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''This page explains how to offer only part a limited number of your rooms for sale and add a new one increase the inventory whenever one room is booked''.__TOC__=Use=You can use this method if:

'''Example:''' A hotel has 10 double You have a number of individual rooms. They connected to individual listings at a channel and want to limit the number of rooms you offer only 2 rooms for booking and open an additional room whenever the receive a bookingat any one time.

*Create <div class="warning">{{#fas:exclamation-triangle}} If you are using dependencies please test thoroughly to make sure your set up reflects your rules. If you are connecting one physical room more than once to a booking channel you are risking overbookings.</div> =How it works= Bookings are assigned to the 'real' room type (Top-up).The virtual room (Double with a quantity ) will control the maximum number of units available in Top-up The total number of units/rooms available will show as the lower number and will be 'topped - up' as each new booking is created in the calendar, until the total bookings meet the total inventory.  =Set up=  '''Example:''' A hotel has 10 double rooms. They want to offer only 2rooms for booking and open an additional room whenever they receive a booking. '''Step 1: Create "real" room''' *Create one Go to {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS) PROPERTIES > ROOMS and add a room *Go to {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS) PROPERTIES > ROOMS > SETUP **Give room type a Name "Top-up with " **Set "Quantity" = 10**If you do not want to show the room on the booking page set Sell Priority = Hide (optional)**Set Overbooking Protection =Property**Use the context help <span style="color:#007bff;“ >{{#far:question-circle}} </span> for further setup instructions. '''Step 2: Create a quantity virtual room (Double)''' *Go to {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS) PROPERTIES > ROOMS and add a room *Go to {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS) PROPERTIES > ROOMS > SETUP **Give the room a Name "DOUBLE" **Set "Quantity" = 2 **Set all other settings to the same characteristics as your "real" room**If you do not want to show the virtual room on the booking page set Sell Priority = 10Hide (optional)**Set Overbooking Protection =Property '''Step 3: Set dependencies for the virtual room '''

 Go to {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS->) PROPERTIES->ROOMS->DEPENDENCIES and use the following settingsset:*Requires Availability in = DoubleTop-up

*Go to {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS->) PROPERTIES->ROOMS->SETUP DEPENDENCIES and set Sell Priority = Hide (to not show the room type on your own booking page): *Go to SETTINGS->PROPERTIES->ROOMS->DEPENDENCIES and set Use Prices from = Family and Double (Double needs prices for availability calculation) '''Step 4: Check existing bookings'''  If you already have bookings in the virtual room type you need to move them to one of the real room =Manage bookings=<div class="warning">{{#fas:exclamation-triangle}} If you manually add a booking you need to do this in the "real" room not in the virtual room.</div>