Scenarios for Reserving Run of House Rooms
This topic describes scenarios for using Run of House room type reservations.
Scenario for One Run of House Room Type
This topic gives one example of how Run of House room type reservations might be used. You might use the Run of House reservation functionality differently, depending on your business model.
A property has a total of 20 sleeping rooms of two room types, Standard and Deluxe. The property has defined one Room of Hours (ROH) room type, ROH 1, which is associated with both property-specific sleeping room types. The property-specific room types, their associated ROH room types, and their numbers of rooms are shown in the following table.
| Type | Associated ROH Type | Number of Rooms |
|---|---|---|
Standard |
ROH 1 |
10 |
Deluxe |
ROH 1 |
10 |
Total Group Availability |
Not applicable. |
20 |
For one specific day, no bookings have yet occurred. Availability totals for that day are therefore at maximum for all room types, as shown in the following table.
| Type | Availability |
|---|---|
Standard |
10 |
Deluxe |
10 |
ROH 1 |
0 |
Total Group Availability |
20 |
At maximum availability with no bookings, the ROH room shows as zero (0) availability, while the component property-specific room types show at their maximum availability numbers.
Then, a group books three ROH 1 rooms for that day. The new availability totals for the day are shown in the following table.
| Type | Availability |
|---|---|
Standard |
10 |
Deluxe |
10 |
ROH 1 |
-3 |
Total Group Availability |
17 |
The availability totals for property-specific room types associated with the ROH room types are not decremented. Instead, the ROH room types show their availabilities as the negatives of the numbers booked, and the total group availability for that day is decreased by the three ROH bookings, to 17.
When the day approaches for which the ROH room reservations have been made, the revenue manager of the property moves all three ROH 1 rooms to the Standard and Deluxe room types.
For the purpose of this scenario, assume that the ROH bookings are the only reservations at that property for that day. The final availability totals for the day are shown in the following table.
| Type | Availability |
|---|---|
Standard |
8 |
Deluxe |
9 |
ROH 1 |
0 |
Total Group Availability |
17 |
The property-specific room type numbers are decremented, while the ROH room type number is incremented from a negative number to 0. The Total Group Availability remains at 17, because the total of reserved rooms has not changed; only modifications to the room type assignments have occurred.
Scenario for Two Run of House Room Types
This topic gives one example of how Run of House room type reservations might be used. You might use the Run of House (ROH) reservation functionality differently, depending on your business model.
A property has a total of 500 sleeping rooms of several types. The property has defined two ROH room types, each associated with two property-specific sleeping room types. The property-specific room types, their associated ROH room types, and their numbers of rooms are shown in the following table.
| Type | Associated ROH Type | Number of Rooms |
|---|---|---|
Standard |
ROH 1 |
200 |
Deluxe |
ROH 1 |
100 |
Upgrade |
ROH 2 |
75 |
King Size |
ROH 2 |
125 |
Total Group Availability |
Not applicable. |
500 |
For one specific day, no bookings have yet occurred. Availability totals for that day are therefore at maximum for all room types, as shown in the following table.
| Type | Availability |
|---|---|
Standard |
200 |
Deluxe |
100 |
Upgrade |
75 |
King Size |
125 |
ROH 1 |
0 |
ROH 2 |
0 |
Total Group Availability |
500 |
At maximum availability with no bookings, ROH rooms show as zero (0) availability, while the component property-specific room types show at their maximum availability numbers.
Then, a group books 100 ROH 1 rooms and 50 ROH 2 rooms for that day. The new availability totals for the day are shown in the following table.
| Type | Availability |
|---|---|
Standard |
200 |
Deluxe |
100 |
Upgrade |
75 |
King Size |
125 |
ROH 1 |
-100 |
ROH 2 |
-50 |
Total Group Availability |
350 |
The availability totals for property-specific room types associated with the ROH room types are not decremented. Instead, the ROH room types show their availabilities as the negatives of the numbers booked, and the total group availability for that day is decreased by the 150 ROH bookings, to 350.
When the day approaches for which the ROH room reservations have been made, the revenue manager of the property performs the following tasks:
Moves all 100 ROH 1 rooms to the Standard and Deluxe room types.
Moves all 50 ROH 2 rooms to the Upgrade and King Size room types.
For the purpose of this scenario, assume that the ROH bookings are the only reservations at that property for that day. The final availability totals for the day are shown in the following table.
| Type | Availability |
|---|---|
Standard |
150 |
Deluxe |
50 |
Upgrade |
50 |
King Size |
100 |
ROH 1 |
0 |
ROH 2 |
0 |
Total Group Availability |
350 |
The property-specific room type numbers are decremented, while the ROH room type numbers are incremented from negative numbers to 0. The Total Group Availability remains at 350, because the total of reserved rooms has not changed; only modifications to the room type assignments have occurred.