Package Non Accommodation

The service category 'Package Non-Accommodation' allows a per group package price to be entered, such as a per vehicle instead of the traditional package which is used as a per person/twin share pricing.

Non Accommodation packages are designed to provide a per vehicle price which can be split between a group of passengers.

Services saved within the non accommodation package use the First Charge Unit allowing minimum pax counts with a per person (FCU) based pricing. Non room based packages can make use of the min/pax count settings.

Package Non Accommodation - Screen Overview

  Transport – Package Non Accommodation

Product Setup > Product Details > General > Product Tab

 

Service Category

Package Non Accommodation

Product Setup > Product Details > General > Price Rules Tab

 

Costs Charged Per

Example: Per 'Vehicle' Per 'Package'

Maximum persons per Vehicle

Max pax per vehicle

How many 24 Periods in a SCU

Number of days in package

Product Setup > Product Details > General > Product Tab  

Product Setup/FOC Details Tab

 

FOC Quantities

May apply to Escort and/or Guide

Product Setup > Product Details > General > Pax Breaks Tab

Insert Pax Breaks 1- XX XX-999 etc

Include Children/Infants

Should be checked to include in seat count

Product Setup > Product Details > General > Voucher Tab

 

Print Voucher

As required

Voucher Creation

As required

Product Setup > Product Details > Policies > Policies Tab

N/A

Product Setup > Rates/Rates Tab

 

Rates

Applicable Per vehicle per pax break pricing

Product Setup > Rates/Other Tab

 

Service Voucher Text 1 - 10

As required

Product Setup > Content

 

Amenities

As required

Product Notes

As required

Itinerary/Descriptive Text

As required

Product Setup > Operation

 

Message Defaults/Details Tab

Select appropriate code

Example: Non Accommodation Package

Once the PCM package has a list of non accommodation services inserted, the package price can be attached to the PCM.

Price Rules Tab

The Price Rules for the Transport service hold the First & Second Charge Units (Per Vehicle, Per Package) and the maximum persons per vehicle includes the total number of pax.

Create Package Non-Accommodation Product

The first step to inserting product is to create the shell of the product into the database, the procedures which follow on from this procedure allow further details to be inserted for this product.

Insert a Package Non-Accommodation Product

Location

Select a location code from the drop-down list, or type the location code. Location codes must already be setup in the Code Setup application, Create a Product Location.

Service Type

Select a service code from the drop-down list or type the Service Code. Service codes must already have been setup in the Code Setup application, Create a Product Service Type.

Supplier

Select a supplier from the drop-down list, or type the Supplier Code. Suppliers must already be setup in the Creditors application, Create a Supplier.

NOTE: The search button () to the right of the Supplier fields can be used to search based on primary search criteria of Supplier Code; Name contains; Supplier chain, plus the additional criteria of Language code; Post Code; and any of the 6 available Analysis Codes that can be attached to the supplier.

Code (Autocaps)

Enter a Product Code.

Each service must have these 4 key fields of Location, Service Type, Supplier and Code completed. There cannot be more than one product with exactly the same data in each of these fields. There can be multiple services for (e.g.) the same supplier, provided at least one of the key fields differs from any other service for the supplier.

NOTE: It is good practice to standardise Codes. This will save time for reservations staff when locating the correct package to add to a Tour.

NOTE: Thought should be given to how the fields Description and Comment are used. Along with most other data fields in Products, these fields are able to be output in messages and documentation. It is not uncommon for the Comments field to be used for 'in house' comment about a product - e.g. what inclusions there may be etc - so a decision will need to be made as to how these fields are going to be used - in house or publicly.

Service Category

The product must have one of these radio buttons checked. The service category determines what data pre-populates some of the setup fields and enables the system to use logic specific to the category to correctly generate pricing.

Radio Button Definition
Package Non-Accommodation A package of non-accommodation based services including Meals, Transfers, Sightseeing, Coach Transport, Rental Cars etc.

Price Rules

Price Rules settings identify how the service is to be sold, for example per 'coach' per 'package', per 'vehicle' per 'package'.

NOTE: A service using a daily rate or weekly rate would have the 'How many 24 hour periods in a ___' set to the number of 24 hour periods. For example a per vehicle per package service would have 'How many 24 hour periods in a package' set to number of days.

Maximum Person Per

This field identifies a maximum capacity of passengers for this service. If the supplier offers a fleet of vehicles with differing passenger numbers per vehicle - a break down of passenger numbers would be inserted into the Pax Break Tab.

Pax Break Tab

Consideration for supplier transportation policies is provided within the Pax Break Tab. The main purpose for Non-accommodation packaged services is to understand if children or infants require a seat when purchasing this service. If they do require a seat and need to be included in the total booking count - the check box to 'Include Children (and/or Infants) in Pax Breaks' will need to be selected.

The other fields options in the Pax Break screen are used to provide different passenger numbers per vehicle - allowing a different rate to be inserted per vehicle size. At the time of booking or quoting, the system would look to the number of passengers booked on this service and calculate the cost using the correct vehicle size and/or number of vehicles required.

Insert Pax Breaks

NOTE: It's not possible to show all the different variations that might be added to a product. The following steps use examples that describe common options for setting up product information.
  1. Make sure the product has already been created (see Insert an Accommodation Product).
  2. If the product is not already displayed, retrieve it (see Searching for Products or Suppliers).
  3. Identify the tab containing the fields you need to modify for the product. For this example, click the Pax Breaks Tab.

Policies Tab

Age Policy

If age policies for children and infants were the same for every service offered by the supplier, we would recommend defining age policies at a supplier level. However, if the supplier offers distinct age differences for individual services then it would be preferable to set the age policies at a product level.

Pax Policy

Non-Accommodation services allow Pax Policy rules if the supplier has conditions of sale based on the number of passengers travelling. Product policies can define minimum and/or maximum pax requirements for non-accommodation services.

NOTE: If Pax Policy fields are 0, there will be no pax number restrictions.

Insert Product Policies (or View Supplier Policies)

  1. Make sure the product has already been created (see Insert an Accommodation Product).
  2. If the product is not already displayed, retrieve it (see Searching for Products or Suppliers).
  3. Identify the tab containing the fields you need to modify for the product. For this example, click the Policies Tab.

Rates

There are 4 Tabs which allow specific rate information to be stored per date range.

  • Date Range - How the rate is sold? Are there specific sales periods? Will the rate be a gross rate or a nett rate? Are there any taxes which need to be defined against the rate?
  • Rate Set - Are there any stay length (minimum/maximum stay) requirements? Does the rate apply for specific days? Is the rate a confirmed rate?
  • Rates - The rates tab is where the rates are defined. Pax breaks used have defined pricing based on (in this example) coach size.
  • Other - Allows accommodation services to include specific stay pay rules (not required for this service).

Row Headings - Non Accommodation Products (Display Only)

For non accommodation products - using pax breaks, the first row will always display 'the first pax break value'.