Which term describes the number of rooms available for sale?

• A. Departures (Dep)
• B. Available Rooms (Avl Rms)
• C. Occ Pct.
• D. Day Room (Day Rm)

Answer: (B)

In hotel operations, the number of rooms that can be sold today is the Available Rooms. This term represents the saleable inventory: rooms that are vacant and ready for occupancy, meaning they’re not out of order and are properly prepared (cleaned and available). It reflects what the front desk can actually book at the moment. Departures track rooms that guests have just checked out of, which creates vacancies but doesn’t itself tell you how many are ready to be sold. Occupancy percentage is a ratio of rooms sold to total rooms, giving a performance metric rather than the current saleable inventory. A Day Room refers to daytime-use accommodations and isn’t about how many rooms are available for sale.