Why it is not as simple as one price
Guests compare prices across sites, and a room that is cheaper on one site than on the hotel's own page teaches them to book there. That is the case for parity.
The complication is commission. The same price on every channel does not leave the same money in the bank: a booking through a site that keeps a share is worth less to the hotel than a direct one at the same price. A hotel that wants the same net amount from every channel has to list higher on commissioned sites — which breaks parity.
Which way to go is a business decision, bounded by what your agreements with each site say. The numbers should at least be in front of you when you make it.
Example
Your own rate is ₹3,000. On a site with an illustrative 18% commission:
- At parity (₹3,000 there too) you net ₹3,000 × 82% = ₹2,460 per booking from that site.
- To net ₹3,000 you would list at ₹3,000 ÷ 0.82 = ₹3,658.54 — no longer at parity.
How Nivasik handles it
Nivasik's parity sheet covers the next 30 nights. For each room type it shows the rooms free, your own rate, and — for each channel with a commission — the price to list there so that what lands in your account is what you meant to charge. For sites with no feed, those are the numbers to type into their extranet.