Mapping competitor rooms

Different hotels name their rooms differently. One competitor's Executive Room might be another's Deluxe King, and a third's Premier Twin. Without a way to align these, comparing rates apples-to-apples is impossible.

The Room mapping page is where you tell Rate Radar which competitor room types correspond to which standard category.

The six categories

Rate Radar uses six standard room categories, which can be customised:

  • Single

  • Standard

  • Deluxe

  • Family

  • Suite

  • Luxury suite

Each category has a card on the page showing its status.

Reading category status

Each category card carries a status indicator:

  • Green tick — all properties in your comp set have a room mapped to this category.

  • Yellow tick — some properties are mapped, others aren't.

  • Black cross — no properties are mapped yet.

A yellow or black status means Rate Radar will exclude unmapped properties from comparisons in that category.

Mapping a room

Scrolling down the page, each property has its own section listing the room types Rate Radar has discovered. Badges show the count of rooms already mapped to each category, plus an Unassigned count.

To map an unassigned room:

  1. Find the room in the property's room list — for example, Superior King Room — 1 extra-large double bed.

  2. Open the Select category dropdown for that row.

  3. Choose the category that best matches.

  4. Click Apply.

The room moves from the Unassigned count into the chosen category, and from then on it's included in comparisons for that category.

Renaming or describing categories

Click Edit categories at the top of the page to rename a category or change its description. This is useful if your team uses different language internally — for example, calling the Luxury suite category Penthouse. Renaming doesn't change how mapping works; it only changes how the category appears in the UI.

Turning a category on or off

Each category card has a Signals on / Signals off toggle. Turn signals off for a category you don't sell — for example, if you don't have any Family rooms, you may not care about competitor moves in that category.