Strikethrough pricing explained
A strikethrough price compares prices of two rates or compares a rate to a fix price in a strikethrough policy.
This appears to the customer on the choose page of the booking engine.
A green save icon appears next to the rate or room.
A price will also appear with a line through it which indicates strikethrough is in use.
Use case for Strikethrough pricing
A use case of strikethrough pricing would be to compare an advanced purchase room only rate with a room only rate that can be cancelled or paid for at time of check-in. As the customer is paying in advance and is a secured booking you may want to offer a discount for the commitment of paying in advance. These prices are then compared on the booking engine and the customer can clearly see if they pay in advance they will receive a discount.
Difference between a Strikethrough policy and Strikethrough rate
Strikethrough policy
This is a policy that is set up to compare a fix price to a rate.
Strikethrough rate
This is comparing two rates and the cheaper rate is highlighted.
Set up a Strikethrough policy
To set up a strikethrough policy follow the steps below:
Click booking engine in the top navigation.
On the left navigation hover over rates and packages.
Click strikethrough policies.
Click the button + create strikethrough policies.
Enter the policy information.
Code, name and description. This are for internal use to help identify the strikethrough policies.
Click add period.
Enter an applicable date range.
Next on the right enter the pricing for each room.
Choose to enter the price either by PR refers to per room price and PA refers to per adult price.
Enter the price taking care to ensure the price entered is more expensive than the comparing rate.
You may need to increase the price on a weekend.
Click save changes.
To apply this policy to a rate hover over rates and packages.
Click browse rates.
Click edit on the applicable rate to apply the policy too.
Click the advance tab.
Under the header strikethrough pricing select the policy name from the dropdown menu.
Click save changes.
Set up a Strikethrough rate
To set up a strikethrough rate follow the steps below:
Click booking engine in the top navigation.
On the left navigation hover over rates and packages.
Click edit on the applicable rate.
Click the advance tab.
Under the header strikethrough pricing select a rate from the drop down menu.
Click save changes.
Note: When comparting rates ensure you apply the strikethrough pricing to the cheaper rate.
For example apply a strikethrough rate to an advance purchase rate. The advance purchase rate can be compared to a more expensive rate, otherwise the strikethrough pricing will not show.
Strikethrough pricing may not be showing
For information on why the strikethrough pricing might not be showing click here