How do I set up an activity that is an event?
Last updated: July 7, 2025
If an activity is an event, that means the activity is only available for a specific time of year. Some examples of activities that are events include: a ghost tour only available the month of October, or a one-time New Year’s Eve cruise. This article will teach you how to set up an activity that is an event that will display on your site for a specific amount of time.
How to use Activity is Event
For an activity that can be considered an event, select the option “Activity is Event” on the FareHarbor tab of the activity. This will show three new fields on the Timing tab: ‘Event Start Time,’ ‘Event End Time,’ and ‘Event Timezone.’
Event Start Time
This field is required; an event must have a start time. This date and time will show on the activity page and on the grid block. If no other date range information is provided, the event will stop appearing on the site at this date and time.
Event End Time
If an event end time is provided, the event will stop appearing at this date and time, instead of the start time. This will also cause the date to appear as a range on the front end. If the start and end date are the same, you will see “Month, Date, Year @ Start Time – End Time.” If the start and end date are different, you will see “Start Month, Date, Year – End Month, Date, Year.”
Event Timezone
By default, the event will use the timezone set for your website. This option, however, will override the timezone for specific events, which can come in handy for events happening in different locations from the main site location.
Custom Date Ranges
Events can still be timed and have custom date ranges applied to determine when the event will appear on the site.
If a Date Range is selected for an event, the date range will override the start or end time and the event will only appear on the site during the set date range or ranges. Date ranges, however, do not affect the dates and times shown on the front end of the activity, this will still reflect the event start and end time.
If an activity is an event, you will not be able to select a fallback activity. When the date is outside of a date range (or past the end date if there is not date range set), then the activity will simply not render in grids. If it is in a featured activity row, the row will simply not render.
