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'''Create <span style="color: #f3e504; font-size: 250%;" >{{#fas:lightbulb}} </span> You can manage the number of rooms you see at a virtual room'''channel via {{#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.== Allotments ==* In PROPERTIES >> ROOMS >> SETUP >> AVAILABILITY set the sell priority of the virtual room to "hidden" so it is not shown on your booking page.* In PROPERTIES >> ROOMS >> SETUP >> DEPENDENCIES set that the virtual room is dependent on the real room.* In PROPERTIES >> ROOMS >> SETUP >> ASSIGN BOOKINGS set that bookings for the virtual room should be assigned to the real room.Example 1: You have 5 double rooms and guaranteed channel A 2 rooms
'''Custom Room for booking page:In {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS) PROPERTIES > ROOMS->SET UP set Quantity=3In {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS) PROPERTIES > ROOMS > DEPENDENCIES set "Requires Availability'''" = Room for 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. You can also link Leave all other settings set to the rate in the "Rooms" tab of the rate.*The virtual room can be made unavailable by removing rates for the unavailable dates. Any date with no price is treated as unavailable.*You can also use the Blackout and Inventory functions on the Calendar to set availabilitydefaults.
'''Channel Setup'''Room for channel:In {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS) PROPERTIES > ROOMS->SET UP set Quantity=5In {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS) PROPERTIES > ROOMS > SET UP set Sell Priority = hide (to hide from booking page)In {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS) PROPERTIES > ROOMS DEPENDENCIES set "Include Bookings" = Room for booking page
*In the Channel manager Leave all other settings disable set to the real room for the desired channel defaults and enable the virtual room.*You now have a virtual map this room with customisable availability updating to the channel.
''' <span class="circle" >{{#fas:exclamation-triangle}} Note:''' The virtual room feature works only for online bookings</span> Test dependencies carefully. If you add bookings manually place them in are using dependencies please test thoroughly to make sure your "real rooms" not into virtual roomsset up reflects your rules. If you are connecting one physical room more than once to a booking channel you are risking overbookings.
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[[Category:Channel Manager]]
[[Category:Virtual Rooms Room Linking and Dependencies]] ''This page explains how to use virtual rooms to send different inventory to different booking channels and/or your own web sitemanage allotments''You can create a virtual room to send custom availability to one or more channels.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.
