Using
the Inventory/Rates Setup screen
The Inventory/Rates
Setup screen has two main parts, the Items / Rates Tree
associated with an item group (drop-down list) and the tabbed working
area or calendar. Several calendar views are used to display the status
of your inventory items and rates.
Getting Started
Select
an item group from the drop-down list. For example, Lodging
for rooms and rates or Addon
Products for eConcierge items.
Select
one of the following options:
Each action has an associated set of tabs for tasks that can be performed
for that action. To perform one of the setup tasks, click the corresponding
tab to perform that task.
In this topic
Inventory/ Rate
Item Groups
Tree Properties
Calendar Properties
Inventory Rates/ Item Groups
There are several different item groups used to define or categorize
how a product is sold. The following is a list of the item group types
and their definition.
Lodging: Use
to set up your inventory and rates for all your room types.
Addon Products:
Use to set up your inventory and rates for items that consumers
can add on at the time of booking.
Individual Items:
Use to set up your inventory and rates for items that can be
sold individually with no associated time setup, and not tied to a
specific room type, package or reservation.
Rollaways: Use
to set up your inventory for rollaways.
Daily Items:
Use to set up your inventory and rates to be sold on a daily
basis.
Package Items:
Use to set up your inventory and rates for your special packages.
Hourly Items:
Use to set up inventory and rates to be sold at hourly increments.
Quarter Hourly Items:
Use to set up inventory and rates to be sold at quarter hour
increments.
Extra Bedding:
Use to set up inventory for cribs, cots and rollaways.
Half Hour Items:
Use to set up inventory and rates to be sold at half hour increments.
Information Request
Items: Use to set up your informational items, such as
marketing material, activity newsletters, promotional items, etc.
that consumers can request at no cost.
Tree Properties
Use the Tree
to define the structure you need to run your business and lay out
how you want your property to be sold.
By selecting the appropriate option button, you can use the
Tree to view your
items with their associated rates, or view your rates and the items
associated with those rates.
A rate with a Dollar Sign
with a Minus sign
icon indicates that rate is locked and not available for booking.
The width of the Items or Rates tree can be resized by clicking
and dragging the resize icon (
)
at the lower right corner of the Items or Rates tree window.
Calendar
Properties
Calendars display
your inventory values so you can see at-a-glance what inventory is
available to sell and any restrictions that apply.
To display a calendar, you must select an item or rate from
the Tree and one of
the calendar tabs.
A calendar displays a total of 42 days, with the current day
of the month (or date displaying in the date window) highlighted and
the days outside the currently-selected month shaded.
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Display Options
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Indicators
Using
the Inventory/Rates Status Calendar
Using the
Inventory Calendar
Using the
Sell Rules Calendar
Using the Policies
Calendar