Room Types are what guests would see when they view your rooms on your website (via the NightsBridge Booking Engine) and on online booking channels.
Be sure that the physical rooms have been added to your setup before continuing with the Room Type setup.
Guidance on this can be found here: How Do I Set Up Rooms?
Accurate, appealing room-type information and content will make it easy for your guests to find what they're looking to book.
Go to Room Types on your NightsBridge Setup
Open the NightsBridge Setup
Should you need guidance, please look at our article on How to access Setup.
Click on Step 2 Setup Rooms
Click on Room Types
Add your Room Types
- To add a new room type, click on Add.
Set up your Room Type Info
First set up your information under Room Type Info and then continue to the Room Type Content tab.
Enter your Room Type Name
If you have an existing listing on Booking.com, use the same room type names on NightsBridge. This way, your room type names are standardised on all channels and easily translated into different languages understood by guests.
- Use a minimum of 8 characters in your room type name.
- Please look at our guidelines on how to create appealing and meaningful room type names if you need more information on this.
- Use quality + type + special feature if possible in the name.
Select the Type of Room
- Choose the Type of Room from the drop down box so that it matches the Room Type Name you created.
- The quantity and type of bed(s) in the room usually determine the Type of Room, e.g. Family Room, Quadruple room.
- The Type of Room can also indicate the unique space e.g. Studio, Apartment, Villa.
- Please look at our article on what each Type of Room means if you need more information on this.
Select the Room Type Quality
- Select a Room Type Quality from the drop down list to describe the quality of finishes and amenities in the Type of Room.
- Choose a different Room Type Quality for each Type of Room e.g. Standard Double Room, Classic Double Room. This is important when connecting to channels.
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Enter Max Occupancy and Max Adults
- Max Occupancy is the total number of people (adults & children) that can be accommodated with the bed setup of the room/unit.
- Max Adults is total number of adults accommodated with the bed setup of the room/unit.
- Each max occupancy must be at least 1 person.
Update room size and configuration information
Update your bedroom settings
- Indicate how many bedrooms are in the room or unit.
- Enter the number of bed types you have in the room or unit.
For twin beds: Capture "2" to describe the 2 single or 2 three quarter beds in the room.
For bunk beds: Capture "1" to describe the 2 beds one on top of each other.
For sofa beds: Capture "1" for a single sofa bed or "2" for a double sofa bed.
For campsites: You do not need to capture any bed information.
Link your physical rooms to your Room Type
- Tick the physical rooms (with the same features) which you will sell online under this Room Type Name.
Select meal plans applicable to the Room Type
- Tick the box next to the meal plan(s) you offer under Available Meal Plans/Rates.
- Use the slider to indicate if the meal plan is Available on your Own Website.
- Choose your most popular meal plan as the Default Meal Plan on the drop down list, as this option displays first and some channels only display the rates for your default meal plan.
Save the changes
Set up your Room Type Content
- You'll automatically move to the Room Type Content tab.
Enter your Room Type Description
- The guidelines in this article can help you create appealing room type descriptions.
- Use a minimum of 50 characters in your room type description.
- Minimise the use of capital letters to avoid errors on some channels.
- Write the description in your own style, and always include the type of bed and bathroom.
- Focus on highlighting your special features rather than amenities only.
Copy Amenity list if applicable
- If you want to apply the same amenity list from one Room Type to another, you can copy the list.
- Select the room type from the drop down list next to Copy Amenity list from.
Update all your amenities in the Room Type
- Click on the amenity you offer in the Amenities not in Room column.
- The amenity will move to the Amenities in Room column.
- In this example we clicked on Air conditioning, Coffee/tea maker.
- Make sure you assign all your amenities for each room type. Guests use this information to search and make booking decisions, so don't leave any out.
- For Airbnb, make sure you select at least 5 amenities from the list below.
- For Apartments, Holiday homes and Villas , always ensure there is either a full kitchen or kitchenette assigned.
Save your Room Type setup
- Click to Save the information entered for both Room Type Info and Room Type Content.
Add another Room Type
- Repeat the steps to add another Room Type, if required.
- Once all your Room Types are setup, continue to the next step to add rates.
Add Rates and Photographs to complete your Room Type
Your Room Type will be completed once you've:
1. Added your Rates
Please look at our articles on how to set up per person rates and how to set up unit rates if you need more information on this.
2. Added your Pictures
Please look at our articles on how to add room type images using the Image Uploader or the Nightsbridge App.
The following articles include room type and other requirements for connecting to Airbnb and Booking.com.