HRS & HRW channels
Hotel Reservation Sites (HRS)
Hotel Reservation Sites (for example Booking.com, Agoda, Expedia) specialise in selling inventory en masse, meaning guests cannot choose a specific room, but a specific room type where they want to stay, for example a double room. In connection with the HRS sales channels, the Rentals United properties are mapped to the sales channel room types, which in turn belong to particular sales channel hotels. Also, more than one Rentals United property ID may be mapped to a single sales channel room ID.
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Rentals United hotel or group refers to the room type, e.g. Queen Apartment or Two-Bedroom Apartment and is synchronized as multi-unit. A multi-unit refers to a set of indistinguishable properties. These properties work the same way the regular properties do; however, they represent a number of properties with the same specification at the same address. An example of a multi-unit property is a set of identical hotel rooms.
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Rentals United property refers to a physical room of a certain type, e.g. Property 1 and Property 3 are categorized as Two-Bedroom Apartment.
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Rentals United rate refers to a particular pricing plan, which is created based on particular settings in your property. You can see your rates after selecting the Sales Channel Property Settings in the Services tab or selecting the Channel Settings page in the new design.
Holiday Rental Websites (HRW)
Holiday Rental Websites (for example Airbnb, TripAdvisor, TUI Villas), called alternatively Vacation Rental Sites (VRS), sell single properties mostly. The guests know the exact place they will be staying at. The Rentals United properties are connected to the sales channel listings on the one to one basis (one Rentals United property ID is mapped to one sales channel listing ID).