Advanced Split Inventory use case: Managing linked dorm and private room inventory

This advanced configuration allows you to sell a single physical dorm room in multiple ways—as individual beds (e.g., male, female, or mixed dorms) or as a private room—while ensuring that a booking for one option automatically blocks all others. This is critical for preventing overbooking and maintaining the integrity of gender-specific dorms.

The key is to create separate virtual representations of your inventory that are all tied to the same physical room.

How to Configure Linked Dorm and Private Rooms

Create One Physical Shared Dorm Room Type and One Virtual Shared Dorm Room Type:

First, create your bed configurations. In this scenario, we have a physical 6-bed dorm room that we want to sell in three different ways: as a mixed dorm and as a female-only dorm or as a private room.

• Create a "Bed in 6-Bed Mixed Dorm Ensuite" accommodation type with 6 physical beds: 408-A, 408-B, 408-C, 408-D, 408-E, and 408-F.
• Create a "Bed in 6-Bed Female Dorm Ensuite" accommodation type with 6 virtual beds: 408-A, 408-B, 408-C, 408-D, 408-E, and 408-F.
  

Create a Virtual Private Room:

Next, create a virtual private room accommodation.

• Create a “6 Bed Private Room Ensuite” accommodation type with 1 virtual room 408.

Create Two Separate Split Inventory Configurations Linking the Three Accommodation Types:

By setting up your inventory and split inventory configurations this way you can expect the following behavior:

• Booking a single bed in the "Bed in 6-Bed Mixed Dorm Ensuite" will mark all of the beds as unavailable in the "Bed in 6-Bed Female Dorm Ensuite" as well as the “6 Bed Private Room Ensuite”.
• Booking a single bed in the "Bed in 6-Bed Female Dorm Ensuite" will mark all of the beds as unavailable in the"Bed in 6-Bed Mixed Dorm Ensuite" as well as in the “6 Bed Private Room Ensuite”.
• Booking the "6-Bed Private Room Ensuite" will mark all of the individual physical and virtual bed options unavailable in both the "Bed in 6-Bed Female Dorm Ensuite" and the "Bed in 6-Bed Mixed Dorm Ensuite".

This method allows you to manage all booking scenarios for a single physical unit without risking overbooking