How can I activate/deactivate a discount in my account?

Did you know that activating discounts on your listing can help you get more visibility and therefore, more bookings?

In this article, we explain how you can activate and deactivate discounts in your account. 

1. Enter your Holidu account;
2. on the left-hand side under “Configuration”, scroll down to “Pricing”;
3. continue down the page and you will see a section called “Attract more guests with discounts”;
4. here you will see the different discounts you can offer guests.

A. "New Listing discount": We’re extending the original "First Booking Booster" which applied only to the first booking, into a "New Listing" discount that now applies to the first 3 bookings of a property. The New Listing discount will be automatically activated for all new properties, with a default discount rate of 20%. The discount will be applied once on the first 3 confirmed reservations. If one of these 3 bookings is canceled, it will not be counted, and the discount will remain active until it has been applied to 3 confirmed bookings.

For existing Properties:

• Eligible: Any property that has received fewer than 3 confirmed bookings is eligible for the New Listing Discount.
• Not Eligible: Properties with 3 or more confirmed bookings are not eligible for the New Listing Discount.

The New Listing Discount cannot be combined with any other discounts. If activated, it will be the only discount applied and will take priority over all other offers.

B. Attract guests with special offers: Below you will find the different types of discounts you can choose from to boost your property.

• Discount for mobile phone users: get more bookings from mobile traffic on Booking.com and Holidu: attract customers that use their mobile phone by offering a reduced nightly rate. You can click on Configure, choose the discount percentage to be offered and then click on “Activate”. 

• Loyalty discount: attract frequent travellers from Booking.com (and soon also from Holidu): offer a fixed 10% discount to frequent travellers. To activate this discount, simply click on the button “Activate”.

• Continuous early bird discount: attract customers booking ahead of time by offering a reduced nightly rate. Choose in the boxes provided the discount percentage and the number of days in advance a booking must be made in order to activate this discount. Then click “Activate”.

• Continuous last-minute discount: attract customers that are searching for last-minute deals by offering a reduced nightly rate. Choose in the boxes provided the discount percentage you want to provide and the amount of time in advance the booking has to be made in order to activate this discount. Then click “Activate”.

• Weekly discount: To help you stand out from the competition, we've optimized the "Discount after 7 Nights" and renamed it to the "Weekly Discount." You can now find this updated discount in your Holidu account. The Weekly Discount is designed to enhance your competitiveness, improve your ranking, and help you fill your calendar more quickly.

What is different? 

The weekly discount will apply to every night for bookings that are 7 nights or longer. This means, if you receive a booking for 8 nights, the discount will be applied to the entire booking, not just the 8th night as it was with the Discount after 7 nights policy.

C. “Allow short stays” and get up to 15% more bookings. You can get more bookings if you allow shorter stays than your minimum stay already configured in your account, but earn the same as if it was a minimum stay. To activate this discount, simply click on the button “Enable”.

Any of these discounts can be activated/deactivated at any time. Please consider that if you make changes to the discounts you offer after a booking has been made, the discount will be honoured. Furthermore, if you enable a discount, it will apply to all seasons configured in your account.

D.“Flexible stays” The flexible stays feature allows properties to gain additional earnings for those nights that, due to gaps between bookings, do not match the criteria for the rest of the configured season. This feature helps to increase the visibility of your listing as well as your minimum desired income. For more information, you can visit these links from our help center: What is the flexible stays feature? and Why did I receive a booking with a shorter stay than the minimum length of stay I had configured?