Create Lodgings (How-To)

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Summary

Gingr has Areas and Lodgings. A Lodging is a specific kennel, run, pen, crate, or suite an animal stays in within an Area. For example, if you have an Area of Suites, your Lodgings are Suite 1, Suite 2, Suite 3, and so on. You choose lodgings when you schedule a reservation type that needs lodging, such as Boarding.

If your facility has lodgings, enter them in Gingr to use capacity features, the lodging calendar, and more. If your facility is cage free and does not use enclosures like pens, kennels, or crates, you can skip creating lodgings.

You book lodgings when you schedule the reservation. Lodgings are for internal use only. Customers can never select them in the customer portal.

Warning: DO NOT delete lodgings if you are live. Stop and contact Support for next steps.

Before You Begin

  • All admin users can open the admin page that controls these settings. Admin users can also delegate this page to other user groups. Non-admin users with access to this page can make edits that affect all locations in the app. See User Groups and Permissions.
  • The order you create lodgings in is the order they show on the Lodging Chooser and the Lodging Calendar, within their Areas. Plan their display order first.

The example below shows a facility with Areas and Lodgings already created. Petite Suite is the Area. Petite Suite 1 is a Lodging in that Area. The Description, Max animals, Max Weight, and Reservation Types columns show the settings for each lodging.

Lodging list with details and options.

Steps

  1. Go to Left-hand Navigation: Admin » Manage Areas/Lodgings.
  2. Select the Area you want to add lodgings to.
  3. Select +Add Lodging.
  4. Complete the lodging settings. Use the field guide below for help.
  5. Select Save.
  6. Repeat until you create all your lodgings.

Field Guide

Setting Description Helpful Hint
Name Choose a name for the lodging (for example, "Small 1" or "Park Avenue"). You do not need to number lodgings in this field. Use the "What's the starting number for this lodging?" setting below to number them for you.
Description Enter a description for the lodging (optional).
Max # of animals Enter the most animals this lodging can hold. This is a guide. You can override it. Gingr warns you before you do.
Max weight of animals Enter the most total weight allowed in this lodging. This is a guide. You can override it. Gingr warns you before you do.
Reservation types Select the reservation types this lodging can be booked for. Select all reservation types that may be assigned to the lodging. If a lodging is meant for one reservation type (for example, Deluxe Boarding) but you sometimes book another type (for example, Standard Boarding) into it, select both reservation types.
Lodging type Use lodging type to create a surcharge or discount for a lodging transfer.
Select iDogCam Camera Choose one of your integrated iDogCam cameras to assign to this lodging. For more on the iDogCam camera integration, see this article.
How many lodgings to create? To create lodgings in bulk, enter how many lodgings Gingr should create with the same name. If you have lodgings in order with the same name (for example, "Petite Suite 1" and "Petite Suite 2"), Gingr can create them in bulk for you.
What's the starting number for this lodging? To create lodgings in bulk, enter the starting number of the first lodging. For lodgings in order with the same name, enter the first number. For example, if you enter 2, Gingr creates lodgings 2, 3, 4, and so on, for the number of lodgings you set.

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