Parkwhiz: How to configure reservations transient pricing

Modified on Tue, 17 Jun at 12:26 PM

Topics Discussed

Transient Pricing
Transient Booking
How to Create Transient Pricings
Updating Transient Pricings
Additional Transient Pricing Information
In-Depth Look: Valid Times

Transient Pricing

ParkWhizTransient pricing on the ParkWhiz platform is used to facilitate transient/daily parking for ParkWhiz locations. This rate is available anytime unless blacked out or the location has active event pricing.

Transient Booking

If a user searches for an address or neighborhood, they will be quoted the cheapest rate available for their parking search. These bookings are listed as “Transient” under the Bookings Tab of ParkWhiz Admin.

How to Create Transient Pricings

Log in to the ParkWhiz Seller Console
Identify and click the location in ParkWhiz Admin (Seller Console) where you want to add/update the transient pricing.

Go to Pricings
Go to Reservations tab
Go to Transient
Click the green add New Pricing button

Input/enable the transient pricing settings. See all transient pricing settings listed here: Parkwhiz: Reservations transient pricing settings

Click save changes

Updating Transient Pricings

Immediate Update	Go to the transient pricing that needs updating. Directly update the parameters of the existing transient pricing.
Future dated Update	Existing pricing Enable the Restrict when the pricing will be active > Active Until = The end date and time of the pricing. Future pricing Can either be the blackout dates or the Restrict when the pricing will be active > Active After. Pricing is BOOKABLE in advance for parking on the effectivity date and time Create the pricing. Valid times: Based on the future rate’s availability. If no change, replicate the valid times of existing pricing. Hours: Based on the future rate’s number of hours. If no change, replicate valid times of existing pricing's number of hours. Price: The new rate provided Blackout dates: Start date: The date you are creating the future-dated pricing. End date: The start date/time of the new rate. Pricing is NOT BOOKABLE until the effectivity date and time Create the pricing. Valid times: Based on the future rate’s availability. If no change, replicate valid times of existing pricing. Hours: Based on the future rate’s number of hours. If no change, replicate valid times of existing pricingnumber of hours. Price: The new rate provided Restrict when the pricing will be active > Active after: The start date/time of the new rate.
Transient Pricing Special/Event Rate Set Up	Follow Transient Pricing Special/Event Rate Set Up

Immediate Update

Go to the transient pricing that needs updating.
Directly update the parameters of the existing transient pricing.

Future dated Update

Existing pricing

Enable the Restrict when the pricing will be active > Active Until = The end date and time of the pricing.

Future pricing

Can either be the blackout dates or the Restrict when the pricing will be active > Active After.

Pricing is BOOKABLE in advance for parking on the effectivity date and time

Create the pricing.
Valid times: Based on the future rate’s availability. If no change, replicate the valid times of existing pricing.
Hours: Based on the future rate’s number of hours. If no change, replicate valid times of existing pricing's number of hours.
Price: The new rate provided
Blackout dates:
- Start date: The date you are creating the future-dated pricing.
- End date: The start date/time of the new rate.

Pricing is NOT BOOKABLE until the effectivity date and time

Create the pricing.
Valid times: Based on the future rate’s availability. If no change, replicate valid times of existing pricing.
Hours: Based on the future rate’s number of hours. If no change, replicate valid times of existing pricingnumber of hours.
Price: The new rate provided
Restrict when the pricing will be active > Active after: The start date/time of the new rate.

Transient Pricing Special/Event Rate Set Up

Follow Transient Pricing Special/Event Rate Set Up

Additional Transient Pricing Information

How multiple transient pricings interact:

The rate engine will return the cheapest price available for the period searched.
A booking can be made from ONE transient pricing or rate band only.
Separate reservations transient pricings do not stack.

In-Depth Look: Valid Times

Valid times determines the period that pricing is available for.
Pricing will only be returned if parking start and end time falls within Valid Times.

Valid Time” settings which translate to 24/7 availability

How pricing stacks over a 24/7 period:

Manipulating the Valid Times field for non-24/7 locations

The system reads 12:00 am as 00:00 or the first minute of the Day
What the +Days setting does is add 1 calendar date change to the start time

The way to read this is, from Sun 00:00 to Mon 00:00 (Sunday start of day to Monday start of Day)

Since the calendar date changes at midnight, setting “Days” to zero results in an error

Here is another example:

Monday, from 5:00 am to 5:00 pm that same day

In-Depth Look: Overnight Parking Checkbox

The overnight checkbox has a specific function: it is to allow the rates to jump over and stack over the period that is not included in the valid times.