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Default Listing Mode

The Default listing mode setting controls what customers see the moment they land on your experiences widget. There are three choices — pick the one that matches how your customers actually shop.

The Three Modes​

ModeWhat customers see first
ActivitiesExperience cards first. They click one, then pick a date.
By dateA date picker first. They pick a day, see everything available that day.
Let customer chooseBoth options, with a toggle to switch.

Activities (classic view)​

Best when your catalogue is small or each experience has a clear identity. Customer reads the card, reads the description, then picks a time.

Widget home in Activities mode

By date​

Best when you run many departures of similar experiences — a surf school with 6 morning sessions, a dive shop with 12 daily tanks. Customer picks a date, sees a flat list of everything bookable that day.

Widget home in By-date mode

Let customer choose​

A toggle lets the customer switch between the two views at any time. Picks up whichever view matches how they shop.

Widget home with mode toggle

Changing the Setting​

  1. Go to Settings → Booking widget → Widget settings tab.
  2. Find the Browsing & listings section and the Default listing mode setting.
  3. Pick Activities, By date, or Let customer choose.

Your choice saves automatically — there's no Save button.

Default listing mode radio buttons in settings

When "By date" Really Shines​

  • You have many time slots per day — a 6-tank dive operator, a bike rental with 8 sizes.
  • Customers shop around for a specific day ("we're in town on the 24th, what can we do?").
  • You run similar experiences with different durations — customers want to compare.

When "Activities" Still Wins​

  • You have 2–6 experiences, each distinctive.
  • You want to tell the brand story per experience before pricing.
  • Your experiences run on fixed schedules everyone knows (Saturday mornings only, for example).

Which Modules Use This​

Only the Experiences module uses this setting. The Rentals and Store modules always use activity-first browsing.

Customer-facing controls​

No matter which default you choose, customers can jump to a specific date via the direct date URL — /widget/{slug}/experiences/by-date?date=2026-05-12.