How each kind of listing sells

You can offer more than one kind of thing — a lodge that also runs tours, a transport company with hire cars — and each has its own editor. The listing editor is what a thing is and what it costs. The calendar is when it can be sold. Here is what is particular to each.

• Rooms — a room type (a “Garden twin”, of which you may have four) with a nightly rate. Travellers see the type, the cheapest rate as the “from” price, and how many are left when it is three or fewer. Bookings pool across the units of a type, so you do not assign a specific room until they arrive. Optional: a base occupancy with an extra-adult amount and one child price.
• Tours and experiences — a product with departures. Each departure has a date and a number of seats; travellers buy seats per person. A child price is one amount, never an age table: under-5s are free, 5 to 15 pay the child price, 16 and over the adult price.
• Hire cars — a vehicle class (a “Toyota Hilux 4WD”, of which you may have three) with a daily rate and an optional refundable deposit. Each unit has its registration. Travellers must give a valid driver's licence at checkout. The deposit is security, not income: it is returned after the hire, and any damage deduction must be itemised within a set window and can never exceed the deposit.
• Transfers — you publish routes (airport pickup, airport drop-off, town to town) with a price per vehicle class. Travellers see “from” the cheapest class and pick one; the price is per trip, not per person. Armed escort and out-of-town pickup are extras they choose at checkout. There is no public hourly hire — only routes.
• Fishing charters and boat trips — the boat is your asset; the thing travellers buy is a charter service on it, on one date, priced per angler or for the whole boat, with a refundable deposit. Booking a service holds the boat for the service's length, and a boat you block on the calendar cannot be sold that day.
• Packages — one flat-priced trip you have put together (two nights plus a tour), with what is included, how many days, and a cover photo. Sold and paid as one booking.
• Events — a dated, ticketed sign-up with a capacity and a price. Sign-ups are paid to reserve and an automatic waitlist fills places as they free. Events are not bookings and do not touch your rooms or vehicles.

Extras belong to every kind of listing: breakfast, a child seat, fuel, gear. Each extra is priced one way — flat per booking, per night or day, per guest, or per guest per night — and the traveller chooses them at checkout, so they are on the invoice before anyone pays.