Promotion codes / coupons / automatic discounts
This feature would offer the ability to create a special discount code automatic discount, which would allow you to:
- Set up a discount with a wide variety of options including %, fixed dollar amount, free nights, etc.
- provide a special code or booking URL to certain sources or to certain groups of people, e.g. in advertisements, to an email list, to repeat guests, etc.
- show this rate / package online once the special code is entered or when the booking URL is used
- automatically apply the rate / package when booking through the PMS
- track how many reservations were booked using each code
- automatically apply the discount to certain guests if you wish (e.g. repeat guests)
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(Admin, RezOvation)
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20 comments
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Lynn
commented
This is great and will it be available on Rezovation GTO?
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Angela
commented
So, for example, if we had a 10% off sale we could have the promo code be RML10 (or whatever) and it would do the discount? When is this going to be a feature? I
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Chel Quintana
commented
Could one option of the coupon codes be to require no deposit for certain guests? Thanks.
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AdminBen
(Admin, RezOvation)
commented
Kathy - this is currently in development. We expect to launch in the next month or so.
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Kathy Chmelir
commented
Any update on when this will be implemented? We can use this immediately and need it for our marketing program.
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AdminBen
(Admin, RezOvation)
commented
Mac - the discount code would most likely be entered after you select a room, on the next step where you enter your name & email address. This would then apply the discount to the room / package / etc. So it could certainly be used with the availability calendar.
Also -- we are planning on adding the ability to book room / lodging packages with the availability calendar in a future version.
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Mac Pence
commented
I am not clear what this will end up looking like, but I would like to say that for our puproses we need something that will apply to packages or rates from the Availability Calendar-- we do not ever direct customers to the four step booking process, but only to the calendar. This has unfortunately limited our the usability of rezovaitons for features such as lodging packages. If the codes do not work in the availability calendar, this will not be of use to us.
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Jaylee Carlisle
commented
I have run into several IKs that use the promo function with out values this makes the GC fully redeemed and unable to use for future reservations or purchases in RGT.
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Judy Kennedy
commented
see promo/gift certificate format in Rezovation desktop
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AdminBen
(Admin, RezOvation)
commented
Based on feedback, I've changed the feature request to be a bit more general, so that it applies to any sale booked online, or directly by you. We'll have more info once we start working on this feature.
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John Battista
commented
What about adding a sidebar to the booking screen listing all Packages/Specials. The list would be controlled using a check box to display or not in the Rezo Package section. The list would show without regard to the dates selected or without regard to the view i.e. calendar view). This may be a great way to up-sell packages to people who are not quite thinking about them.
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AdminBen
(Admin, RezOvation)
commented
Thanks Byron -- something we are considering for sure.
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Byron Jones
commented
Discount Code entry box would be one way to do this... I added comment to that feature request that covers my need....
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Byron Jones
commented
Booking Engine Discount Code entry box and supporting functionality would meet several of my needs.... ideally the Settings would allow proprietor to actually create the text code, write a descripton, establish fixed dollar or percentage discount calculation, establish "redeem by" start/end date boundaries, "reservation period" start/end date boundaries, min stay/max stay boundaries. Webervations 2.0 has workable solution that might serve as a good model
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Byron Jones
commented
P.S. Webervations 2.0 has a nice implementation of this feature in their booking engine. The text messaging related to the discount is prominent and clear.
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AdminBen
(Admin, RezOvation)
commented
Herb, initially this will probably apply to packages -- as far as the configuration this is the most straightforward -- but we'll look at making it apply to rates as well (I'll open a separate idea for that). Keep in mind that packages do adjust rates if they are lodging packages -- so you could set up a special package that discounts the rate, and then only offer it to customers who have the discount code.
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Herb Boven commented
Does this apply only to to packages (Lodging or Add on) only or will it also apply to the lodging pricing?
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AdminBen
(Admin, RezOvation)
commented
This is a duplicate of the idea "Special rate / discount code for packages".
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AdminBen
(Admin, RezOvation)
commented
That is a separate feature -- but something we are planning as well.
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Tony and Peggy Barthel
commented
I'm not sure I'm reading this correctly. Would this apply a discount to a repeat guest automatically? I'm feeling badly right now that I had guests who we normally give a discount to and we didn't realize it because they made the reservation online (this goes back to another comment about merging multple files for repeat guests).
