Bulk actions

With Rentals United, you can easily avoid repetitive and time-consuming tasks, which is especially valuable when you manage a large inventory of dozens or hundreds of properties. With bulk actions, the management tasks become less frustrating and you everyday job - more effective. Bulk options differ across channels, so do not expect identical options for all channels you are connected to. Have a look below what bulk options you have and how they work.

You may also find it useful to see the following articles: Batch content update and Batch refresh synchronisation settings.

Update mark-up for all properties

With this option, prices in Sales Channel will be increased or decreased for all properties.

Select Update price mark-up option from the dropdown.
Set the new markup value and click Update mark-up.
A dialogue window is displayed. Confirm your action.
The process is running and you can see the progress bar.

Update fee mark-up for all properties

With this option, fees in Sales Channel will be increased or decreased for all properties.

Select Update fee markup option from the dropdown.
Set the new mark-up value and click Update fee mark-up.
The process is running and you can see the progress bar.

Unlist all listings

Sales Channel will no longer have access to the properties and will not be able to place bookings on them.

Select Unlist all listings. Click the Disconnect all button.
A dialogue window is displayed. Confirm your action.
The process is running and you can see the progress bar.

Connect all disconnected properties

By this action, Sales Channel will be able to place bookings on your properties.

Select Connect all disconnected properties. Click the Connect all button.
A dialogue window is displayed. Confirm your action.
The process is running and you can see the progress bar.

Disconnect all connected properties

Sales Channel will no longer have access to the properties and will not be able to place bookings on them.

Select Disconnect all connected properties. Click the Disconnect all button.
A dialogue window is displayed. Confirm your action.
The process is running and you can see the progress bar.

Activate connection for all inactive rates

You are about to start sending availability and prices for all your rates connected to Sales Channel. Your properties will become open and bookable on Sales Channel.

Select Activate connection for all inactive rates from the dropdown. Click the Activate all rates button.
A dialogue window is displayed. Confirm your action.
The process is running and you can see the progress bar.

Deactivate connection for all active rates

Select Deactivate connection for all active rates from the dropdown. Click the Deactivate all rates button.
A dialogue window is displayed. Select what you wish to do and confirm your action.
- stop updating properties' availability and pricing, hence stop renting - you will receive no more bookings (recommended)
- stop updating properties' availability, but do not stop renting - bookings will be still received, but may be made with outdated price and cause overbookings (this option should be used primarily when you decide to manage your rates for Sales Channel directly from its dashboard)
The process is running and you can see the progress bar.

Create new rate plan for selected room types

This bulk action allows you to create a new rate plan and add it to the selected room typess. Use it when you create a new offer and want to add it to all or multiple room types across all hotels at once!

Time efficiency - save time and add new rate plans to all room types at once, within seconds
Quickly meet your guests needs - introduce new offers faster and without unnecessary delay
Improve quality and avoid errors - create one rate plan and add it to selected rate plans at once, without the need to copy the details and risk of making mistakes

Before you start

Bear in mind that creating a new rate plan through the bulk actions functionality allows you to create standalone rate plans only. If you want to create other rate plans (e.g. derived), you need to create new rate plans one by one.

Select Create new rate plan for selected room types from the dropdown. Click Select room types.
Choose the room types to connect to the channel. You can read about the different ways of filtering and selecting room types here.
Click Next. You will see here the summary of all selected room types. Review the list and check if all room types are included.
Click Next to proceed.
Create a new rate plan by filling out the details.
- Booking.com - see here
- Expedia - see here
In case of Expedia, some fields may be greyed out if they have different values across the selected room types (e.g. different currency across rooms). After these rate plans are successfully created and you want to edit this particular information, you will need to edit those rate plans in each room one by one.
Add the rate plan to the room types. Click Create (to add the rate plan without activating it) or Create and Activate.
Once the process is finalised, you will see the summary of actions. Click I understand to complete adding the new rate plan to the room types.

Bulk actions summary

Once you finish adding new rates plans to the room types, you can see the summary of actions. You can see an exemplary summary below:

Number of rate plans created successfully - informs you whether the new rate was added to all selected room types or not. If not all rate plans were added, you can check the details in 'Actions failed'.
Actions completed successfully - gives you detailed information on the room types which have the new rate plan added. You can click the 'Copy' button and verify if the new rate plan is available in these room types.
Actions failed - gives you detailed information on the room types which received an error. You can read more about the error and fix it. In this case, the error did not prevent the creation of the rate plan. If some errors prevent it, you will be able to tell this by looking at the 'Number of rate plans created successfully'. You can copy the room types IDs that failed by clicking the 'Copy' button, save them for later and try adding the new rate plan to them in bulk again.

If the Back button is visible, this button allows you to go back and fix the indicated errors. Follow the instructions in the error message. If it is not visible, it means the errors are minor and do not prevent the rate plan from being created. In this case, you can proceed by clicking the I understand button. The new rate plans will be added to the room types.