Managing Sell Limits

Prerequisites for Sell Limits

Use Sell Limits to setup booking limits for a specific date period and inventory level (House, Room Class or Room Type). The Sell Limit is the sum of the room type inventory plus the Sell Control Rooms specified. The Sell Control Rooms value indicates the overbooking value and is automatically adjusted when updating a Sell Limit value; and vice versa. Maximum Available Rooms is also adjusted according to any Sell Control Rooms / Sell Limit values set.

Sell limits are setup from Property Availability.

• A positive Sell Limit value allows overbooking of rooms by adding the number of rooms to sell to the number of physical rooms. You might overbook rooms to compensate for expected cancellations and no-shows.

• A negative Sell Limit value enforces an under-book of rooms by subtracting the number of rooms to sell from the number of physical rooms. You might under-book rooms to prevent the sale of certain room types or room classes.

• A zero sell limit lets you insert a zero sell limit on individual dates within a range of days. For example, suppose you set sell limits of 15 for a three-week period. You could exclude the Saturdays and Sundays from the sell limits by entering zero on those days.

Note:

Changes to sell limits are captured in the Changes Log.

Editing Sell Limits for Date Ranges

Note:

 If the Sell Limit row is not visible on Property Availability, click View Options and select Sell Limit  for House and Room Types options.

1. From the OPERA Cloud menu, select Inventory, then select Property Availability.

2. Enter search criteria, then click Search.

3. Click the number in the Sell Limit row for the required date.

   1. Level.

      1. House: Select to set a house level sell limit.

      2. Room Class: Select to set a room class specific sell limit. (Available when the Room Class OPERA Control is active).

         1. Room Classes: Select room classes from the list.

      3. Room Type: Select to set a room type(s) specific sell limit.

         1. Room Types: Select room types from the list

   2. Begin Date: Enter or select a start date.

   3. End Date: Enter or select an end date.

   4. Days of the Week: Select the days of the week applicable.

   5. Sell Limit: Enter the number of rooms for the sell limit.

   6. Click Save.

Editing Sell Limits For Dates

If the Sell Limit row is not visible on Property Availability, click View Options and select Sell Limit  for House and Room Types options.

1. From the OPERA Cloud menu, select Inventory, then select Property Availability.

2. Enter search criteria, then click Search.

3. Click the vertical ellipsis Actions menu and select Edit Sell Limits.

   1. Individual Sell Limit cells can be edited by date.

   2. Select a cell and type in a new number.

   3. Click Save.

Editing Sell Control Rooms for Dates

Note:

If the Sell Control Rooms row is not visible on Property Availability, click View Options and select Sell Control Rooms for House and Room Types options.

1. From the OPERA Cloud menu, select Inventory, then select Property Availability.

2. Enter search criteria, then click Search.

3. Click the vertical ellipsis Actions menu and select Edit Sell Control Rooms.

   1. Individual Sell Control Rooms cells can be edited by date.

   2. Select a cell and type in a new number.

   3. Click Save.