Holidays

Holidays are considered in Skyware to be specific dates (of your choosing) to be recognized as different by the system. This is managed via the Holidays maintenance screen. There is a wealth of daily holidays and special days to use as possibilities, you may wish to simply add federal holidays or include locally observed occasions too. Dates designated as Holidays in your system show up on the Room Availability chart and the Quick Quote screen in PINK, indicating that there is something different about the date at your Property. Hovering the mouse over the date in question will bring up a screen tip describing what the holiday is (as entered on the Holiday maintenance screen description field). For example, if your town hosts an annual festival, the holiday might be listed as "Food festival". You may also use this function to indicate special occasions affecting your property only - for example, if an event at your property will mean certain facilities are not available, you may choose to assign a holiday on specific dates called "Ice Rink closed" or "Indoor Soccer League".

This makes the Holiday function of Skyware a useful tool for ensuring that your staff are aware of upcoming events or occasions affecting your property when viewing your availability regarding reservations.

This selection is part of the Property and System Configuration area of Skyware. You may edit the configuration to suit your property at any time if you have the appropriate access/authorization.

How to configure Holidays:

 

Select Managers Screen from the Quick Menu on the left side of the screen, then select Configuration > Holidays.

Select Manager's Screen to be taken to the MANAGER'S COMMANDS screen.

Select Configuration to be taken to the PROPERTY AND SYSTEM CONFIGURATION screen.

Alternately, you may also be able to select Configuration directly from the Quick Menu, if the menu has been set up to include the Configuration option.

This will take you to The Property System Configuration Menu.

The list of property configuration options are divided into four sections, which are Required Configuration, Optional Configuration, Locales/Dates and Sub-Systems.

Select Holidays from the Locales/Dates section.

 

The Holiday Maintenance screen display is split into two frames, with the left side of the screen listing the holidays already configured for your Property, and the right side containing the fields you need to complete in order to add or edit the configuration of a holiday. Any changes made on the right, once saved, will be updated in the listings to the left.

The currently configured options are displayed by:

Date: The date the Holiday occurs on.

Description: The description of the holiday.

 

Your options include the following:

 

Generate a new entry:

Click the New button from the toolbar to add a new holiday record. Complete the fields described below.

OR:

Select an existing holiday from the list on the left, and click the Replicate button from the toolbar. Then change the field information as described below.

 

Edit the current selection:

Change the field information.

 

Date: Select the desired date using the drop down menu options or calendar icon. By default for a new entry today's date will be displayed.

This field is required.

Description: Enter the description of the holiday here, as you wish it to appear in the screen tip when viewed.

This field is required.

 

When you are finished adding or editing any holiday entries, click the Save button to save the changes.

Date Updated February 24, 2022