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Set up internal rates with room/day prices

Set up rates with room/day prices in your booking engine.

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Written by Niamh Kiely
Updated over 2 weeks ago

A room/day pricing rate is used in situations where you want to enter prices that flex by days of the week. The property could set one rate for Mondays, one for Tuesdays and so on.

Follow the steps below to set up a rate with room/day pricing.

⚠️ Important: If you have a channel manager or PMS that sends pricing then you will need to create an integrated rate.

Set up a rate with room/day pricing for a new internal rate

  1. Click the Booking Engine tab.

  2. On the left side navigation hover over Rates and Packages.

  3. Click Browse Rates.

  4. Click the + create rate button.

  5. 📌Note: When setting up your internal rate ensure to make note of the differences between an integrated or external rate and an internal rate.

  6. In the General tab ensure the under the price management, macro type heading select [Room*Day] Pricing from the drop down menu.

  7. Price Management [Price Type]:

    1. There are two different price types, non-linear and linear:

      1. Non-linear pricing allows users to assign a totally independent per room price value for each occupancy configuration of the room, for example €100 for one adult, €120 for two adults.

      2. Linear pricing allows users assign one value, either per room or per adult for example €120 per room, or €60 per adult.

  8. Click save changes.


Add a period to a new internal rate

Once the rate is saved you will need to add a period to the new rate. Follow the steps below to add a period to an internal rate.

  1. Click the Booking Engine tab.

  2. On the left side navigation hover over Rates and Packages.

  3. Click Browse Rates.

  4. Click the periods button to the right of the rate.

  5. Click add rate period and enter the rate periods for that rate.

  6. Click save changes.


Add pricing to a new internal rate

Once you have added the rate period you will then need to add pricing. Follow the steps below to add pricing to an internal rate.

  1. Click the Booking Engine tab.

  2. On the left side navigation hover over Rates and Packages.

  3. Click Browse Rates.

  4. Click the prices button to the right of the rate.

  5. Enter the prices:

    1. This is dependent on your macro type:

      1. You’ll either enter pricing for each day of the week, or by rate band.

      2. You can also choose to set pricing:

        • Per room or per adult.

  6. Click save changes.

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