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<div class="heading">Tips & Tricks</div>
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This page shows links to useful functions
  
''This page shows a links to useful functions''
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=Control panel use and customiszation=
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[[Preferences|Switch to the new control panel]]
  
==Control panel use and customiszation==
 
 
[[:Category:Introduction#Use_on_Mobile_Devices|Use Beds24 on your mobile]]
 
[[:Category:Introduction#Use_on_Mobile_Devices|Use Beds24 on your mobile]]
  
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[[:Category:Sub_Account|Create additional logins with specific roles to manage access rights for staff members]]
 
[[:Category:Sub_Account|Create additional logins with specific roles to manage access rights for staff members]]
  
==Bookings==
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[[:Category:Dashboard#External_contentt|Show external content i.e. tasks, calendars, weather, on your Dashboard]]
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=Bookings=
 
[[Booking_Questions|Customise the information you collect from guests]]
 
[[Booking_Questions|Customise the information you collect from guests]]
  
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[[:Booking.com_XML#Manage_Bookings|Report invalid cards or no-shows directly from the booking in Beds24 to Booking.com.]]
 
[[:Booking.com_XML#Manage_Bookings|Report invalid cards or no-shows directly from the booking in Beds24 to Booking.com.]]
  
==Prices==
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[[Waitlist|Create a Waitlist]]
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[[:Category:Bookings#Bedding|Manage Bedding]]
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=Prices=
 
[[Yield_Optimiser|Automatically adjust prices based on predefined rules]]
 
[[Yield_Optimiser|Automatically adjust prices based on predefined rules]]
  
 
[[Voucher_Codes|Use voucher codes to incentivice re-bookings ]]
 
[[Voucher_Codes|Use voucher codes to incentivice re-bookings ]]
  
==Availability==
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=Availability=
 
[[Close_Rooms|Close rooms to make them unavailable]]
 
[[Close_Rooms|Close rooms to make them unavailable]]
  
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[[Channel_Inventory|Adjust inventory sent to channels]]
 
[[Channel_Inventory|Adjust inventory sent to channels]]
  
==Communication with guests==
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=Communication with guests=
 
[[Auto_Actions|Automatically send Emails to guests]]
 
[[Auto_Actions|Automatically send Emails to guests]]
  
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[[Mailchimp.com|Connect to Mailchimp]]
 
[[Mailchimp.com|Connect to Mailchimp]]
  
==Payments==
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[[Guest_Guide|Create and automatically send a Guest Guide]]
[[:Category:Payment_Collection|Automatically send payment requests to guests]]
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=Payments=
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[[Auto_Actions#Send_a_Request_for_payment_to_your_guests_for_all_bookings|Automatically send payment requests to guests]]
  
 
[[Bitpay|Allow guests to pay with bitcoin]]
 
[[Bitpay|Allow guests to pay with bitcoin]]
  
==Automate processes==
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=Automation=
[[Auto_Actions|Automatically send Emails to guests]]
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[[Auto_Actions#Send Emails/Message/SMS to guests|Automatically send Emails to guests]]
  
[[:Category:Payment_Collection|Automatically send payment requests to guests]]
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[[Auto_Actions#Send_a_Request_for_payment_to_your_guests_for_all_bookings|Automatically send payment requests to guests]]
  
 
[[:Category:Invoice|Send invoices via Email]]
 
[[:Category:Invoice|Send invoices via Email]]
 
[[Auto_Actions#Automatically_assign_invoice_numbers|Automatically assign invoice numbers]]
 
  
 
[[Integromat.com|Connect your favourite apps via Integromat]]
 
[[Integromat.com|Connect your favourite apps via Integromat]]
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[[Auto_Top_up_rooms|Auto top up rooms]]
 
[[Auto_Top_up_rooms|Auto top up rooms]]
  
==Optimize revenue==
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=Optimize revenue=
 
[[Sell_Remaining_Single_Nights|Fill gaps in the calendar]]
 
[[Sell_Remaining_Single_Nights|Fill gaps in the calendar]]
  
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[[Auto_Top_up_rooms|Auto top up rooms]]
 
[[Auto_Top_up_rooms|Auto top up rooms]]
  
[[:Category:Prices_and_Availabilityt|Get more bookings by showing more availability]]
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[[Main_Page#Availability|Get more bookings by showing more availability]]
  
==Reports==
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[[:category:Calendar#Intelligence|Access Booking.com tailored Opportunities directly in Beds24]]
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=Reports=
 
[[:category:Reports#Graphs_and_Charts|Create custom charts and graphs for your dashboard]]
 
[[:category:Reports#Graphs_and_Charts|Create custom charts and graphs for your dashboard]]
  
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[[:Category:Reports|Generate custom reports for meals, transfers and other special requests from Guests]]
 
[[:Category:Reports|Generate custom reports for meals, transfers and other special requests from Guests]]
  
==Direct bookings==
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=Direct bookings=
[[Responsive_Bookingpage|Make your booking page blend seamlessly into your web site]]
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[[Responsive_Booking_Page|Make your booking page blend seamlessly into your web site]]
  
 
[[Responsive_Booking_Page|Show your features on your booking page]]
 
[[Responsive_Booking_Page|Show your features on your booking page]]
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[[:Category:Widgets|Use the widget designer to create custom booking widgets for your web site]]
 
[[:Category:Widgets|Use the widget designer to create custom booking widgets for your web site]]
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[[Responsive_Booking_Page|Add a chat to your booking page]]
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[[Mobile_Prices|Add a mobile rate]]

Revision as of 10:17, 30 September 2022

Tips & Tricks
This page shows links to useful functions

1 Control panel use and customiszation

Switch to the new control panel

Use Beds24 on your mobile

Customise the display of rates and daily 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

Manage group bookings

Split bookings to create separate bookings

Allow guests to view and cancel bookings

Create invoices for corporate guests or agents

Track the origin of bookings

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.

Create a Waitlist

Manage Bedding

3 Prices

Automatically adjust prices based on predefined rules

Use voucher codes to incentivice re-bookings

4 Availability

Close rooms to make them unavailable

Auto top up rooms

Limit check-in, check-out or both

Adjust inventory sent to channels

5 Communication with guests

Automatically send Emails to guests

Send a proposal or quote

Use Template Variables and Smart Template Variables to automatically add information from the booking and to communicate with guests.

Connect to Mailchimp

Create and automatically send a Guest Guide

6 Payments

Automatically send payment requests to guests

Allow guests to pay with bitcoin

7 Automation

Automatically send Emails to guests

Automatically send payment requests to guests

Send invoices via Email

Connect your favourite apps via Integromat

Automatically adjust prices based on predefined rules

Use Template Variables and Smart Template Variables to automatically add information from the booking and to communicate with guests.

Auto top up rooms

8 Optimize revenue

Fill gaps in the calendar

Sell extras

Use voucher codes

Offer multiple price/booking options

Offer gift certificates

Automatically adjust prices based on predefined rules

Sell rooms at different constellations

Auto top up rooms

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

Show a Google map on your booking page

Use the widget designer to create custom booking widgets for your web site

Add a chat to your booking page

Add a mobile rate