Rooms
Hotel rooms
Arrivals, rooms, and the bill that is still open.
The day is arrivals, in-house, and departures. Each stay has a room.
A room is vacant, occupied, or waiting for a clean. Housekeeping and the desk share that state.
A booking holds the room for those nights. Two desks cannot sell it twice.
The bill gathers the room, the extras, and the payments. Checkout reads that bill.
A late checkout or an early arrival is a note on the stay, visible to the next shift.
The night auditor sees which rooms have not closed.
A walk-in takes a vacant ready room. The book updates as the key is given.
A new receptionist can check a guest in from the arrival list.
This is the room desk. The restaurant floor has its own table desk when the meal is a separate service.
The close of the night is rooms sold, rooms vacant, and bills still open.