Accounting

Hi Community!I’m wondering what your workflow is for pre-paid bookings from OTA’s, those which are paid via bank transfer after guest departure.Booking.com, for example, is now only sending us pre-paid bookings. And we get paid once a week via bank transfer. No more virtual credit cards. Our current workflow is this:Routing rule will move room charges to Booking.com bill The guest does not get an invoice for their stay After guest departure, once we get paid, we move all bookings for that week in a single bill to Booking.com and close itIf the guest requests an invoice, before they are checked-out:Move the room charges back to the guest bill Create a deposit for the total amount send the positive deposit amount to booking.com bill Close the bill to the guest with the deposit The positive deposit amount will then be closed

I am looking for a way to generate an invoice without VAT. This is only relevant if the customer is a tax exempt organization. Does anyone know how to…? Thx

Dear Mews, I noticed that on the billing screen, an added product is henceforth displayed twice.(although in fact consumed only once)I see this is to do with either “Linking product to reservation” or not.If you do (which is default), the 1 product is listed twice on the billing screen.If you don’t, the 1 product is listed once on the billing screen.1 product being listed twice on the same bill creates confusion - it gives the idea that there were two consumptions (whereas only one was taken).However, as the default setting is to link the product to a reservation, there must be a good reason to work this way? Please let me know what the best way to work is.Most clear way to work, as far as I am concerned, is that 1 added product is listed once on the billing screen (~ siutation 2).Any implications I should be aware of when not linking a product to a reservation?---

Hello Mews Community,I’m looking for advice on how to correctly set up tourist tax for our property in The Hague. Currently, we have tourist tax configured as a product with a product rule attached. However, in The Hague, tourist tax is only applicable for guests aged 13 and above.The challenge we’re facing is that the product rule in Mews doesn’t allow us to add age conditions. Has anyone found a workaround or an alternative method to handle this kind of setup?Any insights or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!Thanks in advance,Ivo

As we establish our group accommodation billing process, we've identified the need to issue pro forma invoices or invoices that specify a deposit amount—such as 33%—to confirm a booking. This functionality is particularly essential for group bookings, where securing reservations often requires a partial payment upfront.Currently, Mews does not provide the option to generate an invoice based on a percentage of the booking total. Instead, the system only allows invoicing for the entire amount, which can complicate transactions and discourage early booking confirmations. Adding a feature to invoice for partial payments would streamline the booking process, make payment terms clearer, and improve cash flow management.For group and corporate bookings, this capability would offer hotels a competitive edge by providing a more professional and flexible invoicing system. I believe developing this feature would be an invaluable enhancement to the platform, supporting both financ

Hi everyone 🖐️, For the moment our invoice look like this  : I’d like to know how I can get a detailled invoice ‘cause sometimes the guests need a detailled invoice and sometimes not. How can I proceed to do that ? Thanks for the answer Antoine Dieudonné.

Ich musste zwei Anzahlungen für eine Anzahlung korrigieren, da sie falsch abgerechnet wurde und habe die Rechnung storniert dabei entstand eine Rückerstattung, die allerdings nicht rückerstattet werden soll und habe das auch storniert. neu gebucht um es richtig zu fakturieren, allerdings habe ich jetzt zu viele Sachen und finde mich nicht mehr zurecht. 

HiI am a Product Manager within the Finance team, I met with a customer yesterday who suggested that they would like to start adding a service charge to all Bills in Mews, similar to the way that a service charge is added to a bill in a restaurant. Their idea was to add the service charge as a % of the total bill value or as a % of the accommodation items to avoid F&B items being charged multiple service charge. They discussed that they would need to inform the customers of the charge in advance of the stay and they would likely do this via the confirmation email. They commented that are a lot of properties are doing this now.The property is unsure how their guests might react to the charge and we were keen to start a conversation about this subject:does anyone have any experience of adding a similar charge and has it been successful? are their other properties interested or considering adding a similar charge? 

Hi, Our account department is asking questions:When the invoice is created in Mews - it is posted to two accounts. Sales and ? Trying to find the account that is used when an invoice is established in Mews.Can you help me ?

So many of our fully paid bills are stuck in “Unpaid items / deposits” bills.It’s causes so many problems with delays on checkout, people not noticing the error and thinking they checked the person out when they didn’t. We have to go back and close so many bills after they have been checked out also.  Does anyone know if there is a simple solution to this, have we got something set up wrong?  Thanks! 

