Annual Shutdown
An annual shutdown is a block of weeks with no bookings, such as a holiday or a family break. You choose it. Seasonality is different: a quiet stretch that arrives on its own.
What it means
An annual shutdown is planned. You pick the dates, stop taking bookings for them, and tell clients ahead of time. A seasonal dip is different. Demand falls on its own and nobody chose the dates.
You choose a shutdown, so you can price it in advance. You know the weeks before they arrive. Build the cost into your rate instead of finding it afterward.
A tradesperson closes for two weeks every August. Those two weeks are an annual shutdown. It was a deliberate choice, priced into the year ahead of time. It was not a slow patch that showed up unannounced.
Treating an annual shutdown like a slow season. A chosen block of weeks off needs its own line in the year’s numbers.
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