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Voluntary overbooking
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 8:05 pm
by sas.mgbh
Hello,
I have a booking of a person who will not come. I would like to be able to rent the room again over the same period, but I can't change the inventory from zero to one in the calendar.
How do I open the room while keeping the booking of the original person in the calendar so that it will appear in the reports?
Thank you
Re: Voluntary overbooking
Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2020 12:51 pm
by annettemorgenroth
This is a direct booking right? You need to change the status of the booking to "Cancelled". This will open the dates.
If the booking is from a channel you or the guest will need to cancel at the channel and the channel will then send the cancellation to Beds24.
Re: Voluntary overbooking
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:32 pm
by sas.mgbh
Hello,
no, this is a channel booking (Booking.com).
I do not want to cancel it : if I do, it will disapear from the calendar and the reports.
I just want the possibility to have an inventory of 2 for this unit for these dates, so I can rent it twice.
What is the best solution for this?
Re: Voluntary overbooking
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2020 6:52 am
by annettemorgenroth
If the booking is active the room will remain blocked. You can not sell more rooms than your total number of rooms minus the bookings you have.
Re: Voluntary overbooking
Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2020 11:28 pm
by sas.mgbh
Hello,
is there a mechanism that would allow me to mark the booking as "cancelled" but having the revenues taken into account in the "reports" (but of course without taking into account the really cancelled other bookings) ?
If not, could you make add a mechanism?
Thank you
Re: Voluntary overbooking
Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2020 8:20 am
by lesleywoermeijer
When you have a channel booking that is cancelled, usually they update the charges & payments = 0.
Therefore if you have a booking that you mark as 'Cancelled' then the charges should remain in the booking, these will be taken into account if you have your reports set Include Cancelled bookings = Yes.
We have recently implemented a Sub Status in the bookings (next to status), this can be used for reporting (Custom reports) and auto actions.
Re: Voluntary overbooking
Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2020 9:58 am
by annettemorgenroth
You can set this in the reports:
In REPORTS > STANDARD REPORTS there is a setting "Include Cancelled Bookings"
In the REPORTS > CUSTOM REPORTS you can set "Status" = All
Re: Voluntary overbooking
Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2020 7:14 am
by sas.mgbh
Thank you, but if I have some cancelled bookings that have been really cancelled, they will also appear.
Re: Voluntary overbooking
Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2020 10:47 am
by annettemorgenroth
It is technically not possilbe to include some cancelled booking in reports and others not. You will need to manage this manually.