SETTING UP & USE OF INTERCONNECTING ROOMS

You will be required to setup interconnecting rooms when you have two rooms that can be booked either individually or together using an interconnecting door to link the two room types.

Firstly if you do not have an account code for your interconnecting rooms and you wish to have a separate code to your other categories you will need to add one.  Go to the setup menu, choose accounts, then add.  Enter an account code and short description then select Save & Exit.

You will be required to add a Category normally named 'Interconnecting Rooms'.

From the Setup menu, go to Category / Rooms then select the Category button.

Enter all details as shown above.  Ensure that you tick the option for 'Interconnecting Category'.

Do not place a tick in 'Include on housekeepers Report' as this will be read from the individual areas selected to make up each interconnecting room.

When you have completed the above screen Choose Save then Exit.

From the Category listing, as shown below, highlight the Interconnecting category and click on the Areas button.

In this step we will be adding in your interconnecting rooms.

Enter the Area Name, this is what you would call the room when it is booked as the two rooms together E.g. 20/21 etc.

Take the tick out of the 'Statistics' option as this will also be calculated from the individual rooms.

Go to the Interconnect Tab.

Place a tick in 'Master Interconnecting Area'.

Under 'Select an Area' choose the correct category, place a tick in the first area that makes up this interconnecting room and choose the (>) button to move your selection to the right.  Repeat this action for the second Area.

Save & Exit

TARIFFS AND INTERCONNECTING CATEGORIES

If you have setup interconnecting categories in your system you will be required to also setup 'Tariff Lookups' for this category.  See the FAQ section of the RMS web page for the tariff setup instructions.

USING THE INTERCONNECTING ROOMS WHEN PLACING A RESERVATION.

Using the example from the setup above.  When you place a reservation in interconnecting room # 20/21 it will automatically book out areas 01 and 06.

In reverse if you book out area 01 then you will be unable to place a reservation in room 20/21.

When placing a reservation choose the 'Interconnecting Category', appropriate charge type then room # as shown below.  Complete all details as per making a normal reservation Save and Exit.