Category Availability Check

Category Availability Check

Purpose


You can check any of the changes that you make to your web setup by using the Category Availability Check screen. This screen will show you the information that will come back through the Web API.

This option allows the users to see what categories are available between certain date ranges and locations. This can also be filtered down brand, driver age and campaign code. Once the results have been run, you will also be able to see the selected category number of days available, rates, discounts, free days and free days amount. Further to this, any mandatory, optional and insurance fees will be shown.

Accessing Category Availability Check

Web Site Interface > Web Vehicle Categories > Category Availability Check



Parameters/Filters 

Pickup and Dropoff Location
Select the pickup and dropoff locations on each of the drop down lists.
Category Type
Select the category type you want to display the results for.
Category
Select the vehicle category you want to display the results for.
Brand
If applicable, select the brand from the drop down list. All brands is the default selection.
Pickup and Dropoff Date
Select both the pickup and dropoff dropdown lists to filter the dates of what results you want to see.
Driver Age
Select the minimum driver age.
Campaign Code
If you wish, select a pre existing campaign code.

Once you have selected the parameters/filters, click "View".

Example 



The results above show you what will appear for selection on your website if the customer were to enter the parameters you have specified here.

In this case, if they select the given dates for Adelaide Airport for the Compact Category, there will be availability.  They will also see the Mandatory, Optional and Insurance fees associated with this vehicle as above. 

Points to Note

  1. Select a category if you want to see the extra or insurance fees.


Printing/Exporting

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