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

A Child Rate is a rate plan that is setup under a Parent Rate Plan. The rate is "linked" to the Rate of the Parent Rate Plan and calculated by the percentage increase or decrease entered in the Child Rate Plan.

Therefore, the daily rate of a Child Rate Plan will always be calculated from the Parent Rate and can not be changed in Manage Rates. If you want to edit the percentage or description of Child Rate, go to SETUP | RATES | DEFAULT RATES. See Edit Child Rate

 However, Child Rate Plans can have unique restrictions, which means the restrictions can be different from the Parent Rate that it is linked to. This is useful if you want to offer a discounted rate only on specific days or with specific MINLOS, etc.

For example, you want to offer a Weekday Special (15% Discount Monday-Thursday with a 2 night minimum). A Child Rate Plan is set up with -15% entered in the Adjustment. Then, in Manage Restrictions, "Arrival"  is checked for Friday, Saturday, Sunday to close the rate to arrival and 2 is entered in MINLOS.

These Rate Plan Restrictions are updated to all of the channels you have the Child Rate allocated to. For example, when "Closed" is checked for a specific date, then it will be unavailable for arrival on your website, GDS/OTA Channels.

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Managing Restrictions for Child Rates

All changes to Child Rate Plan Restrictions are made in SETUP | RATE | MANAGE RATES after a Child Rate Plan is created.

Each Rate Plan is assigned it's own Restrictions and can be adjusted for one Rate Plan or for multiple Rate Plans at the same time.

  • If you choose one Rate Plan, then the restrictions will change for only the rate plan selected.
  • If you choose multiple Rate Plans, then the restrictions will change for all of the rates selected.

Depending on the changes you need to make, there are two options for changing Child Rate Plan restrictions. See instructions on how to use each option below.

  1. Single Rate Restrictions Change restrictions for a Single Rate Plan, unless selected for a multiple rate change.
  2. Multiple Rate Restrictions: Change restrictions for multiple Rate Plans at the same time.

There are four settings for Child Rate Restrictions:

  • 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.

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