Booking restriction/Request/Rolling request has been introduced for accommodation types so that the bookings within a certain period or stay can be regulated on request. This can be done so that locations will have enough time to prepare themselves for the guests that visit them as it is otherwise possible that guests will create a reservation for the same day and arrive already a few hours later. The configuration of the different kinds booking restriction options can be done in the Content Manager. These restrictions are implemented in various applications from where the creating of a reservations of is possible:
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Under 'Time zone' the respective time zone is mentioned as in the Netherlands there's a difference between Standard time and Daylight savings time. When the time zone is changed from Daylight savings time to Standard time (or the other way around), the booking restriction won't be affected. The booking restriction will be considered as per the time zone of that day. |
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First, go to 'Batch updates' → 'New Batch update' and select the respective accommodation types. For this example we selected some random accommodation types:
Afterward, the row 'Restrictions and request rules' needs to be selected. Here, the desired restriction can be:
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After 'Start batch update' is selected, the batch update will be exported and a summary of the executed batch update will be shown. Here, you can see if the batch update is completed or still in progress:
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The result of the batch update (either succeded or failed) and scope of the batch update is shown in the above screenshot.
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When a Booking restiction has been added, the accommodation isn't bookable as usual in the Reservation Manager. Once the respective accommodation types has been chosen, a notification pops-up:
When the option 'select and book accommodation' is chosen, the notification is shown once more:
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The Request/Rolling request statuses are working in the same way in RM. When a restriction/request rule is added for the accommodation types, then the bookings in RM are created with the status 'On Request'.
Bookings engine/Web Manager
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What causes the following menu where the accommodation type is included on the overview:
2.The restricted accommodation type is not shown in the accommodation type overview. In that case, the toggle on 'Display accommodation types with booking restrictions' is off:
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What causes the following menu where the accommodation type is excluded from the overview:
When the notification is shown
1.It can be set on the ‘book now' button
2.It can be shown after the customer details are filled in and the guest hits the ‘Payment tab’`.
Bookings restriction
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