How pricing and availability rules work
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Loading ...Price and availability rules are part of the core functionality of the Booking Server and make up the fundamentals of the business rules engine. Here is how they work:
Price Rules
Price rules affect the price of a particular inventory item during a particular period of time. They can be a percentage difference or a fixed amount. For example, if you create an inventory item that is $99 and you want it to be 5% less on Saturdays, you could create a price rule for Saturdays where the Adult price is -5% and apply it to the inventory item. Ofcourse you are not limited to associating the price rule with just one inventory item. You could in fact, apply the price rule to any item in your inventory.
Availability Rules
These work in much the same way as the price rules except that they affect the number of available seats for an item. If you wanted to set a black out period for example, you might create an availability rule starting on one date and ending on another with an availability of “0″. When someone searches for availability during your black out period, they will be given a “0″ availability and will be unable to book during that time.
For more information on how to create the rules, I recommend you take a look at the online Help in the Booking Server administration system.
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