Hotel Restrictions

To create a new Restriction

From the Navigation menu in the Hotel Back Office role center, click Rate Management to display the Navigation bar.
From the Navigation bar, click Restrictions.
Click the New action, and fill in the fields in the Hotel Restriction Entry page.

The tables below list and describe the fields in the page's FastTabs.

General

Field	Description
Restriction	Select the restriction you want to apply. Available options: Closed Arrival - Rate is closed for arrival, CTA. No reservation is accepted for check-in on this day. Closed Departure - Rate is closed for departure, CTD. No guest is allowed to depart this day. Max Lead Days - Maximum number of days before arrival for a specific rate or room type. Reservation can only be booked 'X' number of days before the arrival date. Max Length of Stay - Maximum length of stay for a specific rate or room type. A guest arriving on this date must stay at most 'X' number of nights. Min Lead Days - Minimum number of days before arrival for a specific rate or room type. Reservation must be booked at least 'X' number of days prior to arrival. Min Length of Stay - Minimum length of stay for a specific room or room type. A guest arriving on this date must stay at least 'X' number of nights. Sell Limit - Sets a limit on how many rooms can be sold at this rate. Stop - Stops the sale of a rate or property. Stop Sell can prevent your hotel from being bookable.
Description	Specifies the description of the restriction. Non-editable field, takes the predefined description of the restriction.
Restriction Name	Specifies the name of the restriction.
Date from	Specifies the starting date of the validity period for the restriction. Date from and including this date.
Date to	Specifies the ending date of the validity period for the restriction. Date to and including this date.
Rate Code	Specifies the rate code this restriction applies to. If empty, the restriction applies to all rate codes.
Property	Specifies the property to which this restriction will be applied.
Room Type	Specifies the room type that you want this restriction to affect once it is activated.
Booking Engine Enabled	Specifies whether this restriction has effect on the booking engines or only the PMS system. If this check box is activated, the restriction will affect the booking engines.
Reservations Permitted	Specifies when the restriction is active, if the system is allowed to create a reservation when the restriction 'kicks in' or not. If this check box is enabled, new reservations are permitted but a warning message is displayed. If the check box is disabled, an error occurs with information about the restriction causing the error.
Enabled	Specifies if this restriction is active or not. If this check box is enabled, the restriction is active, if the check box is disabled, it is not active.

Week Days

Here you select the days of the week when the restriction is effective. You can select:

All Days - The restriction is effective every day from Monday to Sunday.
Monday - The restriction is only effective on Mondays.
Tuesday - The restriction is only effective on Tuesdays.
Wednesday - The restriction is only effective on Wednesdays.
Thursday - The restriction is only effective on Thursdays.
Friday - The restriction is only effective on Fridays.
Saturday - The restriction is only effective on Saturdays.
Sunday - The restriction is only effective on Sundays.

Purchase Control

Here you set the values for the number of days or nights these restrictions will use when applied. Depending on the restriction you select, use either Min Length of Stay, Max Length of Stay, Min Lead Days, or Max Lead Days.

Field	Description
Min Length of Stay	Specifies the minimum number of nights a reservation must stay for a specific rate or room type. For example, if this restriction is set to 3, the reservation arriving on these restriction dates needs to stay at least 3 nights.
Max Length of Stay	Specifies the maximum number of nights a reservation can stay for a specific rate or room type. For example, if the restriction is set to 3, the reservation arriving on these restriction dates can only stay 3 nights or less.
Min Lead Days	Specifies the minimum number of nights before arrival for a specific rate or room type, the reservation must be booked at least "X" nights prior to arrival date.
Max Lead Days	Specifies the maximum number of nights before arrival for a specific rate or room type, the reservation can only be booked "X" nights prior to arrival date.

Inventory

Here you must set the limit value when using the Sell Limit restriction or this field will be non-editable.