Tips and tricks
This page shows links to useful functions
Contents
1 Control panel use and customiszation
Switch to the new control panel
Customise the display of prices in the CALENDAR
Customise which information is displayed on your dashboards
Enhance the display of bookings in the CALENDAR with icons.
Use the diary function to keep notes for specific dates
Create additional logins with specific roles to manage access rights for staff members
Show external content i.e. tasks, calendars, weather, on your Dashboard
2 Bookings
Customise the information you collect from guests
Drag and drop bookings to quickly change a room
Prevent accidental changes to room assignments
Add bookings made over the phone or from walk-ins
Split bookings to create separate bookings
Allow guests to view and cancel bookings
Create invoices for corporate guests or agents
Use info codes to record information in a booking
Lock invoices after you have assigned an invoice number
Report invalid cards or no-shows directly from the booking in Beds24 to Booking.com.
Customise the top section of your bookings with custom information
Add a Custom tab to your bookings with custom information/template variables
3 Prices & Restrictions
Automatically adjust prices based on predefined rules
Use voucher codes to incentivice re-bookings
Policy override for Booking.com Rate plans
Adjust calendar prices with a multiplier for booking channels
Adjust calendar prices with a multiplier for your booking page
4 Availability
5 Communication with guests
6 Payments
Automatically send payment requests to guests
Allow guests to pay with bitcoin
Auto charge guest credit cards and virtual cards from OTAs
Refund customer payments in Stripe
7 Automation
Automatically send Emails to guests
Automatically send payment requests to guests
Connect your favourite apps via Integromat/MAKE
8 Optimize revenue
Offer multiple price/booking options
Automatically adjust prices based on predefined rules
Sell rooms at different constellations
Get more bookings by showing more availability
Access Booking.com tailored Opportunities directly in Beds24
9 Reports
Create custom charts and graphs for your dashboard
Use template variables in custom reports to calculate data
Generate custom reports for meals, transfers and other special requests from Guests
10 Direct bookings
Make your booking page blend seamlessly into your web site
Show your features on your booking page
Allow guests to make multiple or single room bookings
Show a Google map on your booking page
Use the widget designer to create custom booking widgets for your web site
11 Listing optimization
Send check-in information several days before check-in
About a week before check-in guests start thinking about their arrival. Send them a message informing how the check-in works and if they will need additional information when they will receive them.
Show 20+ pictures for each listing
Appear in more searches with picture tags
Update features and amenites to appear in filtered searches
Offer a refundable price option to significantly increas bookings
Review your guests to trigger them to give you a good review
