# Set room rates and restrictions for a high-demand period

A date-by-date pricing and stay-restriction plan for a peak period based on pace, pickup, and competitor rates.

- Topic: Business Strategy & Startups
- Framework: RTF
- Level: Standard
- Tags: Strategy, Plan, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/set-room-rates-and-restrictions-for-a-high-demand-period

## Prompt

```text
Help me build a rate and restriction plan for an upcoming demand period.

**Dates:** [DATE RANGE AND WHAT IS DRIVING DEMAND - e.g. concert, conference, holiday]
**Rooms available by night:** [AFTER OUT-OF-ORDER AND GROUP BLOCKS]
**On the books by night:** [ROOMS SOLD AND ADR NOW]
**Same time last year / last comparable event:** [ROOMS ON THE BOOKS AT THE SAME LEAD TIME, AND FINAL]
**Recent pickup:** [ROOMS BOOKED IN THE LAST 7 DAYS BY NIGHT]
**Current BAR and competitor rates:** [BY NIGHT AND ROOM TYPE]
**Group blocks and their cut-off dates:** [DETAILS]
**Channels and rate plans open:** [OTAs, discounts, packages, corporate, wholesale]

Steps:
1. Compare pace and pickup with last year to estimate unconstrained demand per night; flag high-demand and shoulder nights.
2. Recommend BAR by night and room type, with the reasoning and how far above or below competitors that places me.
3. Recommend restrictions per night: minimum length of stay, closed to arrival, which discounted rate plans or channels to close, and when to reopen them.
4. Address shoulder nights so a min-stay protects the peak without leaving them empty.
5. Set a review rhythm: what pickup or competitor move should trigger a rate change, up or down.
6. Plan for group blocks: whether to release rooms at cut-off and how to treat wash.

Return a table by night (rooms left, pace vs. LY, recommended BAR, restrictions, channels open/closed), the decision triggers, and the risks of overpricing. Use only my data; label estimates.
```

## What to fill in

- AFTER OUT-OF-ORDER AND GROUP BLOCKS
- ROOMS SOLD AND ADR NOW
- ROOMS ON THE BOOKS AT THE SAME LEAD TIME, AND FINAL
- ROOMS BOOKED IN THE LAST 7 DAYS BY NIGHT
- BY NIGHT AND ROOM TYPE
- DETAILS
- OTAs, discounts, packages, corporate, wholesale

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