This screen displays your rate plan values (prices) and restrictions for a specific range of dates.
- Input a Date From and Date To using the date fields in the top left corner.
- Use the Room Type or Rate Plan filters to narrow down your search.
- Toggle the ‘Show Restrictions’ button on or off depending on whether you want to view and change the rate plan restrictions for the dates that you have specified, or just the prices and availability.
Press Search to see the results on screen.
Each day of the week is represented by its own square on the grid.
The colour of each square indicates the status of the Rate Plan/Room Type combination as follows:
If you hover over a price and it show two amounts this means the first amount would be the base rate set on that rate plan and the second amount would be how much you have set for the per room price for that rooms type.
Icon meanings on the calendar
If you click on Show Restrictions before pressing search you will see a number of icons appear under the price.
They mean the following.
Closed is
Closed to arrival is
Closed to departure is
Minimum length of stay is
Maximum length of stay is
Closed to arrival and departure is
Updating individual days – Rates
To manually change the rate value for individual days, simply click on the number and a pop-up window will appear. Type in the new amount and press the tick to save your changes (please note that you cannot update the rate values of a rate plan that is derived from another one, you will need to amend the price of the rate plan it is derived from instead)
Updating individual days – Restrictions
Click on the symbols underneath the rate plan value to turn on or off restrictions for individual days as follows:
Click the close circle to apply a closeout.
Click the in/out arrow icons to set a closed to arrival or closed to departure restriction.
Click the - - icon to set a minimum length of stay or maximum length of stay.
Performing a Bulk Update – Rates
Bulk updating rates allows you to override the Base Rate for a given date range for one or more Rate Plans and/or Room Types. To access this, go to Rates > Rate Calendar then click on ‘Bulk Update’ and choose ‘Rates’ to bring up this screen:
Click in the ‘Rate Plans’ field to select one or more Rate Plans (please note that you cannot update the rate values of a rate plan that is derived from another one, so you will not see any derived rates here). Click the green icon on the right to select all or click the red cross to unselect all.
Click in the ‘Room Types’ field to select one or more of your Room Types. Click the green icon on the right to select all or click the red cross to un-select all.
Input a date range you wish to make changes for and add/remove the days of the week as needed (e.g. if you only want to change rates for a weekend, you should remove Sunday to Thursday).
By clicking “Add Range” you can provide another date or date range for which the restriction should apply. You can add as many date ranges as you need and even set restrictions for several months or years in advance.
Enter the new base rate that you wish to to apply and Hop will automatically calculate the price difference for your more expensive rooms, based upon how much you have configured room type supplements in Rates > Rate Plans.
Performing a Bulk Update – Restrictions
Bulk updating restrictions allows you to add or override your restrictions for a given date range for one or more Rate Plans and/or Room Types. To access this, go to Rates > Rate Calendar then click on ‘Bulk Update’ and choose ‘Restrictions’ to bring up this screen.
Click in the ‘Rate Plan Buckets’ field to select one or more of your Rate Plan Buckets.
Click in the ‘Rate Plans’ field to select one or more Rate Plans. (Click the green icon on the right to select all or click the red cross to un-select all.)
Click in the ‘Room Types’ field to select one or more of your Room Types. (Click the green icon on the right to select all or click the red cross to un-select all.)
Input a date range you wish to make changes for and add/remove the days of the week as needed (e.g. if you only want to change rates for a weekend, you should remove Sunday to Thursday).
By clicking “Add Range” you can provide another date or date range for which the restriction should apply. You can add as many date ranges as you need and even set restrictions for several months or years in advance.
Choose ‘Clear All Restrictions’ to delete any restrictions set for a certain period and applying to any rate plans/room types you have selected above. Otherwise, you will need to choose one or more of the following options:
Min Length of Stay
| Fill in this field to set or update the minimum number of nights stay/length of stay allowed for arrivals on the date in question. |
Max Length of Stay | Fill in this field to set or update the maximum number of nights stay/length of stay allowed for arrivals on the date in question. |
Cut Off | Enter the number of days here, within which you do not wish to sell a rate plan (e.g. set your cut off to 7 days if you have an advance rate which can only be used if booking a stay more than a week in advance) |
Selling Status | You have the option to set the Selling Status of the Rate Plan/Room Type combination(s) to Open, Closed to Arrival, Closed to Departure, or Closed |
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