Q What options are available during peak times to signify we have limited availability for online agents and direct bookings?

Q What options are available during peak times to signify we have limited availability for online agents and direct bookings?



A. There are two ways that you can control the availability of vehicles for online bookings.

  1. You can set a time period when a web vehicle category becomes unavailable or has limited availability. You do this via either the Web Category Availability or Agent Category Availability records.

  2. You can also choose to use the Live Availability Check function. Live Availability Checking

 



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