Use cases and best practices

The following use cases aim to describe how to use the room types and rate plan management API. It does not describe how to create properties, how to add room-level or property-level content, or how to push inventory or availability. In case you need information from other API, you can find links to the information you need to continue.

Setting up new room types and rate plans

To set up room types and rate plans (including roomrates) for a property, you must have the property ID to continue:

  1. Create room types for a property:

  2. Create rate plans for a property.
    You retrieve a rate plan ID for each rate plan you create.

  3. Create roomrates by combining room types and rate plans while also adding conditions.

Updating existing room types and rate plans

To update room types and rate plans (including roomrates) for a property, you must have the property ID to continue:

  1. Update room types for a property:

  2. Update rate plans for your property.
    You retrieve a successmessage for each rate plan you update.

  3. Update roomrates by changing conditions.