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Understanding Room Type and Rate Plan Allocations
A Room Type/Rate Plan allocation controls the availability of Rooms and = the Rates you offer in each channel. Room Type/Rate Plan allocations = are also used to sell packages, discounted rates and for Promo Codes.= The Room Types and Rate Plans available to allocate in the channels are al= ready setup in Room Types and Default Rates or Packages. When you add Room = Type/Rate Plan allocation to a channel, all of the rooms assigned to that R= oom Type will be available at the Rate Plan you have assigned to it.
You can use the current Room Types you have set up or create new Room Types and Rate Plans and Packages for use in a specific channel. The functions you= decide to use depends on how you want to manage your online distribution a= nd the complexity of your Room Type and Rate Plan Structure.
Understanding how you can use combinations of Room Type and Rate Plan al= locations and control the restrictions through Manage Rates will help you i= n managing availability.
Managing Room Type and Rate Plan Allocations
Allocating a Room Type and Rate Plan involves the same function for all = channels in Agent Relationships.To see which Room Types and Rate Plans are = allocated to an Agent Channel or to ADD or DELETE a Room Type allocation, c= lick on blue link that displays the number of rooms allocated in t= he "Rooms Allocated" column for the corresponding Agent. For example, 15 of 17. When you click on this num= ber a new screen will open with a List of the Room Types and corresponding = Rate Plans you have allocated to that Agent. At this point you can Ad= d or Delete a Room Type Allocation.See Add or Delete Allocation.
Overall, the Room Type Allocation function can be use in the following w= ays:
However, managing Availability and Rates to each channel can further cus= tomized by strategically using the Room Type and Rate Plan allocation funct= ions.
To quickly block out a room or block of rooms for short time period, see=
Blocking out rooms for a specific time=
period