Create a New Option

In your Ventrata dashboard, go to Products > Products.

Select an existing product.

Go to the Options tab.

Press the + NEW OPTION button.

Enter option name.

Enter a description as necessary.

Add your template variables.

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Option template variables can be used to include, for example, information specific to an option, such as entrance location (Entrance A) or access time slot (Entry allowed between 10:00 AM - 05:00 PM). Use these variables in voucher templates along with other printing variables.

When applying the variable, make sure to use the correct format: {option.your_variable}.

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If you support multiple languages, fill in the 'Name', 'Description' and 'Template Variables' for each language variant.

You can make the option exclusive.

📒 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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Add new or existing tags.

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.

Enter a code for the option.

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

You can choose to exclude units, tours or extras.

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During booking these disallowed elements do not appear in the offering.
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Enter the number of days the package is valid for.

Select which includes are not offered in the option.

Enter the number of includes the option has.

Enter option duration in minutes, hours or days.
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Duration starts to count on redemption.
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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.

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

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

Select whether a pickup point can be selected during booking.

Select whether a pickup point must be selected during booking.

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The 'Allow Custom Pickup' checkbox on the product detail must be also ticked to enforce pickup during booking.
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Make sure pickup points are set up for the destination.
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Select which sources can offer the option.

Enter the name of a meeting point if applicable.

Enter the latitude and longitude of the meeting point.

Enter a meeting time.

Select an itinerary as appropriate.
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Create itineraries for this destination.
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If you wish to pull content from your MagPie account, enter your MagPie Option ID.

Press the Create Option button.