Early Booking Discount Formulas
Purpose of the formula: to calculate specific discounts according to the reservation date with respect to the arrival date.
Condition of application: the discount is applied if the insertion of the reservation is carried out 60 days before the arrival date.
Calculation to be performed: the system has to manage a 10% discount on the daily amount from which possible discounts have already been deducted.
Surcharge or Discount Formulas differentiated by Room Type
Purpose of the formula: to restrain the application of a discount or surcharge to one or more types.
Condition of application: the surcharge or the discount are applied only in case specific room types are reserved (RRT= reserved room type).
Calculation to be performed: in the example, a 25% discount on the basic charge for the 3rd/4th adult bed only in Classic room.
Stop to the Sale Formula
Purpose of the formula: to set automatically the stop to the sale of a price list.
Condition of application: E.g. the arrival date of the reservation must be included in the next 10 days.
Calculation to be performed: the system has to block the use of the contract to which the STOP formula is attached.
If the above-mentioned conditions exist, the result that you are going to obtain from the formula during the reservation upload is the following:
Formulas to be applied only on a specific day of the stay
Purpose of the formula: to restrain the application of a discount or of a surcharge only to a specific day of the stay. (E.g. the 14th)
Condition of application: the discount is applied to reservations carried out before 01/09, the length of which is superior or equal to 14 nights.
Calculation to be performed: the formula applies a 10% discount on the amount of the stay only for the 14th night.
Formulas that are applied only on a specific day of the stay, and in a specific period
Purpose of the formula: to restrain the application of a discount or surcharge only to a specific day of the stay, which has to be booked within a certain period.
Condition of application: E.g., the surcharge or discount are applied on reservations in which the stay is in August for at least 3 nights, independently from the arrival date and the departure date.
Calculation to be performed: the formula applies a discount to the 3rd night of the stay booked in August.
Rules of application and of syntax for the users formula V_DAL and/or V_AL:
- They can be used only for conditions including GSOG and GV
- They must always be written at the end of the condition and must not be preceded by AND.
- Each formula can contain only one V_DAL and only one V_AL
Formulas that are applied only to the less expensive days of the stay
Purpose of the formula: to restrict the application of a discount or surcharge only to the less expensive days.
Condition of application: E.g., the discount is applied to reservations in which the stay includes more than 14 nights.
Calculation to be performed: The formula has to apply a 10% discount to the amount obtained from the two less expensive days of the stay.
Rules of application and of syntax for the user formula GMC:
- It always requires an alphanumeric value that indicates the number of the less expensive days to be taken into account for the calculation.
- It must be used when the syntax ‘‘GV >= VA X ‘’ is included.
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