Base room types

This feature is used to define and insert room types in the system. Each hotel has a variety of room types available for selling. The room types are chosen from the assets Base room types that should be inserted in the system by an administrator.

To create a new room type, the user must go to Hotel/Base room types and click on the Create button.

Fields that need to be filled:

• Room code - room code in the system

• Plaintext - room name

• List Text - room name on export files

• No. ordinary beds - number of beds, these beds will always pay the full price of the bed, they cannot receive extra bed discounts

• Min no. beds - minim number of beds, used to establish the minimum number of guests in the room

• Extra beds - number of normal extra beds; can receive extra bed discount

• Extra beds child - number of extra beds for children; can receive extra bed discount

• Start child age - starting age for children that can use the extra bed child

• End child age - ending age for children that can use the extra bed child

• Internet- base room type will be shown in the API or not. Allows the room to be sold on the website

• Status - determines if the room is visible or hidden.

• Is fictive - are used to allow the room to be sold as a one way room for one way hotels and one way seats under transport. In base room type typically refers to a virtual or non-physical room that is used for system configuration, planning, or logic purposes, rather than representing an actual, bookable room in a hotel or property.

• For one way - it is used only for oneways transport (it can be only one per company); it is used to make pricelist for oneways

• Ignore in seats vs. beds will make the room not displayed and not to be counted in the seats vs. beds overview.

• For "A La Carte" - is used for a la carte bookings

Cost configuration

• Cost beds - number of beds used to calculate cost price for this type of room taken into account by the hotel cost service

• Extra beds cost - number of extra beds used to calculate cost price for this type of room taken into account by the hotel cost service

Hotel allotment

This is a short list with all hotels and periods where allotments have been defined for this type of room

Child rooms

When adding a new room type for a hotel, the user has the option to customize the new room. From changing the name to changing the bed number and type.