Add room-count restrictions for reservations and daily inventory (min/max)
Idea:
It would be extremely useful to introduce two new restriction options that control rate availability based on room count – both on the reservation level and the daily inventory level. These are different use cases but equally important for pricing strategies.
- Reservation-based restriction: Min/Max rooms per booking What we need:
A setting that makes a rate bookable only from X rooms or only up to X rooms within one reservation.
Why:
Group rates: Should appear only when a reservation contains at least 10 rooms.
Promo / early bird / code rates: Should be limited to a small number of rooms per booking (e.g. max 2 rooms) to avoid misuse by larger groups.
This would reduce manual checks, prevent incorrect bookings, and improve segmentation.
- Inventory-based restriction: Max rooms per day for a specific rate What we need:
A restriction that caps how many rooms per day can be sold under a specific rate (e.g. “Early Bird available for the first 10 rooms/day”).
Why:
Currently, it’s possible to restrict by category, but not by a simple daily room limit across the whole inventory.
For revenue management, this is essential to avoid overselling discounted inventory.
Use cases:
Limited Early Bird / Flash Sale availability
Controlled promotions without manual closures
Protecting higher BAR levels once the daily allocation is sold
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Sonja Weichert
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Idea:
It would be extremely useful to introduce two new restriction options that control rate availability based on room count – both on the reservation level and the daily inventory level. These are different use cases but equally important for pricing strategies.
1. Reservation-based restriction: Min/Max rooms per booking
What we need:A setting that makes a rate bookable only from X rooms or only up to X rooms within one reservation.
Why:
Group rates: Should appear only when a reservation contains at least 10 rooms.
Promo / early bird / code rates: Should be limited to a small number of rooms per booking (e.g. max 2 rooms) to avoid misuse by larger groups.
This would reduce manual checks, prevent incorrect bookings, and improve segmentation.
2. Inventory-based restriction: Max rooms per day for a specific rate
What we need:A restriction that caps how many rooms per day can be sold under a specific rate (e.g. “Early Bird available for the first 10 rooms/day”).
Why:
Currently, it’s possible to restrict by category, but not by a simple daily room limit across the whole inventory.
For revenue management, this is essential to avoid overselling discounted inventory.Use cases:
Limited Early Bird / Flash Sale availability
Controlled promotions without manual closures
Protecting higher BAR levels once the daily allocation is sold