In Mews Operations, you can use either of two options to offer a deal where guests book a number of nights and pay for fewer nights. You set up the promotion in the rates settings in Mews Operations. Use the promotion when you want to give guests a discount for staying a set number of nights, for example, three nights for the price of two. Both options restrict the rate to the promotion length, so guests can book only the number of nights in the deal. In option one, the discount applies to the rate. In option two, the discount applies through a product. With either option, guests pay for fewer nights than they stay.

 

In this article, you can learn about:

• How to set up a “Stay three nights, pay for two” promotion in Mews Operations
  • Option one: Set up the promotion with a relative rate adjustment
  • Option two: Set up the promotion with a relative product and a product rule

 

How to set up a “Stay three nights, pay for two” promotion in Mews Operations

Option one: Set up the promotion with a relative rate adjustment

In Mews Operations, you set up the “Stay three nights, pay for two” promotion with a relative rate adjustment by creating a new rate that discounts your base rate by a percentage and that you restrict to the promotion length. A relative rate adjustment is a percentage discount applied to the price of a base rate. A base rate is the rate that the new rate depends on.

 

1. In Mews Operations, go to the main menu   > Settings > Services.
2. Select a bookable service, for example, Stay.
3. Create a new rate dependent on your base rate.
4. Change the relative adjustment in the rate settings to a discount of 33 percent for a three-nights-for-two deal, 25 percent for a four-nights-for-three deal, or 50 percent for a two-nights-for-one deal.
5. Set the minimum length of stay for the rate to the number of nights in the deal: three, four, or two nights.
6. Set the maximum length of stay for the rate to the number of nights in the deal: three, four, or two nights.

 

You can learn more about restricting rates in the article on managing restrictions.

 

Option two: Set up the promotion with a relative product and a product rule

In Mews Operations, you set up the “Stay three nights, pay for two” promotion with a relative product by creating a rate, a stay product that deducts a percentage of the nightly price, and a product rule that adds the product to the rate. A product rule is a rule that automatically adds a product to a reservation when conditions are met.

 

1. In Mews Operations, go to the main menu   > Settings > Services.
2. Select a bookable service, for example, Stay.
3. Create a new rate dependent on your base rate.
4. Set the minimum length of stay for the rate to the number of nights in the deal. For example, for the three-nights-for-two promotion, set the minimum length of stay to three nights.
5. Set the maximum length of stay for the rate to the number of nights in the deal. For example, for the three-nights-for-two promotion, set the maximum length of stay to three nights.
6. Create a new stay product.
7. Set the product settings as follows:
   • Accounting category: The same as the accounting category of the new rate.
   • Product options: Bill as package and Offer to employee.
   • Price: relative.
   • Amount: Set a negative percentage based on the gross product night. For example, for the three-nights-for-two promotion, the negative percentage is 33.33 percent.
   • Charging: Nightly.
   • Consumed at: Before midnight.
   • Tax rate: The same as the night rate.
8. Create a new product rule that says: if the rate equals the name of the new rate, add the new stay product.

 

Once you complete either option, guests can book only the number of nights in the deal and pay for fewer nights than they stay. This means you can offer a clear “Stay three nights, pay for two” style promotion without adjusting individual reservations by hand.