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Getting started

First steps

  • Rooms → Room types. Add each type with a rate, then its room numbers.

  • No. We configure your taxes with you at setup.

  • Yes. Enter them as bookings and record any deposits as payments.

  • An afternoon. You can take bookings before you finish.

The front desk

Daily work

  • Today → Arriving → Check in. Take any balance at the same time.

  • Open the booking → Extend stay. If a night is taken, we offer rooms that are free.

  • Today → Arriving → Mark as no show. The room is released.

  • Yes. Assign the room on arrival.

Rooms and housekeeping

Keeping the board right

  • Press the room → Needs cleaning. Checkout does this automatically.

  • Press the room → Out of service. Add a reason and a return date. It cannot be booked.

  • It is out of service or held for an arrival. Open it to see which.

Rates and pricing

What a night costs

  • Rates → set prices by day of the week, or add a season.

  • Without. Taxes are added and itemised on the folio.

  • Yes. Override the rate on the booking. The change is recorded.

Payments

Every way guests pay

  • Booking → Take payment → Mobile money. Add the amount and reference.

  • Record each payment on the same booking.

  • A deposit is owed to the guest until they stay, then applied night by night.

  • Online payments settle to the account in Settings → Payouts. No commission.

Books and tax

Where the numbers come from

  • Whether that account went up or down. Hover it to see debit or credit.

  • Revenue counts each night as it is stayed, not when it is paid.

  • Each tax sits in its own account, so every return figure is ready.

Staff and access

Who sees what

  • Owner: everything. Manager: operations, rooms and rates. Receptionist: the desk.

  • Settings → Staff → Invite. They set their own password.

  • Remove them in Settings → Staff. Their records stay.

Guests and messaging

Staying in touch

  • On confirmation and before arrival. Only if they opted in.

  • Yes. Update it on the guest record.

  • Everything still works. Only messaging needs one.

Still stuck?

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