Availability issues on the Tape Chart are typically the result of Bookings with Unassigned Rooms or Group Booking Allocations. Because of this, the available number of rooms displayed on the Tape Chart may be less than what you thought or display a 0 or -1 on the Tape Chart. See Tape Chart
All availability is based on Room Type and the number of available rooms in that room type. This means that when a booking is made either at the Front Desk or booked online channel, it is assigned Room Type, but not neccessarity necessarily given a room assignment. Since availabiltiy is reserved by Room Type, the number of remaining available rooms in the Room Type is displayed on the Tape Chart. For example, the QUEEN Room Type has a total of 6 Rooms. Today, 2 are booked, leaving 4 available on the Tape Chart. Remember, only bookings with an assigned room will appear on the Tape Chart. If a booking is not assigned a room, then the availability will be deducted from the number displayed on the Tape Chart.
Some properties will choose not to assign a Room until closer to check in or the room assignment may have been inadvertently missed at time of booking. This is usually it's due to a reservation that has been booked into a Room Type, but no Room Assignment has been made. See Room Assignment In addition, Group Booking allocations change the number of rooms available dispalyed on the Tape Chart. If a group booking is created and allocated room types, but no individual bookings have been added, then the availability displayed on the Tape Chart will reflect those allocations.
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