• Cost amounts will no longer be applied based on the Departure start date but instead will be applied based on the Cost duration (start and end date). 
  • Costs associated to a Vendor Service where the duration of the cost spans more than one vendor rate will now have a cost amount applied that is a calculated "blended rate".  


Applicable to
  • Planner 2.0 only
  • New costs created after the Q3 Release date on Oct 27, 2023
  • When an edit is made to update to a Cost's start and/or end date on a Cost created prior to October 27, 2023


Example

 This cost starts on Sep 1 and ends on Sep 6. Vendor rates change on Sep 3. 

  • Double rate = (2 nights @ $50) + (3 nights @ $75) = $325
    • $325 / 5 nights = $65 average nightly rate 
  • Single rate = (2 nights @ $60) + (3 nights @ $85) = $375
    • $375 / 5 nights = $75 average nightly rate


Vendor Service:


Adding the Vendor Service to Planner 2.0:


Key notes regarding Blended Vendor Rates: 

  • An alert will display on the bottom of each tab in the Cost card when a blended rate has been applied.
  • Changes to the Cost's start or end date will recalculate the cost amount.
  • Changes to Vendor Rates that are pushed to the Departure via Push Updates will recalculate the cost amount. 
  • Turn OFF Auto-Updates on the Cost Card to prevent an automatic recalculation of rates. 
  • Editing the calculated cost amount is allowed. To restore the calculated rate, you must use Push Updates on the Vendor Service record.
  • On the Rates tab, you can view the specific vendor rates that have been applied by clicking the link icon. 
  • The Vendor Service card in the List of Services will display an alert if multiple vendor rates are applicable, based on the Departure start and end dates.