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How to enable availability for your rates

Making your rooms bookable means managing both rates and availability. This article explains the different ways you can open and control availability in Amenitiz, and what each method is best for.

Overview

For a date to be bookable, two things must be true:

  • The rate is open.

  • The availability (rooms to sell) is greater than 0.

You can do this for a date range, or keep things open automatically with an Availability Window. If you only need to open or close rates step by step, see Opening or closing rates.

Step by step

Scenario A — Keep availability open automatically (Availability Window)

Use when: you want your calendar to stay open for a rolling period into the future, without daily updates.

  1. Go to Booking engine → Pricing.

  2. Find the rate plan you want to keep open. In its Availability window column, click the current setting with the ✎ edit icon.

  3. Under Booking window, turn the toggle on.

  4. Choose how far ahead you want the rate open: 3 months, 6 months, 1 year or 2 years. To enter an exact number of days, choose Set my own (up to 730 days).

  5. Click Save.

📌 Note

  • Dates you closed manually in Planning → Inventory stay closed. To reopen them too, tick Also reopen dates I've closed before saving.

  • You still need availability > 0 for those dates to be bookable.

  • If you sell on OTAs, make sure the rate plan is mapped and open on each channel.

Scenario B — Open or close a range of dates (bulk)

Use when: you want to update many days or weeks at once — for example, a season or a campaign.

  1. Go to Planning → Bulk update.

  2. Select the room type(s) and rate plan(s) you want to change.

  3. Choose the date range.

  4. Choose the action Set availability.

  5. Enter the number of rooms available:

    • 0 closes those dates.

    • 1 or more opens them with that many rooms.

  6. Click Apply to confirm.

  7. Back in the Inventory calendar, review the affected range to confirm it shows as open (green) or closed (red).

Scenario C — Open availability for a single date

Use when: you only need to open one day, or a very small number of days.

  1. Open the rate for that date in Planning → Bulk update (set it to open).

  2. Go to Planning → Inventory and enter availability > 0 for that date.

  3. Verify on your calendar that the date shows as open with stock.

FAQs

Does setting an Availability Window open my rate automatically?

Yes. When you save an Availability Window in Booking engine → Pricing → [rate plan] → Availability Window, the rate is opened for the dates inside that window.

What is the difference between opening a rate and setting availability?

Opening a rate controls whether a rate plan can be sold on a date. Availability is the number of rooms you sell. A date is bookable only when the rate is open and availability is greater than 0.

How do I enable availability for a single date?

Open the rate with Planning → Bulk update, then set room stock for that date in Planning → Inventory.

Will the Availability Window reopen dates I closed manually?

Not by default. Dates you closed in Planning → Inventory stay closed. If you tick Also reopen dates I've closed, saving reopens every closed date inside the window, and each new day that enters the window opens even if it was closed. Dates you close after saving stay closed.

Do I need to open derived rate plans separately?

Yes. Opening or closing is not applied automatically to derived plans. Select every plan you want to change in Planning → Bulk update.

How far ahead can I open my rates?

Up to 2 years. The longest Availability Window is 2 years (730 days), and it keeps rolling forward, so your rates always stay open for that period ahead. To set prices or restrictions for specific dates, use Planning → Bulk update: each update can cover up to 2 years, starting from today. See How to use the Bulk Update tool.

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