In Ulyses Cloud there are four different pricing models.
- Occupancy
- Base Price
- Base Rate
- Base Accommodation
- Accommodation
- BaseRateAccommodation
- Price Rule Configuration Wizard
When creating a rate, you must select one of these four models in order to upload the prices for the rate.
Within the rate, to select one of the models, go to the Availability tab and click the Change pricing template button.
Note: Once prices have been uploaded with one of the pricing models, if you switch to another pricing model, you will lose all prices previously uploaded in the former model, as these are not compatible with other pricing models.
Below we detail these four pricing models:
Occupancy
This is the pricing model that gives you the greatest freedom to edit prices by type or occupancy.
When adding accommodations and occupancies, you can go cell by cell and manually edit the desired price.
Or you can do it from Bulk Update.
For example, you want to change the price of the Single to €120 every Saturday and Sunday between 11/30 and 12/10.
The days marked in gray are the selected ones, in this case Saturday and Sunday.
You could also upload prices from an Excel
Note:
Uploading prices only makes sense if the pricing model is by Occupancy.
Although the previous operation is very useful, there are cases where Excel can make life easier, either because we are used to working with it or simply because it is faster for us.
For these cases, we have designed a tool that allows you to fill in a predefined template and from there import the data into Ulyses Cloud. To complete this process, go to Import from excel
From there you have two options. If you already have the template you need to fill out, you can stay on step 1, otherwise go to step 2 to download it.
Step 1 - Use your own template
If you already have a template and want to integrate it with Ulyses Cloud, you just need to indicate which cells in your template correspond to each of the expected values.
Step 2 - Upload excel
In this step, you can upload the template so that Ulyses Cloud can process it.
If you do not have a template yet, you can download the default template provided by Ulyses Cloud to fill it in via the Download template button. The template downloads the prices you have entered in the rate.
Step 3 - Confirm changes
This step only shows the values that will be sent to Ulyses Cloud for confirmation.
Base Price
This pricing model allows you to select a type and occupancy to use as a base or reference to upload other prices.
With this method, price of your accommodation in the hotel and from there set price relationships as percentages or fixed values with your accommodations.
- First, go to Configure prices and indicate the corresponding price relationships. For example, in this case our base is the double room.
As our base price is that of the double room, we will leave its boxes blank.
The single will have a 10% decrease compared to the double, and the triple a 60% increase compared to the double.
- Next, from Bulk Update select the option Modify Base Amount as shown below
In this case, our base amount will be the price of the double room and we will set a price of €100 per night
- Finally, you will be able to see the base price and all its relationships from the Availability tab
Base Rate
Base rates or childrates are rates whose prices are calculated based on other previously created rates. In other words, if you want to create a rate whose conditions are the same as another rate but applying a discount (or increase), you can do so through base rates.
In our case, we are going to try to create a new rate that has the same conditions as the BAR but with a 15% discount.
Next, add the accommodations you want and you will see how the prices are added automatically.
If you want to modify the discount or increase of the rate with respect to the one it references, you must select the Change pricing template option again (in the availability section) so that it shows the discount boxes.
Notes about the base rate:
- Closures and conditions (CTA, CTD, minimum stay) are independent in each rate. They are not updated from the "parent" rate to the base rate.
- It is not recommended to create a base rate that references another base rate.
Base Accommodation
This rate model could be considered a mix between availability and base rate.
It allows you to freely edit the prices of different accommodations, but the prices by occupancy are managed with a price rule just like in the base rate.
Bulk Update we set the price of the double room to €125
And by clicking we set a 60% increase on those €125 if the double room is occupied by 3 people.
So this would be the result:
Accommodation
The Accommodation pricing model allows applying a fixed amount per night for lodging, to which amounts are automatically added based on the number and age group of the guests, as well as the concept of included persons in the stay.
BaseRateAccommodation
The BaseRateAccommodation pricing model allows creating a rate dependent on an already configured rate using the Accommodation model. A variation (discount or surcharge in percentage) is applied to the amounts of the reference rate.
Price Rule Configuration Wizard
This rule configuration wizard makes it easier to enter increases or discounts in rates based on types and occupancies.
The rule wizard is available exclusively for the "Base Price" and "Base Accommodation" price models.
Price increases can be applied as a percentage (%) or in absolute values (€) to different types of occupancy, such as adults, juniors, infants, and children.
The system allows you to override price rules for specific dates. You can choose whether to apply the rules to All days or select specific dates using the Select dates option.
For example, if you select the specific dates option, the user can define different increases for each occupancy during certain periods, such as holidays or high demand seasons.