To attract early bookers and increase search result visibility, upload rates and availability well in advance. More rooms available appeal to more travelers.
You can boost your search visibility and secure early bookings by setting your rates and availability far in advance. Offering more rooms increases your chances of attracting travelers. We highly recommend keeping at least 1 to 2 years of future inventory. Your rates and availability can be updated on a monthly or annual basis.
Monthly rate plan update
- Navigate to the Booking Engine and click on "Rates and Availability."
- Select "Monthly Update."
- In the 'Show Item' section, choose one of the following options: rates or availability.
In the monthly view, you will see a table listing all your room types if you are updating availability, and a list of all your rate plans if you are updating rates.
- Click on the date you wish to update. The selected date will be highlighted in blue.
- To make changes to several days at once, click on a cell and drag across all the dates you wish to select.
- Use the "Selectable Days" option if you want to select only Saturdays and Sundays, for example, while clicking and dragging across the dates.
- Click on the name of the room or rate plan to select the entire row in the table.
- Click on the day of the month to select the entire column.
- Enter the number you want to update in the "Change to" field. You can input fixed values for availability and rates, and also use the 'increase by' and 'decrease by' options to adjust existing values. For example, you can update existing rates by increasing them by 30%.
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Click on "Save" or "Save and Clear" to clear the previously selected dates.
Yearly rate plan update
- Navigate to the Booking Engine and click on "Rates and Availability."
- Select "Yearly Update."
- In the 'Show Item' section, choose one of the following options: rates or availability.
Unlike the monthly update, where you can see all your room types and rate plans month by month, the annual update requires you to select a specific rate plan to view. The table will display dates from today up to the next 24 months. The annual update is particularly useful for making changes that span several months at once.
- Click on the "Choose rate plan" dropdown menu to select the rate plan you want to update.
- To make changes to multiple dates at once, click on a cell and drag over all the dates you wish to select.
- Use the "Selectable Days" option and the calendar fields to select a longer period.
- You can also click on the name of the month to select the entire month.
- Enter the number you wish to update in the "Change to" field. You can input fixed values for availability and rates, as well as use the 'increase by' and 'decrease by' options to adjust existing values.
- Click "Save" or "Save and Clear" to erase the previously selected dates.
Note: If the Front Desk is enabled for your property, you will not be able to manually update your room availability.