The “Purpose of Stay” feature allows you or your guests to specify the reason for a booking. This information is useful for statistical reports, such as reports for the Swedish Bureau of Statistics (SCB), and to customize services accordingly.
How to Set the Purpose of Stay
There are three methods to specify a booking’s purpose:
- Booking Engines: Guests can choose their stay’s purpose, “Business” or “Pleasure,” when making a reservation through the booking engine. This setting can be optional, required, or hidden. If it’s hidden or optional and not chosen, the booking will default to “Not set.” To modify this setting, go to Settings > Booking engine > Adjust default fields.
- Booking.com: For these bookings, Sirvoy can automatically detect the stay’s purpose as either “Business” or “Pleasure”. However, bookings from other channels will default to “Not set”.
- Booking Details Page: Your staff can manually select the stay’s purpose on the booking details page. Options include “Business,” “Pleasure,” “Conference,” “Group,” “Other,” or “Not set.”
| Purpose | Selectable in |
| Business | Booking engine and booking details |
| Pleasure | Booking engine and booking details |
| Conference | Booking details |
| Group | Booking details |
| Not set | Booking details. This is the default if no other purpose is provided. |
| Other | Booking details. Not included in reports to statistical agencies, such as the SCB. Intended for purposes like staff rooming or asylum seeker rooming. |