Setting up rates and availability: an overview
Set your accommodation’s prices and booking conditions and check how guests can request a stay.
Start with the right accommodation
Price settings belong to one accommodation. First choose the accommodation in the accommodation selector and open Accommodations. Go to Rates for the accommodation you want to manage. Here you manage the standard rate, period rates and the conditions under which guests can book.
Rates determine the rental amount and permitted stays. Set up service charges, such as cleaning or a security deposit, separately under Service charges. Manage occupied periods or maintenance blocks under Availability.
Set up a useful starting point
- Open the standard rate and enter a price per night.
- Add only the weekend prices or packages you actually want to offer.
- Set the minimum and any maximum number of nights, advance notice and permitted arrival and departure days.
- Check the number of included guests and any surcharge for additional people.
- Save, then add any periods with different settings.
Check the result as a guest
Open your rental website and select, for example, a weekday stay, a weekend and a stay in a special period. Check both bookable dates and the price breakdown. Also test a period boundary: the minimum stay follows the arrival date, while the rental amount uses the rates for the individual overnight stays.
An empty calendar does not automatically mean every combination of arrival and departure is bookable. Stay rules, the booking horizon and time for cleaning can also rule out a selection.