Intended Audience: For Trip Organizers who want to offer specific accommodation selections, occupancy limits, and dynamic pricing per traveler or room.
Article Summary: Room Types makes it possible for Organizers to created dynamic package pricing based on room types, bed configurations, occupancy limits, traveler types, and more. Room Types are best used for cruise style booking, trips with variable length of stay packages, specific bed configuration or occupancy limits, or even multiple hotel options. The possibilities are endless.
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How do Room Types work?
Room Types make it easy to offer a specific accommodation type, room selection, and occupancy limits based on packages.
Room Types are made up of a Room Category and Room Option. In the example below:
The purple box with the photo, description, and name "Lily Deck - Room 301" is a Room Category. This Room Category contains a name, description, and photos that all of the Room Options are related to.
The blue box with the traveler occupancy limits, per traveler pricing, and booking buttons, are Room Options. Room Options contain the occupancy limits, pricing per traveler, and are linked to one or many packages.
The red box is the Room Type. Travelers can book one room type per room.
🙌 Room Category and Room Option names are fully customize able and can be named anything to accommodate the trip type.
How do I enable Room Types?
When Trip Organizers create Packages in the Trip Builder, they have the option to "set the price of the package on the Room Type."
When this option is selected and the package is saved, a tab called "Room Types" will appear in the trip builder.
Examples of how you can use Room Types
Room Types is highly customizable depending on the trip you're planning. If you don't see a scenario you're planning, send us a message and we'll gladly help you!
Hotel Room Booking (Bed Configurations)
It's common for Trip Organizers to offer specific hotel room selections. For example, "City View Suite with 1 King Bed" or "Pool Side Suite with 2 Queen Beds". Instead of creating multiple packages to create specific room selections, bed configurations and limit traveler occupancy, Room Types can be used to streamline the booking experience.
In this Hotel Booking - Bed Configurations example:
Packages are used to distinguish different level of offerings or length of stay
Room Category describes the type of room (City View, Pool Side)
Room Option describes the bed configuration
Pricing is tiered based on the number of travelers in the room
Hotel Room Booking (Traveler Type Configurations)
Some all-inclusive resorts have variable pricing based on the type and quantity of traveler(s) occupying the room. To provide the most accurate pricing, Trip Organizers can create specific room options for each traveler type combination.
In this Hotel Booking - Traveler Type example:
Packages are used to distinguish different level of offerings and length of stay, or Room Type name.
Room Category describes the type of room in the resort (Pad Suite)
Room Option describes the traveler type occupancies and traveler requirements. If there are not enough travelers in the room, then the traveler cannot book the specific room rate.
Pricing is tiered based on the number and type of travelers in the room
Cruise Ship Booking (Bed Configurations)
Cruise bookings can be configured by offering different room types or even specific room numbers on the ship.
Similar to Hotel Bookings, room types can be used to describe different room options on the ship and the bed configurations.
In this Cruise Ship - Bed Configurations Example:
Packages are used to distinguish different level of offerings and length of stay, or Room Type name.
Room Category describes the type of room on the ship (Interior Room, Oceanfront Room)
Room Option describes the traveler type occupancies and traveler requirements
Pricing is tiered based on the number of travelers in the room
Cruise Ship Booking (Specific Room Numbers)
If a Trip Organizer has a full cruise ship buyout and they want to offer specific room selections for travelers, they can use room categories as the room number and room options as the bed configurations.
In this Cruise Ship - Bed Configurations Example:
Packages are used to distinguish different categories of rooms and deck levels
Room Category describes the exact name and number of the room
Room Option describes the traveler type occupancies and bed configurations.
Pricing is tiered based on the number of travelers in the room.
Need help configuring Room Types?
Book a call with the Customer Success Team! Tell us about your trip, how you want to price it, and any restrictions you want to create for traveler booking. We'll help you build your trip!
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