Stay Periods
Glossary
Please familiarise with the terms in the Glossary table
Field | Details | Hints | ||
Description | The name of the rate period to be displayed on the choices page of the LRE. | |||
Status | Indicates whether the rate is active as a result of the setting on the grid. | Mouse over to view how the stings will work. It will display when the necessary fields have been completed. If the Sell Start Period is in the future the status will display inactive. | ||
Sell Start Date | The date you want the “Stay Period” to be available for sale and displayed on the site. | The Sell Start date setting is the date the stay period will start being available for sale. To activate the field, you need to check the box on the left-hand side of the “Sell Start Date” | ||
Sell End Date | Is the date you do want to remove the “Stay Period” from being displayed | The Sell End date setting is the date the stay period will stop being available for sale. To activate the field, you need to check the box on the left-hand side of the “Sell Start Date” | ||
Stay Start Date | This is the date that you want your leases to start. It means Lease Start Date. | It should marry the rate period setup on the Rate Types page of the site. | ||
Stay End Date | This means the date you want the leases to expire or end. | It should marry the rate period setup on the Rate Types page of the site. | ||
Max Stay | This means the length of the lease that can be entered into by an applicant. | If you only want a short term lease (say 3 – 6 months) then this should be reflected in your max stay period. The max stay period is influenced by the start and end dates. If you want longer term leases (ie 12 months or more) then this should again be reflected in the max stay timeframe. | ||
Custom User Date Selection | ||||
General | Using this section displays calendar boxes on the site. It allows the students to change the dates of the start or end of their stay dependent upon the settings applied. |
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Stay Start | The Stay Start date check box places a calendar date picker on booking engine to permit selection of the start date relevant to the settings applied. | This is the determined by the MinLOS and the MaxLOS set | ||
Last Arrival Date | Restricts arrivals to not be allowed after a certain date | The rate MinLOS should allow an application to be made from the latest arrival date until the earliest possible departure date | ||
Advance Purchase | Set the minimum number of days before arrival you will accept applications | If this is not set, someone could possibly apply to arrive the same day | ||
CTA Weekends | Tick to not allow arrivals on weekends (Saturday and Sunday) | If this is not selected, applications with a weekend arrival can be made | ||
Stay End | The Stay End Date check box places a calendar date picker on the to permit selection of the end date relevant to the settings applied. | This is the determined by the MinLOS and the MaxLOS set | ||
Earliest Departure | Restricts departures to not be allowed before a certain date | The rate MinLOS should allow an application to be made from the latest arrival date until the earliest possible departure date | ||
Min Stay | Minimum Length of Stay (MinLOS) This is the minimum period the student can stay. | Your rate type must be bookable for the MinLOS | ||
Note 1. The difference between the MinLOS (Min Stay) and the MaxLOS (Max Stay) is the “Flexible Stay Period” where the student can change the dates of arrival or departure depending on the way the property has set up the Stay Periods Grid. | ||||
Note 2. You can select both the Stay Start and Stay end boxes and both the start and end dates will have calendar date pickers displayed on the site. | ||||
Custom Rates | ||||
Enable | This turns on the rate assign function | If this box is checked you MUST select rates, or the stay period will not be bookable. | ||
Select Rates | This allows you to select rates for this stay period |
Setup
Under Management click on Stay Periods:
Enter the name of the Stay Period
This displays on the search page of the portal:
Next enter your Sell Start and End dates if you have them. If there is no sell period you can leave this section blank and the stay period will be available to reserve any time.
The Stay Start Date and Stay End Date are the dates that you want your leases to start and end. Some properties have a fixed lease start date and some properties are flexible with their dates. It is the same with stay end dates. If you want to be flexible with your start date, then you need to enter your Stay Start and End dates - if these are flexible you can tick these options in the Stay Start and Stay End Custom User Date Selection. The system will automatically calculate the Max Stay so you can check your work is correct.
You can set the Minimum Stay from the drop down box if you have flexible Stay dates which will restrict the student from reserving stay dates below the required number of weeks.
Click Submit to save.
Optional: Custom User Date Selection
- The Stay Start check box places a calendar date picker on booking engine to permit selection of the start date relevant to the settings applied
- Last Arrival Date restricts arrivals to not be allowed after a certain date
- Adv Pur (advance purchase) sets the minimum number of days before arrival you will accept applications
- CTA Weekends - tick to not allow arrivals on weekends (Saturday and Sunday)
- The Stay End check box places a calendar date picker on the to permit selection of the end date relevant to the settings applied
- Earliest Departure restricts departures to not be allowed before a certain date
- Min Stay is the minimum period the student can stay
Optional: Custom Rates
This section is used to assign specific rates to a stay period- which is helpful for properties with overlapping stays. Tick Enable > Submit, the use the rate selector button to assign rates to that stay period.
If you require any assistance, please contact unilodge@levart.com.au