Double for Sole Use

Most hotels will charge a Double room rate whether the room is occupied by one or two adults. Some hotels however charge a different room rate for a Double Room occupied by one adult, this is achieved by setting up two product services.

This procedure will help you to...

  • Setup Double for Sole use if rate is different to Double rate

How?

  • By setting up two product services

Overview

You may have some suppliers that provide a different rate for sole occupancy.

Example: this hotel has made the following rates available:
Room Rate
Double/Twin300
Double for Sole Use280
Single250
Triple350

Follow the set up below to allow a Double Room for Sole Occupancy to be selected at the time of booking.

Setup

Create two Products:

  • One for the standard rooms.
  • One for the Double for Sole Use.

Standard Room Product

Hotel gives the following rates:

Room Rate
Double/Twin300
Single250
Triple350

Create the product option - Run of House Room (see Insert a Product (Accommodation) for detailed instructions on creating product)

Example Policies for Standard Run of House Room.

Example Rates Standard Run of House Room

Double for Sole Use Product

Create another product using a field such as Description or Comment fields to determine Double for Sole Use. In our example you will see we have used the comment field.

Hotel gives the following rates:

Room Rate
Double for Sole Use280

Create the product option - Run of House Room (Double for Sole Use) see Product User Manual for detailed instructions on creating product.

Example Policies (Double for Sole Use) Product

Example Rates (Double for Sole Use) Product

Selling the Room

When searching for a Double room in the FITs Application a user will be given the option of both services and will be able to choose to book the Double for Sole Use service.