> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.1club.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Area types

> Group your courts, rooms, and studios into area types under Settings > Clubs > Area Types, with the sports played in them, whether they can be booked, who can book them, a default hourly price, and how many players a booking takes.

An area type is a category for your bookable spaces, such as *Padel court*, *Tennis court*, or *Reformer studio*. Every [area](/settings/areas) can belong to one. The type sets what is played there and how bookings of those spaces work, so you configure it once instead of on every court or room. Owners and admins manage area types.

## When to use it

* **A multi-sport racket center** creates *Tennis court*, *Padel court*, and *Squash court* types, each with its own sport, so members find the right court and each area offers the right surfaces.
* **A padel gym** sets its *Padel court* type to **Singles / doubles** with only doubles ticked, so every booking is a four-player game.
* **A small-group studio** sets **Max Concurrent Bookings** to 3 on its *Small group room* type, so three bookings can share the same time slot.
* **A gym with a members-only recovery room** sets **Who can book** on its *Recovery room* type to a chosen audience, so only those people can book it online while staff can still book anyone in.

## Where to find it

Go to **Settings** > **Clubs** > **Area Types**. The list shows each type's **Name**, **Slug**, whether it is **Bookable**, its **Price/Hour**, and its **Sport**.

* Click **Add Area Type** to create one.
* Click a row, or use its **Edit** action, to change it.
* Use **Delete** to remove it. Deleting cannot be undone.

## Area type fields

### Basic Information

* **Name** - What staff and members see. Required.
* **Slug** - Lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens only. It must be unique within your organization. Required.
* **Description** - Optional.
* **Sports** - The sports played in this type of space. The type's sports also decide which surfaces and features the area form offers. See [Areas](/settings/areas).

### Booking & Pricing

* **Available for booking** - Areas of this type can be booked by members.
* **Default Price per Hour** - The default hourly rate for areas of this type.
* **Revenue Account** - The revenue account bookings of these areas book their income to. **None (use default)** uses your organization's default revenue account.
* **Max Concurrent Bookings** - How many bookings can share the same time slot for areas of this type, for example 3 for a small-group room. Defaults to 1, which makes each booking exclusive.
* **Who can book** - Leave it empty and anyone can book areas of this type. Choose an audience and only those people can book them; staff can still book anyone in.

### Players

How many people play on one booking:

* **Just the booker** - One person per booking.
* **Singles / doubles** - Tick **Singles**, **Doubles**, or both. At least one stays ticked.
* **A group** - Up to a **Max Players** number you set (at least 2).

## How area types show to members

On the booking flow, members see a booking card for each named area type. Spaces with no area type share a card named after your gym's **Name for areas** booking label. See [Organization](/settings/organization#club-fields-worth-knowing).

## Permissions

Area types live in Settings, so you need Settings access to open the page. Creating, editing, and deleting them is also checked against the Operations module at club scope. See [Roles and permissions](/reference/roles-permissions).

## Tips

* **Create area types before areas.** The type scopes the area's surfaces and features and seeds its player setup.
* **Use one type per kind of space, not per gym.** Area types are shared across all your gyms, so *Padel court* covers the padel courts at every location.

## Related

* [Areas](/settings/areas) - The bookable spaces that belong to each type.
* [Booking and cancellation policies](/settings/booking-policies) - Policies can be scoped to an area type.
* [Pricing rules](/settings/pricing-rules) - Discounts and surcharges on area bookings.
* [Schedule calendar](/schedule/calendar) - Hide whole area types from the schedule by default under **Schedule Display**.


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