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[[Category:RatesFixed Prices]][[Category:Prices]][[Category:Enhanced_Selling]]<div class="heading">Gap Filler</div> This page explains how to fill gaps resulting from minimum stay rules.

The Gap Fill rate strategy is a special rate which is only allowed if less than a certain number of consecutive nights have availability__TOC__<embedvideo service="youtube">https://youtu.be/_byzC41S-88</embedvideo>

The =Functionality=If you have minimum stays you can use an additional "Gap Filler" Fixed Price to close gaps. A minimum stay and a maximum stay will narrow the gap. Bookings are only possible for the number of consecutive nights allowed for days defined by the min and max stay and only if there is a booking gap. If you have a room type with several units, this is only the rate to be active case if only one is set by free which has a gap and all the maximum stay settingothers are occupied.

To use a rate a Fixed Price "Gap Fill" set "Restriction StragetyStrategy" = "Gap Fill ("Summary tab of your RATEFixed Prices)

Maximum <div class="warning">{{#fas:exclamation-triangle}} The gap filler does not work if you use "Do not allow lower prices or shorter stays" as strategy. Also make sure the minimum stay defines in the maximum stay and also {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS) PROPERTIES->ROOMS->SETUP is the number of night same or lower as in the gap must filler and you do not havemanually entered higher minimum stays in the calendar.</div>

=Set up=== Example1: Two night minimum stay but allow selling single nights if the night before and the night after is booked ==

A rate Fixed Prices with the strategy set to "Gap Fill" will only be applied on a date if the number of consecutive nights of availability are less than or equal to the rates Fixed Prices maximum stay setting.

This means setting the maximum stay to one will only allow this rate price if only one day is available.

Using a gap fill in conjunction with your normal minimum stay rates prices will automatically open individual nights if they are available but not bookable due to the minimum stay restriction.

The Gap fill rate Fixed Prices has it's own price which can be higher lower or the same as your normal rateprice.

== Example 2: Three Other price set a three night minimum stay but allow selling two nights if there is a two night gap ==