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[[Category:Virtual Rooms Room Linking and Dependencies]] This page explains how to create a virtual roomtype with multiple <div class="heading">Dependencies: Individual rooms from individual rooms. and room types </div>

'''Example''': You have 3 rooms all updated individually at a channel like Airbnb. You also want This page explains how to sell them on Booking.com or other channel but they require create a "roomtype" virtual room type with multiple rooms from a quantity number of 3individual rooms and sell all without over booking.__TOC__=Use=You can use this method if:

Go You also want to SETTINGS->PROPERTIES->ROOMS->SETUP and set the virtual sell these rooms on Booking.com or other channel that requires a "room to have type" with a quantity of the same characteristics of your individual available rooms. Set:*Unit Allocation One per Booking*'Sell Priority = Hide (to not show the virtual room type on your own booking page*Overbooking Protection =Property*Use Prices From =Room 1 (to use the prices from room 1, alternatively you can use "This Room" this example will work with any number between 2 and create 12 individual rates for the virtual roomtyperooms)

 You have a room type with a quantity of more than one on a channel (for example on Booking.com) And  You want to showcase each room individually on your booking page.  <span style="color: #f3e504; font-size: 150%;" >{{#fas:lightbulb}} </span> If you offer your rooms by roomtype on your booking page but have several rooms of one type and want to assign bookings to specific rooms you can assign "unit names" in {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS) PROPERTIES > ROOMS > SETUP.  <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 rooms. The virtual room requires availability in at least one of the real rooms.Bookings for the virtual room are placed into one of the real rooms.Multi day bookings for the virtual room are still accepted if a room change in the real room is required, in this case the booking will stay in the virtual room and requires manual assignment. =Set up='''Step 1: Create individual "real" rooms'''  *Go to {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS-) PROPERTIES >ROOMS and add a room for each of your rooms*Go to {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS) PROPERTIES->ROOMS> SETUP **Give each room a "Name" **Set "Quantity" = 1**If you do not want to show the individual rooms 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 virtual room (room type)''' *Go to {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS) PROPERTIES >DEPENDENCIES ROOMS and use add a room for each of your room type*Go to {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS) PROPERTIES > ROOMS > SETUP **Give the room a "Name" **Set "Quantity" = the number of the following individual rooms which are bookable via this room type. This should be the sum of the individual rooms you have created in Step 1. **Set all other settings to the same characteristics as your individual rooms**If you do not want to show the virtual room on the booking page set Sell Priority = Hide (optional)**Set Overbooking Protection =Property '''Step 3: Set dependencies for the virtual room'''  Go to {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS) PROPERTIES > ROOMS > DEPENDENCIES and set:*Requires Availability in = Room 1 or Room select all the individual rooms. (2 or Room 3to 12 of them)

*Assign Bookings to = First Available Dependancy Dependency Room*Use Prices From Optional: If you want to see the bookings in your virtual room you can use the "Include Bookings from" setting. This will mirror the bookings from the "real" rooms into the virtual room. Please note that the unit allocation within the units of the virtual room will not work in this case. '''Dependencies for the real rooms''' <span style=Room 1 "color:#fe746c;“ >{{#fas:exclamation-triangle}} </span>Do not set any "Availability Dependency" settings for your individual (real) rooms. You should have the default settings set which are: *Requires Availability in = nothing selected*Combination Logic = Sum of all bookings*Dependency Level = Ignore Sub Dependencies*Assign Bookings to use = This Room*Include Bookings from = nothing selected '''Step 4: Add prices prices '''  The individual rooms and the virtual room can have their own prices or you can set them up for one room and link them. There are two options to do this: 1. Link prices Both Daily Prices and Fixed Prices can be linked across rooms.  2. "Use Prices and Restrictions From" another room When using prices and restrictions from another room the following values from the other room 1are applied: * Daily Prices* Fixed Prices* Price Multipliers (including those set by the Yield Optimizer)* All restrictions set in the Calendar* If a minimum stay is set in {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS) PROPERTIES > ROOMS > SETUP it will apply but can be overridden by values in Daily Prices, Fixed Prices or the Calendar. * If a maximum stay is set in {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS) PROPERTIES > ROOMS > SETUP it will apply but can be overridden by values in Daily Prices, alternatively Fixed Prices or the Calendar.   All other settings from this room still including the "Minimum Price" will apply. <span style="color: #f3e504; font-size: 250%;" >{{#fas:lightbulb}} </span> If you use this setting you can use not map channel rate IDs directly in the daily prices or rates.  '''Step 5: Check existing bookings'''  If you already have bookings in the virtual room type you need to move them to one of the real rooms =Manage bookings=<div class="warning">{{#fas:exclamation-triangle}} If you manually add a booking you need to do this in the "This Roomreal" rooms not in the virtual room.</div>  Occasionally a booking will not be able to be assigned automatically because for example a two night booking might require a change of room or other bookings to be re-assigned. In this case the booking will be assigned to the Virtual room and create individual rates for you must manually re-assign bookings to block the virtual roomtype)real rooms. If you cannot tolerate this situation, you should not be using room types to sell your rooms.