Pricing - By Length of stay

For each "length of stay" (You must enter at least one, which is the minimum length of stay).

From and including the date for all lengths of stay, define number of free children and free child meals.

If you need to define prices for a week, typically required by hotels select "Price by day of week" in " Accommodation Details" and you will then use the "Pricing by Day of Week" version.

The above apply for all bookings in this accommodation from and including that date. All the above settings are defined for different lengths of stay. If you define "1" then any length of stay will be the equivalent multiple. Different permitted arrival days can be defined for each length of stay.

Minimum stay

The shortest number of nights which can be booked. This will be calculated automatically based on the lengths (nights) you define.

Minimum charge days

This is the minimum number of days which will be charged. So you can define a minimum stay of 2 nights. But insist that the guests pays for at least 3.

Nights

Any night length can be defined. If "flexible stay" is not selected in " Accommodation Details

Based on

Depending on the "basis" options selected in the "Accommodation Details" option enter prices for the meal supplements. These are applied daily and are added to the accommodation price defined above in this form. If you only offer the accommodation on an "accommodation only" basis, leave these values as 0.

Rateplans

This example is the rates used for the "FCHOICE" rateplan - shown top right of form. Prices for different rateplans are completed the same as the "standard" rateplan.

Free Children

Free Children can be defined for both accommodation and meals. The free child accommodation option is only valid if the pricing is based on a number of people sharing.

Same As

As many of the details are the same for all dates we have included the "Same As" option.

Select the Date, Accommodation Type and Rateplan you want to copy and select the "Same As " button. The values for that accommodation, date and rateplan are loaded. Modify accordingly.

Smooth "Unit Prices"

For example - Calculation for a three bedroom Villa.

A seven night price is defined for 1st March 2006 of 700 GBP. A seven night price is defined from 1st April 2006 of 840 GBP. The price for a seven night booking from the 28th March 2006 could have two different values.

1) The seven night rate on 28th March is 700 GBP and therefore that is the price. Its the most simple method. For this "Smooth Unit Prices" is not ticked (the default).

2) The seven night rate on 28th March is 400 + 360, a total of 760 GBP. The seven day period crosses a price band. Therefore four nights are charged at 100 GBP per night (the daily rate of the seven night price) and an additional three nights are charged at 120 GBP per night (the daily rate of the seven night price from the 1st April). For this "Smooth Unit Prices " must be ticked in the "Settings" option.

Prices usually fluctuate through a year to cope with seasonal demand. If "Smooth Unit Prices" is used the impact of price changes "Up and Down". It should increase revenue when your rates rise, but potentially decrease revenue when your rates fall.

This function will only work if a guest requests a number of nights for which a price is defined for the same number of nights and in the next "price band" a price is also defined for the same number of nights.

Super Smooth "Unit Prices"

This option is defined in the "Settings" option and affects the calculation of prices for all "Pricing - By Length of Stay" units in accommres. Rather than specifying a rate for the entire length of the periods defined, the rate entered is for one night. The same calculation rules apply as "Smooth Unit Prices".

Single Occupancy

This is only valid when "Based on Sharing " is set to 2. The Single occupancy value is not an adjustment but the actual value which will be charged when the quantity of Adults and Children equals one.

% Discount for additional Adult and Occasional bed discount

Sometimes you may want to apply a surcharge when a party size equals the minimum number permitted. This surcharge is added as a percentage of the normal Adult price. If the percentage is zero then no surcharge is applied.