Creating and selling Specials

A Special is a ready-made deal for one of your properties — for example "3 nights for the price of 2" or a discounted long-weekend package. Guests see one clear price and can book it directly, with no negotiation. You'll find Specials under Properties › Specials in the sidebar.

Building a Special

Choose New special and work through the editor: pick the property, give the deal a name and description, add a hero image, and set its dates. A Special can have fixed dates (an exact check-in and check-out) or be flexible (a minimum number of nights bookable inside a wider window). You can also set a go-live date, a book-by deadline, and a limited quantity so the deal sells out once it's gone.

Pricing & savings

You can price a Special two ways. A flat package price is an all-in total for the whole stay — nothing else is added. A per-night price is multiplied across the nights and still includes any compulsory add-ons. Either way, Vilo compares your deal against what the same stay would normally cost at your seasonal rates and shows guests a savings badge (the amount and percentage they're saving), so the value is obvious.

Where it shows

Each Special has its own visibility controls. Turn on the Vilo directory to list it on the public Specials page where guests browse deals across hosts. Turn on show on website to feature it on your own branded site (add a Specials section to any page in the website builder). Both channels send guests to the same checkout, so prices and availability never drift apart. A Special can also be marked featured to push it to the front of the list.

How a booking works

When a guest books a Special, the deal price is the one that's charged — Vilo re-checks it on the server, claims one unit against the quantity cap, and reserves the dates. If a booking falls through, the unit is released back so the deal can sell again. From the guest's side it's a normal booking: it appears in your calendar, bookings list and ledger like any other.

Tracking performance

Open any Special to see its report: revenue from confirmed stays, how many units have sold against the cap (sell-through), the booking funnel, total savings passed on to guests, and the most recent bookings. Use it to see which deals are working and which need a nudge on price or promotion.