Occupancy Based Prices
This page explains how to create prices for different occupancies
Contents
1 Occupancy based prices for your own web site
1.1 Example 1: A family room has a max. occupancy of four guests. It costs 100 for single occupancy, 150 for two guests, 170 for three guests and 190 for four guests.
Option 1 using Daily Prices (recommended) Go to PRICES -> DAILY PRICE RULES and create your daily prices:
- Daily Price 1 "Name"= 1 Guest (e.g.) and "Price For"= Up to 1 Person
- Daily Price 2 "Name"= 2 Guests (e.g.) and "Price For"= Up to 2 People, Extra person price = 20.
When you go to the CALENDAR you will now see additional "Daily Price" rows where you can enter the prices.
Option 2 using Fixed Prices Go to PRICES > FIXED PRICES and create your price:
- "Single Price"=100
- "Double Price"=150
- "Extra Person"=20
1.2 Example 2: An apartment can accommodate up to six guests. The price for four guests is 100, each additional guest costs 30.
Option 1 using Daily Prices (recommended) Go to PRICES -> DAILY PRICE RULES and create your daily prices:
- Daily Price 1 "Name"= 4 Guests (e.g.) and "Price For"= Up to 4 People, Extra person price = 20.
Go to the CALENDAR and enter the price 100 for 4 people in your "Daily Price" row.
Option 2 using Fixed Prices Go to PRICES > FIXED PRICES and create your price:
- "Room Price" = 100 up to 4 people, Extra Person = 30
1.3 Example 3: A villa can accommodate up to 8 guests. 4 guests cost 200, 6 guests cost 250, eight guests cost 270.
Option 1 using Daily Prices (recommended Go to PRICES -> DAILY PRICE RULES and create your daily prices:
- Daily Price 1 "Name"= 4 Guests (e.g.) and "Price For"= Up to 4 people
- Daily Price 2 "Name"= 6 Guests (e.g.) and "Price For"= Up to 6 people
- Daily Price 3 "Name"= 8 Guests (e.g.) and "Price For"= Up to 8 people
When you go to the CALENDAR you will now see additional "Daily Price" rows where you can enter the prices.
Option 2 using Fixed Prices Go to PRICES - > FIXED PRICES and create your prices:
- Price 1: "Room Price" = 200 up to 4 people
- Price 2: "Room Price" = 250 up to 6 people
- Price 3: "Room Price" = 270 up to 8 people
1.4 Example 4: A villa can accommodate up to 6 guests, 4 adults and up to 5 children, 2 adults are 139 with 45 for each additional adult, children are free.
Option 1 using Daily Prices (recommended) Go to PRICES -> DAILY PRICE RULES and create your daily prices:
- Daily Price 1 "Name"= 2 Guests (e.g.) and "Price for"= Up to 2 people, Extra Person = 45, Extra Child = 0.01
Go to the CALENDAR and enter the price for 2 people 139 in your "Daily Price" row.
Go to (SETTINGS) PROPERTIES->BOOKING RULES->PRICE->PRICE ROUNDING = -0.10 (this is required to remove the 0.01 charge for the child price. If your property can accommodation more than 10 guests, then set the Price Rounding = -0.20.)
Note: Make sure you have set the "Daily Price Strategy" (SETTINGS) PROPERTIES->BOOKING RULES to "Allow Lower Prices" to avoid the system using the highest price.
Option 2 using Fixed Prices Go to PRICES > Fixed Prices and create your price:
- Fixed Prices : "Room Price" = 139 up to 2 people, Extra Person = 45, Extra Child = 0.01
2 Occupancy based prices for channels
Many channel support prices for different occupancies. If you are using the channel manger check the channels capabilities before you set up your prices.
These are the options to send prices for multiple occupancies:
1. Occupancy Prices at the OTAs
Some OTAs support occupancy prices. If you have set up occupancy prices in Beds24 these will then send but please note that "Extra Person" prices set in Fixed Prices and "Extra Child" prices will never send. Extra person prices in the Daily Prices will send.
2. . Derived Prices (not recommended for Booking.com, Expedia and all other OTAs which support occupancy prices)
The channel auto calculates different occupancies from one standard rate. Ask your your rep to set this up. This option means you only need to send one Fixed Price from Beds24 to the channel and channel will auto-calculate the other rate options.
3. Multiple Rate Ids
The channel sets up multiple rate ids for each room, each with pre-defined booking conditions. Beds24 can map a different Beds24 price to each rate id.
For more information refer to the specific channel help page for information.
Note: Check the channels help pages for detailed information.
