Housing.Cloud’s Meal Plan Management offers flexible tools for structuring student dining options, whether through traditional meal plans, Flex Points for cashless spending, or a blend of both. These features simplify setup, tracking, and integration with other campus systems, giving housing teams full control over plan configurations to suit various student needs.
Meal Plans
Meal plans in Housing.Cloud allow administrators to create, assign, and manage structured dining plans within each housing cycle. Plans are customizable for specific timeframes, billing integrations, and student group restrictions, providing a tailored dining experience that aligns with campus operations and the Student Information System (SIS).
Key features:
- Custom Setup: Set plan names, active dates, and selection windows for each meal plan.
- Billing Integration: Link plans to charge codes for accurate billing through the SIS.
- Applicability Tags: Limit meal plan access to specific student groups as needed.
- Proration: Enable proration for plans selected mid-cycle, with billing adjusted based on the selection date.
Learn more on creating and editing meal plans.
Learn more on configuring meal plans in a housing cycle.
Flex Points Plans
Flex points plans add cashless spending options to student meal plans, allowing purchases at various campus dining and retail locations. This added flexibility supports a more personalized dining experience, giving institutions options to define spending levels and access across campus.
Key features:
- Customizable Point Amounts: Set point values tailored to your institution’s dining policies and needs.
- Billing Integration: Link Flex Points plans to charge codes for streamlined billing and cost management.
- Custom Naming: Flex Points plans can be renamed to align with your institution’s branding or dining terminology, ensuring consistency across campus systems and the Resident Portal.
- Ease of Plan Management: Administrators can easily add, edit, or archive Flex Points plans as needed, allowing for quick adjustments to meet changing dining requirements.
Learn more on creating and editing flex points plans.
Admin Management and Resident Access
Both meal plans and flex points are accessible in the Resident Portal, where students can view available plans, track usage, and identify default meal plan options.
Learn more on selecting meal plans, from a student perspective.
Administrators also have the ability to manage, assign, or adjust plans directly from student profiles, providing flexibility for late assignments or cancellations.
Learn more on manually assigning a meal plan.
Learn more on bulk assigning meal plans.
Learn more on canceling and refunding a meal plan.