Overview of room types
A room type represents an accommodation option available to your guests. Each room type has its own occupancy, bed configuration, features, descriptions, extras, and photos.
Room type availability controls all associated room rates in the Inventory grid.
💡 Hostels and dorms that sell individual beds should set up each bed as a room type. This allows you to sell beds individually on your booking engine.
Create a room type
To create a room type:
Log into Little Hotelier on your Desktop (not mobile) > My Apps > Front Desk.
Go to Setup > Property & Room Settings > Rooms & Rates > Create Room Type
Fill in the mandatory fields in the General section
Edit your Room Type details by adding a description, bed type configuration, room size, bathroom quantity, room view, features, photos and extras
Click Create to save changes.
💡 A standard room rate is automatically assigned when you create a room type.
⚠️ Adding a room type in Front Desk does not automatically sync it to your connected channels. Manual setup is required on each channel account.
All room types and room rates created in Front Desk will automatically sync to your Channel Manager. Allow at least 10 minutes for new updates to sync. If changes are not syncing after 10 minutes, complete a Flush.
Edit room types
You may need to edit a room type to:
Change the name or category
Edit availability thresholds, or default minimum or maximum stay settings
Modify rate or occupancy settings
Edit general room type information
Note that changes to a room type only affect new bookings.
To edit a room type:
Go to Front Desk > Setup > Property & Room Settings > Rooms & Rates > find the Room Type > click Edit
Update the fields or sections in each tab
Save changes.
Remember any changes to the rack rate need to be updated via Front Desk > Inventory
Note:
Changing a room type's rack rate does not automatically update the inventory rates for that room type or any linked room rate for existing dates. To update rates already on the calendar, first amend the rack rate, then go to Front Desk > Inventory and perform a Bulk Update to apply the new pricing to the relevant dates.
Add rooms to a room type
Think of Room Types as categories, and rooms as the actual spaces. If you have 6 double rooms, add 6 rooms to the Double Room type. This creates availability in your Calendar to add reservations.
To add rooms:
Log into Little Hotelier on your Desktop (not mobile) > Front Desk.
Go to Setup > Property & Room Settings > Rooms & Rates
Find the Room Type > click Edit > click on the Rooms tab
Select the number of rooms
Rename your rooms eg; Blue room or Room 4
Click Save
To manage rooms:
Drag and drop to reorder rooms on the Calendar
To delete a room, hover over it and click the red bin on the right
⚠️ Deleting a room with reservations will unassign those reservations. Reallocate or adjust them before removing the room.
Delete a room type
Deleting a Room Type is permanent!
Here's what happens when you delete a Room Type:
It's gone for good, along with all its Room Rates
Connections to channels are automatically unmapped
To delete a Room Type
Go to Front Desk > Setup.
Go to Property & Room Settings > Rooms & Rates.
Find the Room Type > click Edit.
On the General tab, scroll down and click Delete > Confirm the deletion
Before you delete:
Deleting a room type in Front Desk will not delete it on connected channels.
Delete room rates from your channels first, then delete from Front Desk.
If a guest books a deleted rate on a channel, you will need to create the reservation manually.
Room types with active reservations
You cannot delete a room type that has active reservations. Before deleting, apply room closures and stop sells to prevent new bookings, then wait until the last reservation checks out.
⚠️ Do not move reservations to another room type just to free up a deletion. This risks overbooking and you may miss modifications or cancellations on the moved reservations.