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* Important Reminder – All ID's must start with letters and can contain numbers, but they can never contain spaces or punctuation characters.
* It is forbidden to enter phone numbers, websites or e-mail links in descriptions, as the Booking Engines and Global Booking Network sites will reject these Types.
To Add a Room Type:
- Go to SETUP | RATES | ROOM TYPES.
- Click "Add" at the bottom of the Room Type List.
- Fill in the required information and enter all optional information as completely as possible. See details of each field below.
- Click "Save".
- The Room Type will then be added to your Room Type List.
- Go to Rooms and assign a room to the Room Type. See Assign Rooms to Room Types
- If you want the new Room Type to appear on your website or GDS, go to SETUP | RELATIONSHIPS | AGENT RELATIONSHIPS to allocate the Room Type to the proper channel. See Allocate Room Types
- Room Type ID:. I.D. for Internal use only and will not be viewed by guests. I.D. must be alpha/numeric only. Do not use punctuation, symbols or hyphens. Use a max. of 10 Characters, 5 characters or less is preferred. Anexamplefor a hotel/motelis: QUEEN, QQ, or 2Q. Anexamplefor a Bed and Breakfast with unique rooms like a RomanceSuiteis: ROMANCE, RS,RSUITE or ROM.
- Anexampleof ahotel/motel with a Queen Room wouldenterQUEEN,QUE, or Q.
- AnexampleforaBed and Breakfast with unique rooms like a Romance Suite would enter ROMANCE, RS, ROMAN, ROM.
- Default Rate I.D.: Choose the Rate that you set up in the previous step that corresponds with this Room Type
- Description: This description will be viewed online by guests. Use only numbers and/or letters. Do notusecomas, slashes, symbols, hyphens, etc. For example, if you entered the I.D. QUEEN, a descriptioncouldbe: Standard Queen Room with 2DBL beds.
- Sort: This indicates the order in which the Room Type will display in drop down lists.
- Number of Rooms: This will automatically fill in when you add Rooms to the Room Type.
- Max Guests: Enter the maximum number of guests for the room type
- Rollout/Pullout Beds: Enter the number of rollout/pullout beds.
- Low Availability Threshold (%): This setting allows you to set a flag when availability reaches the threshold entered. The flag appears as a shaded yellow cell Booking By Availability and the in the Edit Tab of any Guest Booking. Enter this as whole number, I.e. 10 would be 10%.
- Detail URL: Optional Setting
- Room Description: Enter the long description of the room as you would like it to appear to guests.
Fill in GDS Details. This description will appear online to your guests.