9. Add rooms, pets, rates and availability

1. Click 'Rooms'
2. Click  '+ create new + '

A 'room' is any space within this property listing that may be independently booked. Each 'room' can have its own availabiltiy and pricing. Here are some examples:

Bed & Breakfast

ABC B&B has 3 rooms that may be rented independently. They are entitled: Queen Bedroom, Balcony Room and Garden Suite. Each has its own availability and pricing structure.

XYZ Cottage

XYZ Cottage has two bedrooms but rents as a whole cottage. Therefore it only has one 'room' which has been entitled 2 bedroom cottage

Motel 123

Motel 123 has 20 rooms on three floors: 8 ground floor units, 8 first floor balcony units and 4 waterview suites on the 2nd floor. In this case there are 3 'rooms' including 8 x ground floor unit, 8 x balcony unit and 4 x waterview suite

Create a Room Profile for each 'room'. For each option you can specifiy rates and availability for up to two years.

General Information

Complete all fields including:

1. Name of room option e.g. River View Room
2. Maximum number of people included in rate
3. Will you accept additional children? Is there an additional charge per child per night?
4. Will you accept additional adults? Is there an additional charge per adult per night?
5. How many pets will you permit per room? Is there a charge per pet per night?
6. Which pets will you accept (please check all applicable)
7. Do you have a minimum number of nights that holiday seekers can book for?
8. Complete a description about the room - this should be able the room itself, not the property as a whole.
9. Check 'Publish'

Click 'Apply changes'

Photo Gallery

1. Click 'browse' to select a photo from your computer (JPG, GIF or PNG files accepted up to 1MB each)
2. Click 'Apply Changes' to upload to your online photo gallery 
3. Repeat to add up to five (5) photos in total

Rates and availability

Pets Playground has introduced simple yet powerful tools to help you manage your rates and availability:

• Batch management. Update rates and availability for a range of dates.
• Detailed management. Update rates and availability for individual nights in a month.
• Use a channel manager. Use your channel manager to automate availability management.
• Custom holiday packages. Add custom rates for special dates (e.g. long weekend).

Batch availability management

Use the Batch Availability Management tools to quickly and easily apply rates and availability to blocks of dates, for up to two years in advance:

1. Select the date range you want to update ('From' and 'To')
2. Select the days of the week that you want to set a rate for
3. Select the number of properties that you have available for a given rate (in your case probably 1)
4. Add your nightly tariff for the property
5. Include a 'reduced rate' if you wish to offer a special rate. This rate will override the standard rate
6. Click ‘save’

Detailed availability management

Use the Detailed Availability Management tools to fine-tune your availability and rates as you need for individual nights:

1. Make sure you're looking at the correct month – adjust using 'view month' dropdown at top of screen
2. In the 'detailed management' window, update the rooms available, rate and possibly reduced rate
3. When complete, click 'update rates and availability' at bottom of screen

• Click 'Apply changes'.
• Click 'Save & Quit' to return to the main property management screen

Channel Manager

Custom holiday packages

Setup custom Holiday Packages, e.g. Winter Special: 3 nights midweek for $250.You can now customise Holiday Packages for your properties and rooms. Here are some examples:

• 3-night weekend rate
• 4 night midweek special rate
• 3-night Melbourne Cup weekend
• Summer Special - book 3+ nights midweek and save with a special rate 
 

To setup your custom holiday packs:

1. Select the 'type of Pack' (weekend only, midweek only or anytime)
2. Give your custom holiday pack a title (e.g. '4 night midweek special rate')
3. What is the minimum number of nights that this package is valid for (e.g. '4 nights')
4. What are the start and end dates of this holiday package?
5. What is your special rate per night? e.g. If usual midweek rate is $120/night and you want to offer 4 nights midweek for $400, then make your package rate $100 per night
6. Finally, click the 'save icon' (image of floppy disk at lower right of screen)