Price regulation rules

Configure Tourpaq Office price regulation rules for automatic repricing. Adjust prices up/down by hours and offer count. Set lowest price limits and audit in price list history.

Overview

A Price Regulation Rule controls automatic repricing in Tourpaq Office.

It can increase or decrease prices based on:

• Time passed (hours)

• Demand (number of offers)

• Guard rails (lowest price limits)

Use this to keep pricing competitive without dropping below your minimum price.

Purpose

The purpose of this rule is to:

• Automate price increases or decreases for offers.

• Control how often and by how much a price can change.

• Ensure prices never go below defined minimum thresholds.

• Reduce manual intervention when managing multiple offers.

Preconditions

• The user must have permissions to create or edit price regulation rules.

• A valid Name and Code must be provided.

• Agree on pricing rules (amounts, hours, offer thresholds, and minimum prices) before setup.

Create or edit a rule

1. Navigate to Price Regulation Rules in the system and select Create/Edit Rule.

2. Fill in the fields below.

Fields

All * fields are required.

• Name *: Clear rule name. Example: Weekend Repricing.

• Code *: Unique code for the rule.

• Amount *: Amount to add when prices go up.

• Amount (down): Amount to subtract when prices go down.

• Hours number: Hours between “go up” adjustments.

• Hours number (down): Hours between “go down” adjustments.

• Offers number: Offer count required before applying the “go up” amount.

• Offers number (down): Offer count required before applying the “go down” amount.

• Lowest price / Lowest price2 / Lowest price3 / Lowest price4:

  • Minimum price limits. The system will not price below these values.

  • Typically used to protect different intervals (P1–P4) or scenarios.

1. After filling in the details:

   • Review all minimum price values carefully to prevent underpricing.

   • Save the rule.

2. The rule will now automatically regulate prices based on the defined triggers (time, offers, and limits).

Best practices

• Always set realistic Lowest price values to avoid unprofitable sales.

• Use Hours number carefully—too small values may cause frequent price changes.

• Use consistent naming in Name so rules are searchable.

• Double-check both Amount and Amount (down) to ensure they follow company pricing policies.

When a price regulation rule is active, price list history is updated automatically.

You can see that a service ran each time prices were adjusted according to the configured rule.

The feature that enables price list go up / go down limits must be configured in System Setup.

Apply the rule in a price list

After you enable the feature and the service is running:

1. Open Price List.

2. Select the transport, hotel, and room type.

3. Click Display.

4. In the grid, set the rule in the PL. REG. RULE. column.

5. Click Save.

FAQ

1. What is a price regulation rule? A price regulation rule is a set of conditions that tells Tourpaq Office when to automatically raise or lower prices based on time and offer count, while protecting minimum price limits.

2. Why do I need a code and a name for each rule? The name makes the rule easy to find. The code uniquely identifies it.

3. What does “Hours number” mean? It is the number of hours between price adjustments.

4. How do minimum price fields work? They define the lowest prices the system can set. Prices will not go below these limits.

5. How often does a rule run? The service checks your conditions continuously. When the conditions are met, prices are adjusted.

6. Can I prevent rules from lowering prices too much? Yes. Set Lowest price limits to protect against underpricing.

7. Where do I see the price changes? In price list history, where automatic adjustments are logged with timestamps.