Point to Point are types of products which offer transfer from one point to another. Think of it as a shuttle service with intermittent stops. In Ventrata terminology stops are called points, which are grouped into point groups, or zones, and the time table of your service is divided into runs, or cycles, which are intervals of transfer.
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To learn how to set up your product as a Point to Point, read our article How to Create a Point to Point Product.
Manage Rates
Prerequisites:
Tickets (adult, children, etc.) for the product are set up
Single Rate
Set a base rate for all start and all finish point groups. This means that the same rate applies for any combination of journeys, regardless of the distance, whether it is a journey between two consecutive points, or one between two points the furthest apart. You can use this rate for journeys within a point group.
In your Ventrata dashboard, go to Product > Products.
Products
Select your Point to Point product.
Go to the Rates tab.
Rates
In the modifiers section, select ‘Any From Point Groups’ and ‘Any To Point Groups’.
Point to Point Modifiers
Enter a price for each ticket type.
Rates
Press the SAVE CHANGES button.
Save Changes
Point Group to Point Group Rates
Set separate rates for journeys between different point groups. Manually adjust the price based on the distance or travel time between two point groups.
In your Ventrata dashboard, go to Product > Products.
Products
Select your Point to Point product.
Go to the Rates tab.
Rates
Press the MODIFIERS button and select 'From Point Groups' and 'To Point Groups'.
Enter a price for each point and ticket type combination.
Rates
Press the SAVE CHANGES button.
Save Changes
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You can make use of Ventrata’s dynamic pricing tool to automatically adjust your rates based on predefined criteria. To learn more about his capability, read our article on Fares.
Manage Run Availability
Availability encompasses a set of parameters (capacity, opening hours) that are taken into account when a booking is taking place. With Point to Point products you are more likely to manage product availability around runs.
Prerequisites:
Opening hours for the product are set
In your Ventrata dashboard, go to Product > Products.
Products
Select your Point to Point product.
On the product page, go to the General Availability tab.
General Availability
Select 'Run' on the vertical axis and select 'Weekday' on the horizontal axis.
Select one of the runs and enter the run's capacity for every day of the week.
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If you have resources, you have the option to use their capacity. Learn more about resources in our article How to Use Resources and Resource Groups.
Press the Save button.
Run Availability
Select a run availability where the run and day of the week cross.
Uncheck 'Open' to close availability for the selected run on the selected day.
Press the Save button.
Close Availability
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Find out more about availability in our articles Availability Management and How to Set Product Availability.
Verify Availability in the Calendar
Go to Calendar.
Create a manifest for your Point to Point product.
Go to Calendar > [point-to-point-manifest].
Calendar
Every combination of point-to-point is displayed under the Options column, while the exact time schedule is calculated based on the information provided in the run setup. Check whether the availability displayed in the calendar matches that in General Availability.
Manifest
Track Customer Movement
View exactly who is boarding and disembarking at each stop using the 'Run' column in your calendar view.
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From an operational perspective, resource allocations setup to maintain capacity across the route are no longer need, as the manifest view now allows you to track the movement of customers in Point to Point products with or without resources.
Go to Calendar and select the manifest for your point to point product.
Select the 'Run' column in the selector.
Press the refresh
button. 
Select Columns
Based on your preferred view (PAX, Limit, Resources, etc.), availability for any given date is shown.
Run Availability
Click the availability for the desired run to view the manifest detail.
Each row is highlighted with a color indicating one of the following states:
Grey - no change, customers remaining onboard
Green - customers boarding
Red - customers disembarking
Manifest Indicators
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A colour-coded indicator is also displayed next to each stop, showing the number of customers boarding, remaining on board or disembarking.