Stayntouch PMS Resort Fees Setup Using Tourist Tax Functionality
Below are the benefits of using the tourist tax functionality to configure resort fees in comparison to using add-ons to configure resort fees:
- Option to have the fee as a percentage and not only as an amount.
- Option to enable a different percentage/amount for different date ranges (seasonality).
- Fee amount can be adjusted on the bill by using the purple pencil button.
- Note: The parent charge should be adjusted manually.
- If a company pays for the room charges but not the resort fee, the fee can stay on the Guest Bill. Resort fee type postings can be routed separately from the room posting.
Note: For CRS integrations, you can only have all taxes included in the room charge, or all taxes excluded from the room charge (so not one tax included and one tax excluded).
You can find an article explaining how to enable the tourist tax functionality here. The setup for resort fees would follow the same process, but the description would be "Resort Fee".
The resort fee can be either a percentage or an amount:
To support a different percentage/amount for different date ranges, TAX RULES must be enabled first from Settings > Financials > Financial Settings.
Once this has been enabled, the option will appear to enable different price/percentage ranges at the bottom of your charge code, please select a POST TYPE of NIGHT, select Enable Nights Range, and choose the option Date Range.
Select the date range for which you would like to apply the resort fee.
This will now appear when creating a reservation. As you can see in the screenshot below, the fee is 7% for the usual date range, but 8% from November 1.
Even though the resort fee calculation will be based on the amount posted for the parent room charge, the fee itself will post as an independent transaction. Once posted, it is not related anymore, and any changes made to the parent room charges do not make any difference to the resort fee:
- The resort fee is €14.32 without any changes to the room charge:
- Even if the room charge amount changes (e.g., from €239.32 above to €164.32 below), the resort fee still remains €14.32:
Furthermore, you can also edit the resort fee using the purple pencil button (this is not available normally):
Upon selecting the purple pencil button, the following options will appear:
If a company pays for the room charge only, this can be set up via Billing Information on the Guest Bill.
If this is set up, the resort fee will stay on the Guest Bill (Bill #1); whereas, the room charges are posted to the Company Bill (Bill #2):
Resort Fees on Confirmation Letter
Resort Fees on Invoice
