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Dont forget to SAVE.
Dont forget to SAVE.


* If you have more than one room type add another room for each room type and set up
* If you have more than one room type add another room for each room type and set up


*Go to DASCHBOARD -> ROOM GRID. This is a table giving you a complete overview on your bookings, rates and inventory. By ticking the boxes you can select what you want to display.
*If you want to display desciptions and/ or pictures on your booking page go to BOOKING PAGE -> DESCRIPTION and enter the Property Description in each language you have enabled. The Booking instruction can be used to give important information e.g. a minimum booking period.
 
In BOOKING PAGE -> PICTURES you select for which property/room you want to upload a picture.
 
You are done with a basic setup of your booking page. If you want to customise the design of your booking page you can optionally do so under BOOKING PAGE -> DESIGN


Click in the  DAILY PRICE row and set price and date range and click SAVE. You may modify individual dates as required. If you want to make dates unavialable you can click in OVERRIDE DATES. Each date can be set to BLACKOUT in which case it is not available.
 
*Now set your prices. The easiest way to do a basic pricing is: Go to DASCHBOARD -> ROOM GRID. This is a table giving you a complete overview on your bookings, rates and inventory. By ticking the boxes you can select what you want to display.
 
Click in the  DAILY PRICE row and set price and date range and click SAVE. You may modify individual dates as required. If you want to make dates unavialable you can click in OVERRIDE DATES. Each date can be set to BLACKOUT in which case it is not available. Set the rates for each roomtype.  


*To avoid double bookings it is advisable to enter the bookings you already have. In DASCHBOARD -> ROOM GRID you will find a row INVENTORY.  The number shows  rooms remaining to sell is also shown. They can be edited to quickly change your availability. Doubleclick to open a popup and save the changes.
*To avoid double bookings it is advisable to enter the bookings you already have. In DASCHBOARD -> ROOM GRID you will find a row INVENTORY.  The number shows  rooms remaining to sell is also shown. They can be edited to quickly change your availability. Doubleclick to open a popup and save the changes.
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'''Step 2'''
'''Step 2'''
 
Check your booking page. Go to PROPERTIES and click on SHOW.  
Check your booking page.




'''Step 3'''
'''Step 3'''
Booking widgets connect your website to your booking page. Click on BOOKING WIDGETS in the left menu. Choose the widget you want to use. If required you can customise the appearance.


Click on WIDGETS in the left menu. Choose the widget you want to use. If required you can customise the appearance.
Copy your widget to your website. To install the booking widgets on your web site you will need the ability to edit the HTML of your page. This may involve knowing the passwords for your web server and the ability to transfer your files. Your web hosting service should be able to provide information and assist you with this.  
 
Copy your widget to your website. To install the booking widgets on your web site you will need the ability to edit the HTML of your page. This may involve knowing the passwords for your web server and the ability to transfer your files. Your web hosting service should be able to provide information and assist you with this.
 


'''Step 4'''
'''Step 4'''
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Once the setup is completed Properties shows you each property with its rooms and the next booking coming up for each. New online bookings will be added automatically. You can also enter new bookings manually.
Once the setup is completed Properties shows you each property with its rooms and the next booking coming up for each. New online bookings will be added automatically. You can also enter new bookings manually.


Setting up your Beds24.com account is free if you do it yourself. We can do the setup for you for a small one off fee starting from $19. Technical support for you or your webdesigner to integrate the availability calendars and booking widgets into your website is free. Upon request we can do this for you as well. Please [mailto:[email protected] contact] us.
Setting up your Beds24.com account is free if you do it yourself. We can do the setup for you for a small one off fee starting from $19. Technical support for you or your webdesigner to integrate the availability calendars and booking widgets into your website is free. Upon request we can do this for you as well. Please contact clicking on  SUPPORT in the top menu.
 
 
'''Languages'''
 
Beds24.com offers a mulitlingual booking page. To give your guests the option to book in their own language go to ''Account -> Languages'' and tick the languages you want to use. Make sure you enter all information also in the selected language.
 
 
'''Bookings'''
 
If you already have bookings you can add them going to [[Bookings]] in the top menu so these dates are set as unavailable in the Beds24.com system. Alternatively you can go to Calendar and black out the dates in the override dates view under Calendar.  




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