How do I create a Early Bird Discount?

Within the Acomodeo Apartment Management System (AMS) you can add early bird discounts to your rate plans.

Early bird discount: If you add an early bird discount to your rate plan, it will be deducted from the standard rate. You can define this price reduction for a specific time period. This price is only displayed to bookers if they wish to book within the period you have specified.

Option 1: For an overview of all rates:

1. Click on "Rates", followed by “Rate Plans” in the AMS sidebar.
   
2. Then select the rate plan to which you want to add a discount.
   
3. Use the filter option in the upper right corner of the page to search for a property, an apartment type, and the corresponding rate plan.
4. Click on "EDIT" in the lower left corner to add a discount.

Option 2: An overview of your rates can also be found in the "Booking policies and rates" section at the bottom of each apartment type.

1. First, select the apartment type for which you want to create a discount.
   
2. Then click on "Booking policies and rates" at the bottom of the apartment type.
   
3. Now you will see an overview of the booking policy and rate plans which are linked to this apartment type.
   
4. Then click on the green icon next to the Rate Plan headline to add a discount.                                                                                                                                                                         
5. You are now in the rate plan edit mode. Click on "CONTINUE" or on the third icon of the progress bar until you reach the "Define early bird rates" step. 
6. Now you can see all defined stay durations. You can create or deactivate an Early Bird discount for each stay duration.
   

To create an early bird discount:

1. First, enter the discount (in percent).
   
2. Then click on the field "Early bird days". Here you can define the period (in days) in which an Early Bird Rate is displayed to a potential customer.
   
3. This discount can be applied to the gross rate, the no-refund rate or the corporate rate, as well as to all three rates.
   
4. Select one or more of the checkboxes in the "Apply early bird discount to" section.
   
5. Then click on "CONTINUE".
   
6. In the next step, you will see a preview of your rates and how the discounts affect them.
   
7. Click on "SAVE" when all data has been entered correctly.  

To deactivate an early bird discount:

1. Click on "DISABLE EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT".
   
2. Then click on "CONTINUE" and save the process using the "SAVE" button.

                                        Image: Early bird discount applied to all rates