How to setup short break supplements options

Introduction

In order to prevent short breaks from being calculated as a pro-rata of the weekly price, it is necessary to add a multiplier to raise the pro-rata price to the required percentage of the weekly price. 

For example, a 3-night break can be priced as 75% of the weekly price and a 4-night break can be priced as 80% of the weekly price.

How to setup short break supplements options

1/ Go to the CMS and navigate to Online Booking Settings > Booking Rules > Short Break Supplements:

2/ To create a new Short Break Supplement rule group, right-click on the 'Short Break Supplements' node and click 'Create':

3/ A window will pop-up. Put in the name of your rule group. We recommend you use a name that will allow you to easily identify it. e.g. North Cornwall Properties. Once done, click 'Create':

4/ An unpublished version of the rule group will be seen at the bottom of the list. Make sure to 'Save & Publish' the node before moving forward. Now it's time to define the short break costs. Right-click on the group you just made and click 'Create': 

5/ A window will pop-up. On the name field, put the number of nights that you want to define a supplement for. Once done, click 'Create':

6/ An unpublished version of the supplement will be created at the bottom of the list. On the right-hand side, put in the Percentage and Nights. Once done, click 'Save & Publish':

In the example above, I've created a short break supplement wherein a 3-night booking will return a price that is 75% of the weekly price. It is important to take note that there is a calculation required to identify the correct Percentage to put on the field.

To make your life easier, attached at the bottom of this guide is Short Break Supplement Calculator that you can use. Download and Open the spreadsheet. The only relevant fields that you need to fill-out are the # of Nights and the % of the weekly price.

In the example above, I wanted a 4-night break to return 80% of the weekly price. The Percentage to add to iPro is 40. So it will look like this in the configuration:

7/ Once you've defined all the short break supplement rules under the group, they are now ready to be assigned to a property. You can do this by going to the 'Rental Rules' tab of a property and selecting the rule under the Minimum Night Supplement Rule section. Don't forget to 'Save & Publish' when done:

By implementing what you have learned from this guide you will be able to answer the following questions:

• How to set up short break supplement rules?
• How to assigned short break supplement rules to a property?
• How to calculate the percentage for a short break supplement rule