Note: Release Period is only available to the hotels with rate plans.

Release Period is the number of days in advance to book room rates associated with a rate plan. It allows you to restrict the sale of a room prior to guest arrival for a set number of days, allowing for x minimum days notice on reservations you receive. For example, you can offer a non-refundable rate with a discount of 10% but only when booked two weeks in advance.

Release Period is set at the rate plan level and its value is inherited by the associated room rates. For example, if you want your guests to book fourteen days in advance of their arrival, then simply set its Release Period to 14 and this will apply for all the associated room rates.

Once you set up Release Period for a rate plan, the channel manager automatically restricts the sale for the associated room rates as dates progress. Automated Release Period restrictions will result in the channel rate(s) been stop sold or flagged as unavailable where applicable to your connected booking channels.

Note: Automated Release Period restrictions are not the same as Stop Sell. You can apply Stop Sells manually from the inventory grid or using the Bulk Update tool, whereas automated Release Period restrictions are applied by the channel manager automatically.

The days with automated Release Period restrictions are highlighted in the inventory grid but you cannot edit them from the inventory grid. To make any changes to the Release Period, you must edit it from the rate plan or room rate. The channel manager applies automated Release Period restriction to its associated room rates based on your hotel’s timezone. This restriction is also pushed onto your connected booking channels.

To apply release period to a rate plan:

The channel manager applies automated Release Period restrictions to room rates for the set number of days based on your hotel’s timezone. The days with this restriction are highlighted on the inventory grid. This restriction is also pushed onto your connected booking channels.

Note : Please check your hotel’s timezone from the account menu >> Hotel Settings >> HOTEL DETAILS to ensure that automated Release Period restriction is applied correctly.

Automated Release Period restrictions for the associated room rates are pushed to your connected booking channels. Which means the Release Period is passed on to your connected booking channels and the rooms will be available to book in advance for the set number of days.

Yes, the release period must be not greater than 180 days.