Rate overwrite
Rate Overwrite allows you to set specific rates that always take precedence over other pricing methods in your CRS, including season rates and rate linkage configurations. This feature provides control over your pricing strategy for specific dates and room types.
Most PMS and RMS systems that send prices to the CRS deliver them as rate overwrites. You can use Rate Overwrite independently or alongside season rates and rate linkage, depending on your pricing strategy for specific rate codes and room types.
📌Note: Rates highlighted in green in various areas of the CRS indicate the entry was an overwrite for the rate code, room type and date.
Create rate overwrite for multi room or single rate overwrite
Use this method to enter rates for multiple room types using the same rate code.
Go to Rate Management.
Select Rate Overwrite.
Choose your view option:
View by room type for room-focused management.
View by date for date-focused management.
Click the room type or date hyperlink based on the view option to open the modal window.
Navigate to Multi-Room/Single Rate tab.
Select a category from dropdown menu to filter the rates.
Select a rate code from dropdown menu.
Enter start date in the from field.
Enter end date in the to field.
Check appropriate days of the week boxes if pricing varies.
Enter overwrite rate values for each occupancy type and supplement type corresponding to the room type.
Click Update to apply the rate overwrite.
Create rate overwrite for single room or multi-rate overwrite
Use this method to enter rates for multiple rate codes using the same room type.
Go to Rate Management.
Select Rate Overwrite.
Choose your view option:
View by room type for room-focused management.
View by date for date-focused management.
Click the room type or date hyperlink to open the modal window.
Navigate to Single Room/Multi-Rate tab.
Select category from dropdown menus to filter the rates that display below.
Select room type from the dropdown menu.
Enter start date in the from field.
Enter end date in the to field.
Check appropriate days of the week boxes if pricing varies.
Enter overwrite rate values for each occupancy type and supplement type corresponding to the rate code.
Click Update to apply the rate overwrite.
Revert rate overwrites
Reverting rate overwrite removes the overwrite pricing, allowing the underlying season rate or rate linkage configuration to take effect. If no season rate or rate linkage exists, the pricing is simply removed.
Revert overwrite
Follow the steps below to learn how to revert overwrites.
Go to Rate Management.
Select Rate Overwrite.
Choose your view option:
View by room type for room-focused management.
View by date for date-focused management.
Click the room type or date hyperlink to open the modal window.
Go to Multi Room Single Rate tab.
Select category from dropdown menus.
Select rate code from dropdown menus.
Enter start date in the from field.
Enter end date in the to field.
In the modal window, use the Revert checkbox to the right of room types for each you want to remove the overwrite for that rate code.
Click Update to remove the overwrite.
📌Note: Quick option: Use the revert all checkbox to remove all overwrites for the selected criteria.
Child pricing
Child pricing structure: Child pricing applies as supplements added to adult occupancy rates based on defined age groups (buckets).
Child age groups:
C1: First child age group.
C2: Second child age group.
Up to four separate age groups may be defined.
Pricing safeguard: If in the rare circumstance the total room price for adults and children exceeds the cost of treating all occupants as adults, children are automatically charged adult rates.
⚠️Important: Rate overwrite always takes precedence over season rates and rate linkage configurations.