A common practice whereby an airline, hotel, or other company accepts more reservations than it has seats or rooms available, on the presumption that a certain percentage of people will not show up. A [..]

Practice by hotels of confirming reservations beyond their capacity in expectation of cancellations, no-shows or in error.

Your tours are overbooked when you have more participants that you can really accept. Over bookings have be used by airlines for decades as it is well known that a small percentage of travellers will [..]

When a carrier books more reservations than available seats.

Common practice within hotels and airlines where they overbook bedrooms/seats on flights to compensate for the number of no-show passengers and non-arrivals.

Practice by hotels of confirming reservations beyond their capacity in expectation of cancellations, no-shows or in error.

A practice adopted by airlines where more seats are confirmed on a flight than available on the aircraft. Based on the assumption that a variable percentage of confirmed passengers “no show” for the flight.

Airlines overbook flights to compensate for passengers who reschedule or opt not to fly (‘no-shows’).

A VBR process used to increases total link capacity by a factor. Overcurrent Protection

The practice of selling more tickets than a plane has seats, betting that not everyone who buys a ticket will show up for the flight.

When a carrier books more reservations than available seats.

the practice of selling more airline seats than are available on a specific flight, to make up for no-shows. Usually backfires on the carrier and at times can create much consumer ill-will. Requires p [..]

Some airlines sell more tickets than there are seats on the plane. If every traveller tries to check in, some will be asked to travel on another flight in exchange for financial compensation.

the practice of selling more hotel rooms, airplane seats, etc., than exist, on the assumption that not all reservations will be picked up. This practice can leave guests without a room at the hotel or a seat on the airline

THE PRACTICE BY THE AIRLINES OF CONFIRMING MORE SEATS ON AN AIRCRAFT THAN ARE ACTUALLY AVAILABLE. OVERBOOKING IS DESIGNED TO PROTECT THE AIRLINES FROM NO-SHOWS

Is a charge processed to a guest account, whereby external services are paid for by the hotel on the guest behalf, and then charged to the guest account. This accounting process is also used to refund, cash balances left on a guest account at time of checkout.

The practice of booking rooms beyond the capacity of the hotel in anticipation that some guests will not show up

When more rooms are booked by guests than the hotel has available for sale.

Practice of confirming more seats or rooms than are available, in order to protect against no-shows.

The practice of confirming more seats or rooms than are actually available. Suppliers state they must overbook to compensate for the high rate of no-show passengers.

The practice of selling more airline seats than are available on a specific flight, to make up for no-shows. Requires passengers to be "bumped", not always voluntarily.

   Practice common in the airline industry where more seats are sold on a flight than are available. Usually done to account for estimated cancellations. Passengers that want to voluntarily postpone t [..]

[noun] Something many college freshman are seldom guilty of.   

Process of selling more seats than are available on an aircraft in order to compensate for No-Show passengers.

Practice by hotels of confirming reservations beyond their capacity (100% occupancy) in expectation of cancellations, no-shows or in error.

The practice of booking rooms beyond the capacity of the hotel in anticipation that some guests will not show up. P Package