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''This page explains how to use virtual rooms to send different inventory to different booking channels and/or your own web site''
You can create a virtual room to send custom availability to one or more channels.
== Limit Inventory sent to a channel ==
For example you may not want to sell via a particular channel at certain times of the year.
The virtual room will be linked to one of your real rooms.
Bookings for the virtual room will be assigned to and block the real room.
The virtual room will not be available if the real room is not available.
'''Create a virtual room'''
*In the Channel manager settings disable the real room for the desired channel and enable the virtual room.
== Allotments ==
Example 1: You have 5 double rooms and guaranteed channel A and 2 rooms
Room for booking page:
In SETTINGS-> PROPERTIES->ROOMS->SET UP set Quantity=3
In SETTINGS-> PROPERTIES->ROOMS->DEPENDENCIES set "Requires Availability" = Room for channel
Leave all other settings set to the defaults.
Room for channel:
In SETTINGS-> PROPERTIES->ROOMS->SET UP set Quantity=5
In SETTINGS-> PROPERTIES->ROOMS->SET UP set Sell Priority = hide (to hide from booking page)
In SETTINGS-> PROPERTIES->ROOMS->DEPENDENCIES set "Include Bookings" = Room for booking page
Leave all other settings set to the defaults and map this room to the channel.
'''Example 2''': You have 9 double rooms and guaranteed channel A and 2 rooms up to 5 days in advance
Room 1 Channel Allotment:
In SETTINGS-> PROPERTIES->ROOMS->SET UP set Quantity=2
In SETTINGS-> PROPERTIES->ROOMS->SET UP set Sell Priority = hide (to hide from booking page)
In SETTINGS-> PROPERTIES->ROOMS->DEPENDENCIES set "Include Bookings" = Last Minute Room
In the rate set ""Min Days in Advance" = 5
Room 2 Last Minute:
In SETTINGS-> PROPERTIES->ROOMS->SET UP set Quantity=2
In SETTINGS-> PROPERTIES->ROOMS->SET UP set Sell Priority = hide (to hide from booking page)
In SETTINGS-> PROPERTIES->ROOMS->DEPENDENCIES set "Include Bookings" = Expedia Allotment
In the rate set ""Max Days in Advance" = 5
Room 3 All Channels:
In SETTINGS-> PROPERTIES->ROOMS->SET UP set Quantity=7
In SETTINGS-> PROPERTIES->ROOMS->SET UP set Sell Priority = hide (to hide from booking page)
Room 4 for Channel with Allotment:
In SETTINGS-> PROPERTIES->ROOMS->SET UP set Quantity=9
In SETTINGS-> PROPERTIES->ROOMS->SET UP set Sell Priority = hide (to hide from booking page)
In SETTINGS-> PROPERTIES->ROOMS->DEPENDENCIES set
"Requires Availability" = Room 1 Expedia Allotment, Room 2 Last Minute, Room 3 All Channels (in this order)
"Combination Logic" = Sum of all bookings
"Assign Bookings to" = First available dependency room
Room 5 other channels:
In SETTINGS-> PROPERTIES->ROOMS->SET UP set Quantity=9
In SETTINGS-> PROPERTIES->ROOMS->DEPENDENCIES set
"Requires Availability" = Room 2 Last Minute, Room 3 All Channels (in this order)
"Combination Logic" = Sum of all bookings
"Assign Bookings to" = First available dependency room
'''Note:''' The virtual room feature works only for online bookings. If you add bookings manually place them in your "real rooms" not into virtual rooms.
