How does pricing work in i-Reserve?
In i-Reserve you set the price of an object (product) with a few building blocks. This page explains how they fit together and which situation matches your case.
The building blocks
- Period — the bookable time block and the base price (for example 60 minutes, or a number of days).
- Price schema — the price per weekday, time window and participant type; this is also where you define from what time to what time charges apply.
- Calendar — links date ranges (seasons) to a schema group.
- Options — surcharges on top of the price, such as cleaning fees or tourist tax.
The reservation mode determines the calculation
When creating a product you choose the mode: time mode (per minute/hour, for rooms), day mode (per day/night, for rentals), day+time mode (days with arrival/return time) and event mode (price per ticket). The mode determines which calculations are available.
Which situation matches your case?
- Charge a room per hour
- Charge a room per part of day
- Evening and morning prices (time-based)
- High and low season (calendar prices)
- Price per participant or per object
- Multiple period and block-length prices
- Event prices (price per participant/ticket)
- Day rental: price per day or per night
- Tourist tax via an option
All price schema fields
A full explanation of every field in the price schema is available on How do I set a price scheme?.
VAT: how are prices stored?
By default, prices are stored including VAT. Only when the Invoice module is active and a VAT percentage is explicitly set (the VAT field in the price schema) is VAT calculated and shown separately.
No price showing?
No lines in the price block? See No price line when a booking is shorter than the block length.
