Room Pricing Models
A room type is priced per night, and the checkout day itself is free: a stay's nights are the number of days between check-in and check-out. From that starting point, two things shape what a guest pays, and one rule governs what the property pays HiLucy.
Flat vs per-person
Every room type uses one of two rate models, set in the room's edit dialog:
- Per room / night (flat). The nightly rate is charged once per night, regardless of how many guests stay. A $120 room for three nights is $360.
- Per person / night. The nightly rate is multiplied by the guest count each night. This is how real owners price dorm and shared rooms. A $20-per-person room for two guests over three nights is $20 × 2 × 3 = $120.
The rate model shows on each room card and in the guest-facing price ("/night" or "/person/night"). During onboarding, "per person" anywhere in the owner's pricing text sets the per-person model automatically; you can always change it in the edit dialog.
Length-of-stay tiers
A room can carry length-of-stay discount tiers so longer stays get a different per-night rate. Each tier is a rule of the form "at this many nights, adjust the rate this way." When a stay is quoted, HiLucy applies the highest tier whose night threshold the stay reaches, and the adjusted per-night rate then flows into the flat-or-per-person math above.
Tiers can move the rate in several directions:
| Tier type | Effect on the nightly rate | |---|---| | Percent decrease | Cuts the rate by a percentage (the common "weekly discount") | | Percent increase | Raises the rate by a percentage | | Price decrease | Subtracts a fixed amount | | Price increase | Adds a fixed amount | | Set | Replaces the rate with a fixed number |
Because the picker applies the single best-matching tier rather than stacking them, a 7-night discount and a 30-night discount coexist cleanly: a 10-night stay gets the 7-night rate, a 30-night stay gets the 30-night rate.
When a room has any tier configured, its guest-facing price shows a "from" prefix, signalling that longer stays may cost less per night.
What a quote adds up to
For a given stay, HiLucy works out:
- Nights — check-out minus check-in.
- Effective per-night rate — the base rate after the best-matching length-of-stay tier.
- Subtotal — per-night rate × nights, then × guests when the model is per-person.
- Deposit — the room's deposit, if one is set, held rather than charged.
- Total — subtotal plus deposit.
A room with no nightly rate can't be quoted or published; the rate has to be positive first.
How the property is billed for its rooms
Room pricing above is what your guests pay. Separately, the number of rooms a hotel lists is what the property pays HiLucy.
A hotel subscription is a base fee plus a per-room fee for every room on the listing. The billable room count comes from your published room types first, falling back to the onboarding wizard's total and then a stored room count. In plain terms: base + (rooms × per-room fee). This is why keeping your Rooms list accurate matters twice over. It's both your sales catalog and your billing basis. See Starting a Listing Subscription for the admin flow and the price preview that shows this breakdown before anything is charged.