Table: Rate Plan AttributesIn the Main tab you create a rate plan identity and set the general attributes that apply to the rates of products sold under the rate plan.
Table: Rate Plan Attributes
Attribute | Description |
Currency | This sets the currency for the rate plan. By default, the default currency set for the property is selected. |
Taxes Included | When selected, this attributes sets the rates for the products in the rate plan to include taxes. |
Min. Number of Rooms | This sets the minimum number of rooms to be sold in the rate plan. |
Management Type | This can be any of the following: •Open All the attributes of the rate plan can be modified at property level. The rate plan can also be deleted at property level. •Last Room Available (LRA) The rate plan includes LRA negotiated rates that are available to the companies (CD Numbers) to which the rate plan applies as long as the last room in the property has not been sold. None of the attributes of the rate plan can be modified at property level and the rate plan can only be deleted at brand level. •Yieldable The rate plan includes non-LRA rates that may need to be restricted according to the property's occupancy or forecast. Stay restrictions and/or amounts for this type of rate plan can only be modified at property level if they have been defined as updateable during rate plan creation or modification. |
Commissionable | When selected, this attribute allows you to add a commission to rates of the products sold in the rate plan. |
Categories | This sets the standard Open Travel Alliance (OTA) category to which the rate plan belongs. The category is used to group rate plans when they are in a list. |
Reservation Type | This can be used to indicate if the rate plan can be used in a group reservation, individual reservation, or both. This is useful for hotels that use special rate plans for group reservations. This option is only visible for brands using the group tool, and is also not available when creating templates or multi-level rate plans. By default this is set to "Individual". |
If you are creating or modifying a multi-level rate plan, you must define the levels using the fields in the Level Codes panel:
•Level Codes: Click here to open the Level Codes window to define the applicable levels for this rate plan. Level numbering starts at zero.
•Default Level Code: From the defined levels, select the default level. To set the default level, you must have appropriate user rights.
Note: Only users with the right to modify or define the default level can create multi-level Rate plans.
The Main tab is also used to set the list of room types and services sold under the rate plan. Both the room types and services available are the ones defined for the property that have been made active and open to reservation during configuration.
When selecting the products sold under the rate plan, you must select at least one room type.
Included services are automatically sold with the room.
Note: If the Service check box is selected but the Included check box is not, the service is an optional service that can be sold with the rate plan.
In this tab, you also set the default rate that applies to the product for the rate plan. This is the rate that is used as a "catch-all" when you are defining the rates for the product.
Note: Services have a default rate set for the property so setting a default rate in the rate plan is not mandatory.
Services From a Selection
If the rate plan you are defining is a Group rate plan (the Group check box in Reservation Type is selected), the Services from a Selection panel is available on this tab. This allows you to define one or more selections of services. This could be, for example, a Breakfast service, containing three different types of breakfast, at different rates. Then during reservation, if the customer selects the Breakfast service, he must then choose one of the breakfast options defined in the selection.
If the Included check box is selected, the service is mandatory and is included in the price of the rate plan. If the Included check box is not selected, the service will be added to the price.
The rate plan description is displayed to agents through channels. If multiple languages are supported in your property, remember to enter the description in English as some channels may only distribute English content. If you do not do so, there may be no information given about the rate plan. This is particularly important if there is no rate plan mapping available for the channel.
Note: It is mandatory that you enter content in English in order to minimize any distribution issues.
We recommend you enter the languages in the following order:
1.English
2.Default property language
3.Other languages