Add-Ons
To manage your Add-ons, click on Facilities > Add-ons
from the top navigation bar.
Add-ons are an advanced form of facilities and experiences. Add-ons let you showcase and sell your add-ons, on and off the premises. To create a add-on, click the Create add-on
button.
The following sections step you through every part of managing a add-on.
Configuration
The Configurations
tab is selected by default when you get started.
This section covers the basics of your add-on.
- Internal name The name of the add-on, as you refer to it internally. e.g. Haunted house
- Number of units Set available quantity. e.g. 10
- Mandatory Whether this add-on is mandatory with the booking alongside a room. e.g. No
- Rate plan Optionally set a rate plan to leverage its restrictions.
Schedule
This section lets you manage when the add-on is readily available.
Operating hours
- Opens Time of day when add-on becomes available. e.g. 09:00
- Closes Time of day when add-on becomes unavailable. e.g. 21:00
Days of operation
This section lets you set the days of the week when the add-on is available.
Toggle the switch to ✅ to indicate that the day is available.
Seasonal
This section lets you set the dates the add-on is available throughout the year.
- Start date Date when add-on becomes available. e.g. Sept 11, 2024
- Start date Date when add-on becomes unavailable. e.g. July 11, 2024
Amenities
Click on the Amenities
tab to continue.
Similar to property amenities, add-on amenities applies to the specific add-on only. Check each amenity that applies.
Descriptions
Click on the Descriptions
tab to continue.
Similar to property welcome text, you can create localized descriptions for the add-on as well. You can write in as many languages as you wants. We will add translations for all the most popular languages. This is the text travelers will see when viewing your add-ons.
- Name Give the add-on a name. e.g. Sea plane transportation
- Description Describe the add-on in a paragraph or two. e.g. Our island is only accessible by sea plane…
Photos & Videos
Click on the Photos & Videos
tab to continue.
To add a new photo or video:
- Click on the
Upload media
button. - Media can be added:
- By dragging images from your computer onto the window or click
Browse
. - By pasting an external URL that points to an image.
- By using your laptop camera.
- From your Google Drive account.
- From your Dropbox account.
- From Shutterstock
- From gettyimages
- From iStock
- From Unsplash
- By dragging images from your computer onto the window or click
- When uploading single images, you’ll be asked if you want to crop the image before uploading.
- Once your image has finished uploading, the pop-up window will close and the image will show up in your list of media.
Metadata
You can add additional metadata to your images and video by clicking on the ✏️ icon next to your image.
Metadata can be:
- Lifestyle Set it if an image represent a specific lifestyle.
- Category Set it if it matches a specific category. e.g. Pool view
- Captions Describe the image in any language you want.
Social media
Click on the Social media
tab to continue.
You might be wondering, “Why does a add-on have its own social media section?”. A add-on can also be a facility close to the property but off premises with its own staff and its own IG profile.
Social media keeps you in touch with new and existing travelers over time. Add your social network accounts to your profile so guests can easily get in touch with you and learn about this add-on.
- Toggle the switch of a social network you wish to enable.
- Enter the name of your account on that network.
Reputation
Click on the Reputation
tab to continue.
Similar to the Social media
tab, you would use this tab if this add-on has a separate reputation score(s) or extra accolades that you want to highlight here.
Your reputation is your digital currency and you want to be able to take it with you wherever you go. A reputation entry can be anything your property wants to take credit for such as a 3rd party rating or for the bake-off where your chef won gold. In this section, you can add your scores and rankings from all over the Internet.
Click the Add reputation score
button.
- Category Choose the type of score you want add. e.g. Third party review
- Provider Type in who awarded you the score. e.g. BigOTA.com
- Rating type Select the form in which you received the score. e.g. Numeric
- Date Optionally, enter the date you received the score.
- Rating Enter the score you received. e.g. 8.5
- Max rating Optionally, enter the max score possible for this type of award. e.g. 10
Attribute Based Selling
Click on the Attribute Based Selling
tab to continue.
All our facilities come with their own ABS section. This section lets you create upsell opportunities on the main inventory or make a non-transactional inventory type transactional. We highly recommend you create these opportunities to potentially connect with the booker at a higher price point during the booking process.
- Price point Give the traveler a quick indication of how expensive this add-on is.
- Active Toggle switch to 🛑 if you want this add-on to become unavailable to book across all sales channels.
- Commissionable Indicate whether the affiliates makes a commission on this inventory.
- Featured Indicate whether this add-on should be more prominently add-ond if the option presents itself.
- Attribute Based Selling Toggle switch to ✅ to enable ABS on this inventory. Once enabled, you need to add at least 1 ABS item for sale
Ancillary item
When you enable ABS, you can start adding ancillary items and make them available for sale.
By default, an empty item has already been created for you. You can add more by clicking the Add item for sale
button.
- Name Give your ancillary a name. e.g. Slow but free
- Pricing type Indicate how you want to calculate price. e.g. Set to
Per person
to indicate price is based on no. of pax. - Base price Enter the regular price of this item. e.g. 200 / pax
- Discounted price Enter the price Wink users get when booking the item. e.g. 150 / pax
Limits
You can restrict the availability of this item by setting min / max limits on quantity.
- Minimum quantity Restrict on the minimum quantity that need to get booked. e.g. 1 attendees
- Maximum quantity Restrict on the maximum quantity that need to get booked. e.g. 4 attendees
Descriptions
- Name Give your ancillary a name. e.g. Slow but free
- Description Describe the ancillary in a paragraph or two. e.g. Use our very old prop plane that gets you there.
Photos & Videos
To add a new photo or video to your ancillary:
- Click on the
Upload media
button. - Media can be added:
- By dragging images from your computer onto the window or click
Browse
. - By pasting an external URL that points to an image.
- By using your laptop camera.
- From your Google Drive account.
- From your Dropbox account.
- From Shutterstock
- From gettyimages
- From iStock
- From Unsplash
- By dragging images from your computer onto the window or click
- When uploading single images, you’ll be asked if you want to crop the image before uploading.
- Once your image has finished uploading, the pop-up window will close and the image will show up in your list of media.
Metadata
You can add additional metadata to your images and video by clicking on the ✏️ icon next to your image.
Metadata can be:
- Lifestyle Set it if an image represent a specific lifestyle.
- Category Set it if it matches a specific category. e.g. Pool view
- Captions Describe the image in any language you want.
Proximity
Click on the Proximity
tab to continue.
Not all inventory is located on the premises. If you have inventory that is located off the premises, let the traveler know here and you will be given the chance to set a separate map location along with optional contact information.
This can be helpful at times when a add-on is located a few kilometers away from the hotel and the traveler wants to explain how to get there to the taxi driver.
Click the Save
button to continue.
Sales channels
There are two ways of enabling inventory for a sales channel:
- Toggle inventory availability on the card. See figure above
- Navigate to
Distribution > Inventory
from the top navigation bar dedicated to managing inventory across all sales channel.
API
Developers who want to manage Add-ons
can head over to Developers > APIs > Monetize.