The following lesson will show you how to edit room types for your establishment in the NightsBridge setup (Version 6). The physical rooms which appear on your NightsBridge calendar (PCBridge) can then be linked to these room types in order to be bookable online.
Click on Step 2: Setup Rooms
Click on Room Types
Click on room type name to edit it
Complete the Room Type info screen
The Room Type Name should describe the TYPE of room(s) attached to this room type e.g. Single Room, Double Room, Luxury Suite, Family Cottage.
Click on the drop down to select:
Type of Room and the Room Type Quality.
Max Occupancy is the total number of persons (ADULTS AND CHILDREN COMBINED) that can stay in this room type.
Max Adults is the total number of ADULTS ONLY that can stay in this room type.
Enter the Room Size per m2 for each room type that you add.
Select the Bathroom, Private or Shared and The room/unit space, Private or Shared.
Select Smoking Policy and select Each Room/Unit consists of (number of bedrooms)
Select the bed type for each room type and then select the physical room in the list below
Choose the Default Meal Plan for this room type by clicking on the drop down arrow and selecting the applicable meal plan, i.e. If the rates charged for the room type include breakfast, then choose Bed & Breakfast as the default meal plan.
Add the bed type for each room
The rates associated with your default meal plan will be identified as your default rates online - some partner websites only display your default rates and not other rates which are associated with additional meal plans.
If you would like to apply additional meal plans with different rates to the same room type, please see our tutorial on how to add additional meal plans to a room type.
Select physical room(s) to be linked to the new room type
Tick to select the physical room(s) which belong to the new room type.
In this example, only room number 09 belongs to this room type.
You can tick as many rooms as you like but you cannot link the same room to more than one room type.
When choosing which rooms to link to a certain room type, remember they will be included under the same description, with the same Max Occupancy/Max Adult rules and will have the same Default Meal Plan and rates.
We recommend that you do not create a separate room type for each room. It's better to group rooms which are the same together under one room type to be able to make changes (to your rates and other details) quicker and easier.
Doing this also allows you to move bookings around between different rooms in the same room type, as the client only knows that he/she has booked a 'Luxury Double' room, for instance, but they do not know which of the 'Luxury Double' rooms they will be staying in.
The number of room types does not affect how your NightsBridge calendar (PCBridge) looks. Your Calendar will show each physical room individually. The room types are only displayed online.
Click on Save.
Repeat this step until all of your room types have been set up.
On the top of the screen, click on Room Type Content
The Description will appear online. It is your 'advertisement' for the room type.
Make it attractive and enticing. It's not necessary to mention all the amenities (like tea & coffee making facilities, hairdryer etc).
Rather sell the benefits of choosing this room type (beautiful view of the sea, private terrace etc).
It is also a good idea to mention aspects of the room which may influence the guest's choice (like type and size of bed(s), bathroom configuration - en-suite or separate, bath and shower, shower only etc).
Remember that the length of the Description is limited to 255 characters (including spaces), so try to keep it concise.
You will have an option to select the room amenities from the list or copy it from a room that you have already added it to.
Click on Save
Return to the main menu of the NightsBridge Setup
Click on either the button with the red X or the Exit button to return to the main menu of the NightsBridge setup (Version 6).
Publish
Click once on publish to upload your room type onto the system.
Note: The new room type(s) which you have changed will not show up as available and bookable online until you have updated seasons and rates for the room type(s) in the NightsBridge Setup.