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Guest types, group prices, private bookings and minimum guests

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A tour can offer prices by type of guest, a price for a whole group, private bookings and a minimum number of guests. Turn on guests first. See Guests and party size.

Guest types and their prices #

Besides adults, children, infants and pets, a tour can offer seniors, students and up to three types of your own.

  1. Name your own types in Stores > Configuration > Rental > Guests. A type with no name is not offered.
  2. On the tour, set Senior price, Student price and Own guest type 1 to 3 price: the same as an adult, a percentage off, or a fixed price (with an amount field next to each). Only the types the product offers are priced.

The price lines show on the page, for example “2 seniors at $52.00” or “Youth: 1 at $40.00”.

Group price #

A group price charges one price for the whole party. It works in “One unit of stock per seat” mode.

On the tour, set Group price:

ChoiceWhat happens
——
NoneNormal per-guest prices.
For private bookingsCustomers choose in the guest picker: Join the group or Book it privately (up to 8 guests, $399.00).
For every bookingOne price for the whole party, always.

Then fill in Price for the whole party and Up to this many guests (empty means any party size). Larger parties takes price bands, one per line, such as 4=200. A private party larger than the last band is refused.

The party is priced as one booking, and the total is spread over the seats. A $399 private booking for 5 guests shows as 5 seats at $79.80.

Private or shared #

A private booking takes the whole departure.

  • A departure with a private booking shows Booked privately and has no seats left.
  • A customer cannot book a departure privately once other guests have booked it.

Minimum guests #

Some tours only run with enough guests. On the tour, set:

  • Runs with at least (guests): the minimum.
  • Decide by (hours before): when the minimum is decided. Empty means 24 hours before the start.
  • Cancel automatically at the deadline: off by default.
  • Email the guests when it is guaranteed: on by default.

Until the seats sold reach the minimum, the departure is pending. Once they do, it is guaranteed. You can set a different minimum or decision time for one departure on its manifest page.

An hourly check does the rest:

  • When a departure reaches its minimum, the guests are emailed once.
  • A day before the deadline, the general contact gets a warning.
  • At the deadline, the managers are emailed, or the departure is cancelled if you chose that. A cancel releases the stock and you refund with a credit memo.

The guaranteed email can go out up to an hour after the minimum is reached. You can also run the decision yourself from the manifest.