Symbols next to a rates explained
Firstly navigate to the booking engine along the top navigation.
On the left navigation hover over rates and packages.
Click browse rates.
You will see all your rates listed along with the symbols.
Each symbol has a different purpose as outlined below:
Pause symbol
Will be highlighted when your rate is suspended and not available for sale.
Star symbol
Will be highlighted when your rate is a preferred rate. A preferred rate is a rate that you can manually set to appear in your top search results.
Lock symbol
Will be highlighted if your rate is a protected rate which requires a promo code to unlock it.
Person symbol
Will be highlighted if your rate is a member only rate.
Question mark symbol
Is the rate troubleshooting tool that can be used to diagnose if there is a problem when a rate is not showing in the booking engine.
Gear symbol
Is used for rates that you wish to have managed by an external interface.
Type
This section refers to how the price is managed.
Internally managed rate
Pricing is managed in the booking engine.
Package symbol
This package symbol shows that this price management type is package pricing this is used for multi night stays where the total price is based on the day of check in, some examples of rates that would use package pricing are 2 Nights B&B or 2 Nights Spa Escape.
Blended rate
This symbol shows that this price management type is a blended rate, this is used to offer more flexibility for customers and the lowest price across multiple rates to allow the customer to avail of a discount on their total length of stay that:
Would not be available if booking across single rate.
or
Requires two or more bookings.
External Interface
This symbol means the rate is managed by an external interface and get's its pricing from a PMS or channel manager.
Linked rate
This symbol shows a link and this signifies that the rate is a linked rate.