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<span style="color: #f3e504; font-size: 250%;" >{{#fas:lightbulb}} </span> You can create a virtual room to send custom availability to one or more channels.For example manage the number of rooms you may not want to sell via see at 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 availablevia {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS) CHANNEL MANAGER-CHANNEL INVENTORY.

* Create the virtual room by making a copy of the real room at the SETTINGS >> PROPERTIES >> ROOMS menu.* In PROPERTIES >> ROOMS >> SETUP >> AVAILABILITY set the sell priority of the virtual room to "hidden" so it is not shown on your Beds24 Room for booking page.:* In {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS) PROPERTIES >> ROOMS ->> SETUP >> DEPENDENCIES SET UP set that the virtual room is dependent on the real room.Quantity=3* In {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS) PROPERTIES >> ROOMS >> SETUP >> ASSIGN BOOKINGS DEPENDENCIES set that bookings "Requires Availability" = Room for the virtual room should be assigned to the real room.channel

*The virtual room needs it's own rates, which should have been copied from the real room as part of the copy room function.Room for channel:*The virtual room can be made unavailable by removing rates for the unavailable dates. Any date with no price is treated as unavailable.In {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS) PROPERTIES > ROOMS->SET UP set Quantity=5*You can also use the Blackout and Inventory functions on the Calendar In {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS) PROPERTIES > ROOMS > SET UP set Sell Priority = hide (to hide from booking page)In {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS) PROPERTIES > ROOMS DEPENDENCIES set availability."Include Bookings" = Room for booking page

*In the Channel manager settings disable the real room for the desired channel and enable the virtual <span class="circle" >{{#fas:exclamation-triangle}} Note </span> Test dependencies carefully. If you are using dependencies please test thoroughly to make sure your set up reflects your rules. If you are connecting one physical room.*You now have more than once to a virtual room with customisable availability updating the booking channelyou are risking overbookings.