Cannot move, and the administrator override
Room moves refuse for four reasons. Two can be overridden and two cannot.
Can be overridden by an administrator — the sentence itself ends with "an administrator can override this":
- The target room is not clean.
- The move crosses a room type in a way that needs authority.
Cannot be overridden, because the move would be untrue:
- "... is taken" — somebody is in the target room for part of those dates.
- "... is already in room ..." — it is already there.
- "has no room to move" — the booking has no room assigned yet, so there is nothing to move. Assign one.
- "belongs to another property" — the target room is at a different hotel.
Every move asks for a reason from your room-move list. It is what makes the room-move report worth reading — a hotel moving forty guests a month has a maintenance problem or an allocation problem, and the reasons say which.
Two more, and one fewer
- "Room 205 is blocked 20 Sep to 25 Sep — Renovation" — the target room is blocked from the chart across those nights. No override: open the block or pick another room. See That room is blocked for those nights.
- "Room 209 is taken: Sharma is in it from 16 Sep to 17 Sep" names the guest and the nights. If that guest has in fact left, they have not been checked out — do that, and the room is free at once.
- "The rate on an OTA booking comes from …" no longer refuses a move. A move that does not re-price changes no money figure, and the rule does not fire.