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==Limitations ==
You can set up to 16 daily prices Daily Prices per room prices. First you set up Daily Price Rules. The actual prices are then entered in PRICES > DAILY PRICES or in the CALENDAR where you can quickly adjust them, if required on a daily basis.
This [https://beds24.com/wizard/wizard3.php setup wizard] guides you though the setup.
Daily prices for past dates are not stored. If you need daily prices for reference you can download them to a .csv file via our API.
Use rates Fixed Prices instead of daily pricesDaily Prices:
*to fill gaps when a minimum stay is required
*if you want to allow guest to enquire when no price can be found but the room is not fully booked
Daily prices Prices for past dates are automatically deleted. If you need daily prices Daily Prices as a reference you have to download them in time,
== Rules for Daily Prices ==
There are two options to set an extra person/extra child price by specifying either a positive or negative value:
a) A positive value will be applied to each additional guest above the "Price For" setting for the daily price. The daily price Daily Price will be available up to the number of guests the room settings allow.
i.e. Three people booking a daily price Daily Price set for two people will be charged one extra person price. One person booking will pay the two person price.
b) A negative value will be deducted for each guest less than the "Price For" setting for the daily priceDaily Price. The daily price will TheDaily Pricewill not be available for more than the daily price Daily Price "Price For" value.
i.e. One person booking a daily price Daily Price set for two people will receive one extra person discount. Three people cannot book this daily priceDaily Price.
If you need a daily price aDaily Price for Extra Person, but do not want to charge for Children, then set the Extra Child price to 0.01. Go to {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS) -> PROPERTIES -> BOOKING RULES -> PRICING -> PRICE ROUNDING select -0.10 from the list. This will remove the extra children price from the calculation
<span class="" style="color: #f3e504; font-size: 250%;" >{{#fas:lightbulb}} </span> <span style="font-weight: bold;" >Tip</span> Extra Person Price can be sent to the channels that accept Extra Person Prices.
=== Linking===
Daily prices can be linked so changing a price in one daily price Daily Pricee will update all the daily prices Daily Prices linked to it. The linking can be within the same room or between rooms and between properties.
When linked, the price cannot be entered directly, it will always be imported from the linked daily priceDaily Price.
Daily prices can only be linked to non linked daily pricesDaily Prices, i.e. you cannot create a link to a linked daily priceDaily Price.
Linking only imports the prices, the daily price Daily Price will still use it's own rules for number of people, minimum stay, channels etc.
Linked Daily Prices set in {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS) -> PROPERTIES -> ROOMS -> DEPENDENCIES can not be sent to the Channels, you need to have an independent daily price Daily Price if you need to send to an OTA.
A percentage or fixed offset amount can be specified for the imported price.
=== Activate for booking page and/or channels===
You need to define where a daily price Daily Price is used. If you do not tick at least one tick box the daily price Daily Price is inactive and not available in the CALENDAR.
If you have multiple rates at the Channel, ensure you 'map' the appropriate Channel Rate id/plan.
== Delete Daily Prices ==
Daily prices Prices which are not required can be deleted.
Unlink any linked daily prices before deleting.
== Combination of Rates Fixed Prices and Daily Prices ==
You can use
*Only daily pricesDaily Prices*Only ratesFixed Prices*A combination of daily prices Daily Prices and rateFixed Prices.
If you use a combination of daily prices Daily Prices and rate Fixed Prices a daily price Daily Price can adjust the prices for an individual date or date range.
The "Strategy" for your rates and daily prices Daily Prices abd Fixed Prices will determine which will be used. By default the system will offer the lowest price which meets all the rate Daily Price and daily price Fixed Prices rules. You can define a price strategy for daily prices Daily Orices in {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS) -> BOOKING RULES. Under "Daily Price Strategy" you can set if daily prices Daily Prices can be undercut by rates Fixed Prices ("Allow Lower Prices") or cannot be undercut by rates Fixed Prices ("Do Not Allow Lower Prices") or you do not allow any other prices than daily pricesDaily Prices.
If you have daily prices Daily Prices for different occupancies this setting needs to be set to "Allow lower prices".
<span style="color:#fe746c;“ >{{#fas:exclamation-triangle}} </span> Rules in Rates Fixed Prices have no effect on daily pricesDaily Prices.
==Prices for OTA channels and your own booking page==
Prices are used for the channels and/or the Beds24 booking page according to what is ticked under "Enable" in the daily price Daily Price settings.
See [[Setting_Prices_for_Booking_Channels|this help page]] for specific information on how to set prices for OTA channels.
