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All changes to Rates and Restrictions are made in SETUP | RATES | MANAGE RATES.

The Manage Restrictions function is an optional setting and is enabled in SETUP | SETTINGS | GENERAL SETTINGS. The feature must be set to "Yes" to make Manage Restrictions function visible under Manage Rates. For instructions on how to enable Manage Restrictions, see General Settings  

Using the "Manage Restrictions" function allows you to display ONLY the Restrictions for a Single Rate Plan and change the Restrictions for multiple Rate Plans at the same time.

Although Restrictions can also be changed using Manage Single Rate, the "Manage Restrictions" function makes it easy to change ONLY Restrictions.

This function can be used for both Parent and Child Rate Plans, however Child Rate Plans will only appear in the drop down menu when "Manage Restrictions" box is checked.

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There are four Rate Restriction settings:

  • MIN LOS (Minimum Length of Stay): Requires a minimum stay for any booking arriving on the date chosen. I.e. 2 night MIN LOS on a Friday would require any booking made with an arrival date of Friday to stay 2 nights.
  • MAX LOS (Maximum Length of Stay): Requires a maximum stay for any booking arriving on the date chosen. I.e. 4 night MAX LOS on a Sunday would require any booking made with an arrival date of Sunday to limit the stay to 4 nights.
  • Arrivals: CTA (Closed to Arrival). If this box is checked, then the rate plan will be unavailable for bookings with this arrival date. I.e. Saturday is checked. A guest making a booking will not be able to choose Saturday as an arrival date.
  • Closed (Closed to BookingsAvailability): If this box is checked, then the rate plan will be completely closed for making bookings.  I.e. if Sunday is checked, then a guest will not be able to make a booking on this dateto availability. This means that a booking can't be made to arrive or stayover on this date. Use this setting to completely close out availability for a date or date range.

Please note the difference between using "Arrivals" and "Closed".

  • "Arrivals" effectively closes the Rate Plan and makes any Room Type it is assigned to unavailable to arrival on your the channel the Rate Plan is allocated to I.e. website, GDS and Front desk.
  • "Closed" makes any Room Type it is assigned to unavailable for bookings on your for  arrival and/or stay-overs, meaning availability is completely closed on the channel the Rate Plan is allocated to I.e. website, GDS and Front desk.

Examples

Closed to Arrival- Using the "Arrival" Restriction

for multiple Rate Plans

Closed to Booking - Using the "Closed" Restriction

for a Special Single Rate Plan

In this example, we want to adjust restrictions for all of our Rate Plans during the Summer months.

To do this, select all of the Rate Plans in the "Select Rate" drop down list. Choose the date range - June 1- August 31, 2017 and click display rates. For this time period, we want to have a MINLOS for all weekends and Closed to Arrival on all Saturdays .(meaning no bookings can be made to arrive on a Saturday, but remains available to stay-overs)

In this example, we want to offer an August Booking Special. All bookings made in August for stay any time in the future August will get a the discounted rate. However, this plan is only available for booking during August.

To do this, select the Rate Plan in the "Select Rate" drop down list. To close the rate plan to booking availability for all months except August, choose the date range from today's date - through July 1, 2017 30 and click display rates. Check the "Closed" Box for each day and click Save. Then, change the date range to September 1- Dec. 2019 or a date in the future and repeat the steps. This closes availability for stay for all months except August.

How to adjust Rate Restrictions

In order for a Rate Plan to appear in the "Select Rates" drop-down list, a Default Rate Plan must first be set up. Once a Parent or Child Rate Plan is set up, it will appear in the list and restrictions can be adjusted.

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