While both are part of our Commission model, Net Stay and Gross Bookings campaigns see many differences across various Portal areas, such as Dashboard, Reporting and Billing. Please see below a table highlighting the features belonging to each type.
| Net Stay | Gross Booking |
| General | |
| Net Stay reporting presents a mix of booking date and check out date (stay) reports | Gross Bookings reporting focuses on the date the booking was made |
| Net Stay customers are provided with individual booking details or confirmation numbers in order to complete reconciliation of each individual booking | Gross Bookings customers don’t need to reconcile each individual booking and are not provided with individual booking details or confirmation numbers |
| Net Stay reporting includes reconciliation rates | Gross Bookings reporting cannot display reconciliation rates |
| Dashboard | |
| Shows both campaign-driven Bookings and campaign-driven stays tiles | Shows only campaign-driven Bookings tile |
| No difference in Campaign-Driven Bookings by Channel and Month of Campaign-Driven Stays (both reports by booked date) | No difference in Campaign-Driven Bookings by Channel and Month of Campaign-Driven Stays (both reports by booked date) |
| Reporting | |
| There are 2 summary modules - one by booked date, and one by stay date | There is only one summary module, by booked date. |
| Commission summary is available in the stay module | Commission summary is available by booked date |
Metrics available in the summary and channels tabs: Gross vs Net bookings comparison Reconciliation rates Stay metrics (LOS, RN) | Metrics available in the summary and channels tabs: Booking and revenue metrics Average Booking Metrics (ADR, ABV) |
| Metrics available in the summary and channels tabs are based on check out date | Metrics available in the summary and channels tabs are based on booking date |
| Future Stays tab is available for revenue projection | Future Stays tab is not available |
| Bookings Report | |
| Bookings report is generated on the 1st day of the month of stay (ie. August bookings report is generated on the 1st August) | Bookings report is generated on the 4th day of the month after the booking month (ie. August bookings report is generated on the 4th September) |
| Bookings Report status can be “Reconciled” or “Reconciliation Due” | Bookings Report status is “Available” |
| In the bookings report, all bookings have check out date within the billing month | In the bookings report, all bookings have booking date within the billing month |
| Summary bar shows pre- and post-reconciliation data for bookings, revenue and commission, and reconciliation completion % | Summary bar shows gross (billable) bookings, revenue and commission |
| Bookings are displayed individually | Bookings are grouped per day and channel |
| Confirmation number and booking details are available | Confirmation number and booking details are not available |