Child Price in Price List
Child Price (CH) in the Price List uses hotel and brand max child age limits. Learn the Child Profit Margin scope, CH eligibility validation, and Office/Web booking recalculation behavior.
Overview
Some hotels define special child prices that are valid only up to a certain age. Example: up to 12 years old.
If this age limit is not respected, child prices can be applied to older passengers. Example: passengers aged 16 or 17. This leads to incorrect cost calculations and reduced profit.
This page explains how Child Price (CH) is determined in the Price List, and how pricing is validated during booking.
Purpose
This behavior ensures that:
Child prices are applied only when the passenger is within the allowed child age range
Hotel-specific child age rules are respected
A brand-level fallback is used when a hotel does not define its own child age limit
Pricing is recalculated correctly when the passenger age changes
The Child Profit Margin feature continues to work as expected.
Scope and Applicability
This behavior applies only to companies where Child Profit Margin is enabled (set by a super-admin).
It does not change or affect:
Existing child price logic used by other setups, such as other company child pricing
Non-child-related pricing rules
Child Age Determination Logic
The age limits defined at the hotel level determine whether the Child Price from the price list applies to a booking. If no age limits are configured for the hotel, the system uses the Max Child Age defined in the brand settings to calculate the child price.
When calculating whether Child Price (CH) applies, the system determines the maximum allowed child age using the following order:
Hotel-level child age limit
Defined in:
Hotel > Basic Setup > Additional Settings
Hotel-level child age limit (takes priority over brand fallback). If set, this value always takes priority
Brand-level child age limit (fallback)
Defined in
User > Brands > Other Settings
Brand max child age fallback (used only if the hotel has no child age limit). Used only if the hotel has no child age configured
Ensures pricing still works for hotels without a specific rule
Pricing Rules
Child Price (CH) is applied only when:
Passenger age is less than or equal to the determined child age limit (hotel limit first, brand limit as fallback)
If the passenger age exceeds the limit:
Adult price is applied
Child price is not used, even if CH exists in the Price List
Price List Behavior
Child Price (CH)
Child Price entries in the Price List are not applied purely based on passenger type. The child age limit must be respected. This prevents child pricing from being applied to older passengers.
Booking Validation
Office Booking
When an agent changes a passenger’s age and saves the passenger details:
The system re-evaluates child eligibility
Pricing is recalculated immediately
Child Price is applied or removed based on the updated age
Web Booking
When a customer changes a passenger’s age and saves the passenger details:
The same validation logic is applied
Pricing is recalculated before the booking continues
The customer always sees the correct price based on age rules
Result
This ensures accurate pricing and cost calculation. It also protects expected profit margins. Hotels without a defined child age policy are still supported.
FAQ
When is Child Price (CH) applied?
Child Price is applied only when the passenger’s age is less than or equal to the allowed child age limit.
Which child age limit does the system use?
Tourpaq checks in this order:
Hotel-level child age limit
Brand-level max child age (fallback)
What happens if a passenger is older than the allowed child age?
Child Price is not applied.
The passenger is priced as an adult, even if CH exists in the Price List.
When is pricing recalculated?
Whenever a passenger’s age is entered or changed and passenger details are saved.
This applies to both Office Booking and Web Booking.
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