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Overview

The Capacity section on a unit’s settings page controls how many guests the unit can hold. Capacity is a composition, not a single number — you set the maximum number of each guest kind separately:
  • Adults
  • Children
  • Infants
The unit’s total capacity is derived from these three values. Splitting capacity this way lets you describe real-world sleeping arrangements precisely — for example, a unit that sleeps two adults plus a cot for one infant.

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Why a Composition?

A single “max guests” number can’t express who a unit is actually equipped for. The composition captures the difference between, say, a studio for two adults and a family unit for two adults, two children, and an infant — even if both happen to sleep the same head count. Reservations and availability use the composition to match the right guests to the right unit.

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Inheritance: Capacity Comes From the Unit Type

Capacity usually comes from the unit’s type rather than being set on each individual unit:
  1. This unit’s own override — a composition set directly on this unit, if any.
  2. Inherited from the unit type — used when the unit has no override of its own.
The settings card makes the active source explicit with a “Inherited from <unit type>” badge when the unit is using its type’s capacity. This means you can define capacity once on the unit type and have every unit of that type share it.

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Setting an Override

Setting a composition here creates an override that applies to this unit only. Other units of the same type keep inheriting the type’s capacity — your override does not affect them. Keep these principles in mind:
  • Define capacity on the unit type for the common case. If most units of a type hold the same number of guests, set it once on the type and let every unit inherit.
  • Override only the exceptions. A single larger or smaller unit within a type is a good reason to override; a whole floor of identical units is not.
  • Check the derived total. After setting adults, children, and infants, confirm the total capacity reads as you expect before relying on it for bookings.

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Common Use Cases

  • Uniform units — set the composition on the unit type and leave every unit inheriting; no per-unit configuration needed.
  • An accessible or family unit — override the composition on that specific unit (for example, adding capacity for children or an infant) while the rest of the type is unchanged.
  • A smaller variant — override downward on a unit that holds fewer guests than its type default.