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In Gingr, there are Areas and Lodgings. A Lodging is a specific kennel, run, pen, crate, or suite that the animal stays in within the Area. For example, if we have an Area of Suites, our Lodgings would we Suite 1, Suite 2, Suite 3, etc. Lodgings are intended to be selected when a reservation type that requires Lodging (example: Boarding) is scheduled.
If your facility has lodgings, you can input them into Gingr to start taking advantage of the capacity features, the lodging calendar, and more.If your facility is Cage Free (you don't use enclosures like pens, kennels, or crates), you can skip creating lodgings.
Lodgings are booked at the time that the reservation is scheduled. Lodgings are for internal use only and are never able to be selected by customers through the customer portal.
Warning: DO NOT delete lodgings if you are live. Stop and contact our Support Team for further instructions.
Before You Begin
- All admin users have access to the admin page controlling these settings. Additionally, admin users are able to delegate this particular admin page to other user groups. Non-admin users with access to this page will be able to make edits that affect all locations in the app. For more information, please see our article on User Groups and Permissions.
Create Lodgings
Important: The order you create your lodgings in is the order in which they will display on the Lodging Chooser and on the Lodging Calendar (in their respective Areas) so take a moment to plan their display order.
Below is an example of a facility that has Areas and Lodging already created. Notice that Petite Suite indicates the Area whereas Petite Suite 1 is a Lodging within that Area. Then the Description, Max animals, Max Weight, and Reservation Types indicates the parameters for the specific lodging.
- Navigate to Left-hand Navigation: Admin » Manage Areas/Lodgings.
- Select the Area that you want to add lodgings to.
- Select +Add Lodging.
- Use the Field Guide below to set up your Lodging information.
- Select Save.
- Repeat until you have created all desired Lodgings.
Field Guide
| Setting | Description | Helpful Hint |
| Name | Choose a name for the Lodging. (e.g. "Small 1" or "Park Avenue"). | You do not need to number your lodgings in this field as you can use the "What's the starting number for this lodging?" setting below to automatically number your lodgings. |
| Description | Enter a description for the Lodging (optional). | |
| Max # of animals | Enter the maximum number of animals that this lodging can accommodate. This is a guide, you will be able to override this. The system will give you a warning before it allows you to override. | This is a guide, you will be able to override this. The system will give you a warning before it allows you to override. |
| Max weight of animals | Enter the maximum cumulative weight allowed in this lodging. | This is a guide, you will be able to override this. The system will give you a warning before it allows you to override. |
| Reservation types | Select the reservation types that you want this lodging to be available for booking into. Select all reservation types that may be assigned to the lodging. | If you have lodgings that are intended particularly for one reservation type (e.g. Deluxe Boarding), but you sometimes want to book other reservation types (e.g. Standard Boarding) into the lodging, please select both reservation types. |
| Lodging type | Lodging type can be used to create a surcharge/discount for a lodging transfer. | |
| Select iDogCam Camera | Choose one of your integrated iDogCam Cameras to assign to this lodging | For more information on our iDogCam Camera integration, click here. |
| How many lodgings to create? | For bulk creating lodgings, enter the number of lodgings that you want the system to create with the same name. | If you have sequentially ordered lodgings with the same name (e.g. "Petite Suite 1", "Petite Suite 2", etc.) then you can automatically have Gingr create these lodgings in bulk for you. |
| What's the starting number for this lodging? | For bulk creating lodgings, enter the starting number of the first lodging you are creating. | If you have sequentially ordered lodgings with the same name (e.g. "Petite Suite 1", "Petite Suite 2", etc.), then you will enter the first "number" of lodging that you want to create. For example, if you enter "2" here, then Gingr will create lodgings 2, 3, 4, etc.... for the number of lodgings that you wish to be created. |
Related Resources
- Areas and Lodgings Topic Outline
- Create an Area How-To
- Areas and Lodgings Field Guide Reference
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