Alternative recommendations help you optimize group quotation results by identifying more profitable or flexible date options. This guide walks you through where to find these alternatives, how to interpret them, and how to use them during negotiations.
Locating your alternative quotations
If you have enabled any alternative recommendation options, you will find these on your Quotation Results page.
Scroll to the bottom and click on the Alternatives tab.
Understanding your alternative quotations
Your alternative quotations will default sort with the highest
Incremental Profitat topThere are two flags you will see in the results table:
High- This is the quotation with the highestIncremental ProfitLow- This is the quotation with the lowestAvg. Recommended Price
There are also two labels you will see in the
Stay Datescolumn:Original- This is the quotation generated for your primary property and dates requestSelected- This is the quotation that you have selected for this group inquiry
This intuitive table display is designed to help you:
Easily identify higher-profit dates
Understand lower-rate options that give you room to negotiate while still maximizing bottomline contribution
Evaluate multiple properties at once, so that you are considering each group from a holistic, portfolio-level perspective
Managing your alternative quotations
Each quotation in the table can be:
Deleted if not needed (via the three dot menu at right in table, or at top right of open quotation)
Flagged as the
Selectedquotation (via the three dot menu at right in table, or at top right of open quotation)Clicked and opened in a new tab for any additional editing and further analysis
☑️ Marking as Selected
If you mark any alternative as Selected, the associated dates and metrics for this quotation will now display in your primary Groups list view, along with a Selected tag
❌ Deletion Behavior
Non-Selected Alternative quotation - Deleting this quotation will simply remove it from your
AlternativestableSelected Alternative quotation - Deleting this quotation will default your
Originalquotation back toSelectedOriginal quotation - Deleting this quotation, whether from main Groups list view or
Alternativestable, will delete the primary group inquiry and any associated alternatives