The reservation category is one of the most important parts of the distribution channel. The reservation category deals with the type types of bookings e.g. , such as Group Booking, Owner Booking, Corporate Booking, etc. The owner can get gain an idea about understanding of the type types of bookings made under through the distribution channels with by utilizing the help of the reservation category and he can classify them accordingly. Reservation categories are in use used to define specific Channel channel procedures and calculations by . By linking multiple reservation categories to one channel, the number of channels will remain limited.
One example of a combination of combining one channel with multiple reservation categories is Owners. We can have multiple booking types for one channel (Owner), such as Own use, Owner books for himself in another house, Owner books for guests in his own house, and Owner books for guests in another house. So Therefore, four different procedures need require four different reservation categories to effectively manage reservations for one channel. An Another example would be business DCs that utilize various RCs for different types of bookings, such as including first-time bookings, group bookings, follow-up bookings, extensions, and more.
Under the a certain reservation category, you can see some cards/find various cards, tabs, sub-modules/, and tables. Some While these cards/tabs are available in Newyse but , they may not be present in MXTS as we are moving towards Maxxton transitioning from the Newyse to Maxxton Software. Some Certain functionalities are yet not developed and some are still under development, while others are currently in progress.
Here is the first table for the General page where we tab with name General where you can find the checkboxes or options like RC name, Code, Color, Right on Swimming pool cards, Auto validate, Override billing configuration, etcand different options to view or configure different general functionalities related to the Reservation Category.
General- On this page you can find out some checkboxes on Newyse where In Maxxton you can get the same options in the Settings optionsdrawer.
Show vat on confirmation - It will show vat on the bill after confirmation.
Always show the unit on the reservation - This is used to show a Unit on the reservation and it is a confirmation for the user and service provider. It will help you to know which unit is booked.
Unit in reservation may not be switched - This checkbox does not allow restricts switching to another a different unit than the one initially reserved unit. Sometimes user wanted . In certain cases, users may desire to switch units at the last moment and , but it can only be done only with the same within units that has have the same amenities and add-ons. If Enabling this toggle is enabled means you do not wanted to give an option to the customer to switch indicates that the customer is not given the option to switch to other units.
In Maxxton we have same options in settings drawer that is available in Newyse under General page tab with some exceptional additional options as well. We will go through one by oneBelow, you will find an explanation of each of these options.
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Color - Different RCs can have different colors. So we can select any color for any RC that we can see Therefore, we can identify RCs by their colors in the planning chart to recognize RCs by that color. If by selecting any color. RCs can easily be recognized by their color if we have selected a specific color to the RC then we can easily recognize the RC by seeing only color. It will help us to differentiate RC’s for them. We can distinguish RC's by color and perceive the RC by color onlythem solely based on color. e.g. - For Color Blue RC is Reserver, For Color Yellow RC is own use reservation.
2. Internet user group - This configuration option is used to specify which reservation category is allowed to be seen/enter on the web application. There are In the screenshot below, you can see different types of Internet user groups as shown in the below screenshot.
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3. Business Snapshots -If this toggle is enabled, then the user can take a business snapshot, and the Invoices invoices will be created in the reservation. The invoices are helpful to the for finance and related calculations to be shown at the time of reservation that , which will give us a clear idea about the bill. Also, the payments that has have been paid and due will also reflects be reflected in the invoices.
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4. Show Reservation Check IN/Check Out - The Check In/Check Out module is a separate module feature that we can find out be found in the front office manager. If the "show reservation check-in/check-out" toggle is enabled then the , reservations with this RC will appear in the check-in/check-out module. This is used the bifurcate the to differentiate reservation statuses that has been , including check-in, check-out and some are , as well as initial, provisional, definitive, cancelled, and declined. So check IN and check out will give us Checking in and checking out provides a clear idea about that the particular type of reservations and we can prioritize the , allowing for prioritization of specific reservations by using this function.
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5. Invoice settings -
Invoice type - If invoices created via through work order management can be invoiced via using the owner debit card, via the maintenance fund debit card, or only via solely through a work order invoice.
Eligible for energy bill - Enabling By enabling this toggle key button, the RC is becomes applicable for energy bills to calculate the utility bill for the reservations which need to have an energy invoice , allowing for the calculation of utility bills for reservations that require energy invoices (e.g.- Electricity, electricity, Waterwater, Gasgas). Utility The utility bill will be generated as per the meter readings. As per the consumption and meter readings It is calculated on the monthly basisis generated based on meter readings, and the calculation is performed on a monthly basis, taking into account consumption and the recorded meter readings.
Owner year-round reservation - Enabling this toggle key button for this RC indicates signifies that a reservation reservations created with this reservation category is allowed are permitted to have invoices created generated for work orders and energy settlements. This is specifically for owners DC and RC who wanted to make bookings for a whole an entire year.
E.g. European clients are using dates such as 01/01/23 to 31/12/2023 and US clients are using 01/01/2023 to 0112/0131/2023.
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6. Reservation settings- In the reservation settings we have options like
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