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How to Create Options

Options allow you to create variations of your products, for example, based on language, duration or time of day.

Lucia Burin Sestakova avatar
Written by Lucia Burin Sestakova
Updated over 2 weeks ago

Create a New Option

  1. In your Ventrata dashboard, go to Products > Products.

    Products - Products

  2. Select an existing product.

  3. Go to the Options tab.

  4. Press the + NEW OPTION button.

    + New Option

  5. Enter option name.

  6. Enter a description as necessary.

    Name & Description

  7. You can make the option exclusive.

    Exclusive



    πŸ“’ NOTE

    When an exclusive option is booked, it blocks out the tour date and time (if tours are available) and any resource assigned to it.
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  8. Add new or existing tags.

    Tags

  9. If your attraction is available in multiple languages, select an offered language for this particular option. Then create a new option for each language variant. Otherwise, keep this field blank.

    Language

  10. Enter a code for the option.

    Code



    πŸ“— TIP

    This is useful for filtering and reporting purposes.
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  11. Upload a cover image for the option.

    Cover Image

  12. You can choose to exclude units, tours or extras.

    Disallow



    πŸ“’ NOTE

    During booking these disallowed elements do not appear in the offering.
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Package Option Settings

The next three steps are option settings for packages. These do not appear in regular product options.

  1. Enter the number of days the package is valid for.

    Validity Days

  2. Select which includes are not offered in the option.

    Disallow Includes

  3. Enter the number of includes the option has.

    Include Count

  4. Enter option duration in minutes, hours or days.
    ​



    πŸ“— TIP

    Duration starts to count on redemption.
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  5. You have the option to change the duration label (minutes, hours and days) to a label of your choosing, either a language variation or other.

    Duration & Duration Label

  6. If the option has limited time availability, select the start and end dates.

    Starts On & Ends On

  7. Enter the minimum and/or maximum number of tickets a booking with this option can contain.

    Minimum & Maximum Booking Size

  8. Select whether a pickup point can be selected during booking.

  9. Select whether a pickup point must be selected during booking.

    Pickup Allowed & Required



    πŸ“’ NOTE

    The 'Allow Custom Pickup' checkbox on the product detail must be also ticked to enforce pickup during booking.
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    πŸ“’ NOTE

    Make sure pickup points are set up for the destination.
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  10. Select which sources can offer the option.

    Available On

  11. Enter the name of a meeting point if applicable.

  12. Enter the latitude and longitude of the meeting point.

  13. Enter a meeting time.

    Meeting Point

  14. Select an itinerary as appropriate.
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    πŸ“’ NOTE

    Create itineraries for this destination.
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  15. If you wish to pull content from your MagPie account, enter your MagPie Option ID.

    MagPie Option ID

  16. Press the Create Option button.

    Create Option

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