Question

Yolanda manages a best sleep inn along an interstate highway. she knows from experience that five to ten last-minute customers will call after 8 p.m. each evening looking for a room and asking the price. yolanda has empowered her staff to offer discounts when the motel is largely vacant, and to quote the standard price when the motel is close to full. she knows her service is __________, meaning that if no one stays in the room, it generates no revenue that evening.

Answer 1

She knows that her service is PERISHABLE, meaning if no one stays in the room, it generates no revenue that evening. 
Perishable services refers to those services whose capacity can not be stored for sale in the future. One characteristic that is common to perishable services is that the system of the services are usually assigned for delivery during a specific period of time.