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Agency & Multiple Property Setup

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== Owner Management and user Management ==
You can give owners or staff their own access to individual properties or a group of properties by setting up sub accounts.
=== Create sub additional user accounts===
Click on the 'User' icon on the top right and then on 'Account Management (in the old control panel SUB ACCOUNT in the top right). Each sub account has a unique username and password. Sub accounts can be given restricted or full access to other accounts or individual properties. [[:Category:Sub_Account|Click here for more information on sub accounts]].
=== Create and and set up properties===
Log into each sub account and set up properties and rooms following these instructions in the [[Do_the_initial_Setup|Setup Guide]].
 
=== Owner Management ===
Click on the 'User' icon on the top right and then on 'Account Management (in the old control panel SUB ACCOUNT in the top right) and create a sub account with the role "Owner". If required you can further customise the access. [[:Category:Sub_Account|Click here for more information on sub accounts]].
=== Commission===
If you want need to calculate commissions you can set up a [[:Category:Reports#Example:_Commission_report_for_owners|Custom Report]] to do this automatically.
=== Expenses===
If you want to record expenses you can do this by setting up a property "Expenses" with one room in {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS) PROPERTIES / ROOMS. Add each expense as a booking with a negative value. You can then create custom reports which list all expenses.
 
If you need more functionality you can set up an integration with [[VRScheduler]] or another service which offer such functions.
== Set up and install multiple property booking page ==
A Booking page containing all properties is created automatically. It will show your properties with a link to the property booking page where guests can make their booking.
To customise your multiple property booking page go to {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS) BOOKING ENGINE > MULTI BOOKING PAGE > PAGE DESIGN.
If you want to generate the code for an embedded Iframe for multiple properties go to {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS) > BOOKING ENGINE > BOOKING WIDGETS > IFRAME GENERATOR and set "Property" = "All"
If you want to allow guests to search by certain criteria:
*First create the search criteria in {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS) BOOKING ENGINE > MULTI BOOKING PAGE > SEARCH CRITERIA.*Then go to {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS) BOOKING ENGINE > MULTI BOOKING PAGE > PROPERTY SETTINGS and assign the applicable criteria to each property.  
== Generate booking widgets or an embedded booking page==
Once you have set and assigned your search criteria you can
*go to {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS) BOOKING ENGINE > BOOKING WIDGETS to generate a widget. Set "Property" = "All" and design your widget, ensuring that you change "Search Filter" to show the search criteria either "collapesed" or "open" in your booking widget. Generate the code for the widget and paste it into the source code (Set the Wordpress editor to "Text") where you want to display the widget.*go to {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS) BOOKING ENGINE > BOOKING WIDGETS > IFRAME GENERATOR to generate the code for your embedded Iframe. Set "Property" = "All". Generate the code and paste it into the source code where you want to display the booking page.
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