Hey Community!  Is anyone here that managed to have the bills automatically closed? For us this is still a manually taks we dont really need and takes time and effort. As a Hotels have already all the reservations prepaid and also F&B we dont charge on the profiles. Would be super nice if there is a feature that allows us to close the bill at a certain time bedore check-out.  If anyone here knows how to do that I would be super happy about some advice! Cheeeers 🙌🏻Hendrik

Hi, How do you do to send your invoice when you are not allowed to show the OTA commission ? For exemple AGODA / HOTELBEDS: For which we receive a debit card but only for the net amount. (Reservation amount - commission)While I am supposed to send an invoice for the total amount closed.How do you proceed?

How we could filter by amount in accounting balance?

How can I download all PDF invoices at the end of the month?I understand there is the possibility to use an API request. But common, is there no easy way?Every simple invoice tool has this feature…. 

Hallo Zusammen, wir stehen aktuell vor der Herausforderung eine Art “Stammdaten Historie” für das Steuerbüro zu finden.Durch die MwSt- Änderungen im F&B ( 2022 und 2023 7% Food/ ab 2024 wieder 19%) haben wir ja die jeweilige Buchhaltungskategorie in Mews ändern müssen (Datev!) Nun möchten wir für 2022 und 2023 Umsatzberichte ziehen und prüfen, welche Buchhaltungskategorie hinterlegt ist, da stehen aber die aktuellste Konten drin. BSP: in 2023 war Food 7% auf 430022in 2024 ist Food 19% auf 440022Ziehe ich mir einen Buchhaltungsbericht für 2023 stehen die Konten von 2024 drin.Wir haben also für eine eventuelle Betriebsprüfung keinen tatsächlichen Nachweis, dass in 2023 alle Umsätze auch mit den richtigen Steuern auf die korrekten Konten gebucht wurde.Unser STB fordert das jetzt aber an - und nun brauche ich Eure Hilfe bitte. Wie regelt Ihr das? LG von der Ostsee

Hallo alle zusammen! Wir haben in unserem Hotel gerade auf Mews umgestellt. Wir sind sehr zufrieden, aber es gibt noch einige Unklarheiten mit unseren Meldezetteln. Laut der TVB hier in Achenkirch muss die Meldezettelnummer auf dem unterschriebenen Meldezettel angegeben sein, und wir müssen diese Meldezettel 7 Jahre lang aufbewahren. Wie gehen andere Hotels in Österreich damit um? Denn diese Meldezettelnummer aus Feratel wird nicht in Mews übertragen. Die Lösung, die der TVB derzeit vorschlägt, ist, alle Meldezettel aus Mews auszudrucken und die Nummer von Hand darauf zu schreiben, aber wir möchten gerade weg vom Drucken und manuellen Schritten. Hat ein anderer österreichischer Mews-Nutzer damit Erfahrung?Vielen lieben Dank!Liebe Grüße, Judith    4o

Hi, Today our bills and invoices looks like this :Is it possible to get a line for each night with the rate pr. night ? 

Hi Community!I am a Product Manager in the Finance team and I am looking for some feedback on how you use, or would like to use accounting categories for city tax rebates and cancellations.When rebating or cancelling a city tax would you want this to be posted to the same accounting category that the city tax was originally posted to? Or is there a reason why you might want this to be posted to a different accounting category? If so, why?Looking forward to your feedback and thanks in advance!

Hello everyone. The accounting department would like to have access to or view invoices in Mews. Unfortunately, I cannot select this as a permission in the user management. Which permission do I need to select or which role do I need to assign so that the accounting department can view invoices?

Good morning, Since yesterday I have noticed something new (?) when making a reservation. A ‘lightning’ sign appears under the quotation total, mentioning ‘Billing automation applied’.Is this a new feature or something which impacts existing processes?No changes to Mews were made by me prior to this appearing.   

Hi 😊How do we open a new shift without doing this:Click +Transaction received. Choose the Currency of the cash you're putting into the cashier for the shift. Under Value received, enter the amount of money you're putting into the cashier for the starting balance.We already have a starting balance, is that wrong ?  If it is wrong, how do i remove it again ?Thank you 😀