Spaces for Venue Discovery

For venues with multiple sub-spaces (such as parks with multiple reserve zones), you can create a non-bookable Parent Space as a container listing.

Disabling Casual Bookings on the Parent Space turns it into a primary landing page that displays all child sub-spaces in one organised location. See an example of a grouped park venue listing.

How Parent/Child Spaces Display to Customers

• Marketplace Search: Child Spaces are grouped under their Parent Space card in search results, showing aggregate price and capacity ranges.Note: Grandchild Spaces (a Child Space nested under another Child Space) do not appear directly in marketplace search results.
  
• Listing Pages: Public Space pages display an Areas in this Space section listing related Parent, Child, or Grandchild options.
  
• Checkout Dropdown: The booking calendar drawer includes a dropdown listing all available sub-spaces, making it easy for Customers to select and compare related areas.
  

How to Create a Parent/Child Relationship

1. Go to Spaces Management in your dashboard.
2. Select or create the Space that will act as the Parent.
3. If creating a new Child Space, duplicate the Parent Space to copy core venue details then edit the remaining information individually. 
4. Open the Child Space tab on the Parent Space and select Child Spaces from the menu.
5. Select the target Space from the dropdown and click + Add Child.

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Disabling Casual Bookings on a Container Parent Space

If your Parent Space is solely a container listing and should not be booked directly:

1. Open the Parent Space settings in Spaces Management
2. Click Billing.
3. Select Disable Customer Bookings.