Promotions are one of the most versatile features of ResDiary and there are lots of uses for them. 

Promotions are commonly used to select a specific area or booking type, promote a special offer, offer a specific menu, take payment for certain types of booking, or to add specific rules to these. 

Create a basic promotion

To create the promotion go to Promote > Promotions > Create a promotion and complete the highlighted tabs, please see video below.

Advertisement Period vs Validity Period

The advertisement period is different to the validity period.

The advertisement period is the date range you are advertising the promotion, the validity period is the date range the promotion can be booked for.

For example, Valentines day, I'm advertising from today until the 14th of February with the validity set from the 14th of February to the 14th of February. 

Advertisement = date range the promotion is online

Validity = date of the event, or date you can book for the promotion

Available vs Required

When creating a promotion you can set it to either 'available' or 'required' in specific areas

Available = the promotion is optional for the diner, and can be skipped and a 'standard' reservation is created
Required = the promotion is mandatory a promotion must be selected to complete the reservation

Note: If a Required promotion applies to a timeslot, any Available promotions will not be shown as options.

Advanced Promotions: please use the links to access specific articles

Add limitations to promotions:

• Total Covers and/or Covers per promotion
• Areas 
• Dates, days, and times 
• Price
• Duration 
  

Secure the promotion:

• Add a deposit to your promotion

• Make card details required

Advertise the promotion on different channels:

• Use Promotions to restrict to certain channels and create different availability depending on the channel
• Create a promotion-specific booking widget for social media posts / marketing emails