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Is it possible, and if so how, to set up a payment rule that automates the charging of a remaining balance due on the morning of a reservation’s arrival/start date?At the time of booking through the booking engine on our website, we collect payment for the first night’s room/tax plus any add-ons included during the booking/confirmation process. For multi-night reservations, the remaining balance is comprised of room/tax for nights 2 and beyond. I have not been able to figure out how to do set up a settlement rule. My first rule collects 100% of the first night plus additional expenses an products. When I attempt to create a second rule, I get an error message advising me “The sum of settlement values from all settlement rules with ‘Charge payment card’ action related to the parent rate group with ID… cannot be more than 100%”. Makes sense, but he only other option is a flat amount. 

I asked the AI support bot how I can post offline charges to room accounts but found no relevant information in the results or guidance offered. Our Square POS terminals in our outlets are not integrated with Mews because this integration hasn’t been released yet (or hadn’t as of late last year). Our Guests want to be able to charge their purchases from our outlets to their room accounts, including bar and restaurant checks. At our outlets, a Guest’s charge can be settled to a comp account in Square to balance the POS system and then the charge is physically passed off to the hotel’s front desk for the charge to be added to the Guest’s account manually. Posting it manually to the account is where I need help.So far, whenever I have had non-standard items that need to be charged to a Guest’s account, as the admin, I’ve had to cr

I have a tricky one for you all & hope someone has a creative solution.Without having to create new space categories - you can quickly end with hundreds,…. how would you go about setting a price (supplement) for a feature.Let’s assume that we have 4 floors, and want to add €10 as a floor number feature for all spaces in a specific category.The Space category is Deluxe room and all the relevant spaces are attached.on the first floor no supplement with the base price being €200 on the second floor there is a floor supplement of €10 + €200 = €210 on the third floor there is a floor supplement of €20 + €200 = €220 on the fourth floor there is a supplement of €30 + € 200 = €230The same thought can be applied to other categories or other attributes like courtyard view, as opposed to park view.The only logical solution I can find would be to create a new space category for each floor & feature, and then

Hallo zusammen, kann jemand Erfahrungen teilen bzgl. der Anbindung an IDeaS G3?Mir wurde von IDeaS mitgeteilt, dass z.B. Block Reservation nicht verarbeitet werden können. Wie geht Ihr damit um? ****************************Hello everyone, Can anyone share their experiences regarding the connection to IDeaS G3?I was informed by IDeaS that block reservations cannot be processed. How do you deal with this? 

Hi there!Currently when a rate is setup as based upon another rate (base rate) it is only possible to setup one fixed adjustment. However, since we offer rates with and without breakfast, occupancy based adjustments need to be different between rates with and without breakfast (for example).Wouldn’t a setup option be nice that allows to not derive all room / occupancy prices from the base rate,  but only derive the base rate by a certain adjustment and setup the occupancy adjustments and room type adjustments.So like:Base rate: xyz-Rate (← the one the new rate is derived from)Options:A: derive only base rate (room type and occupancy adjustments can be set in the derived rate, just as in a normal rate, only base rate itself cannot be set manually) B: derive base rate and room rates (only occupancy based adjustment can be set in the derived rate, base rate and relations of rates for room types is derived from base rate)

hi braintrust,Long time reader first time poster :)Does anyone generate a nationality-based guest revenue and room sales report? If yes, can you please enlist the steps to do so. Thanks in advance for your help.Pras

We a boutique property that is in the process of switching to Mews…  We offer a fully contactless experience to our guests using an SMS guest communication & online check-in system (Akia) along with mobile keys (flexipass). But we are hitting a wall on setting up our system with Mews because we absolutely need contact info for at least one occupant in every room (otherwise we can not issue mobile keys).We had it working quite well on our previous PMS (despite that PMS’s numerous other failings) because by default they only allowed 1 room per booking, therefore always had contact info for every room.Does anyone in the community have any suggestions on how to approach this? NOTE: Our property does not have a traditional reception/front desk with staff available for manual check-in and the front door to our property is secured to allow key access only. So kiosk for check-in on arrival is not possible.

Hi Collegues,I wonder if someone has found a solution for the problem if a guests without a reservation is arriving after midnight. How can he create a reservation for this night on a website that is using the booking machine of MEWS. Right now he can only reserve a room for the next day.The background is that we only have one security guard at night and he should not have access to the booking system. MEWS, the payment terminals and the key card system are already connected. The only thing missing is that the guest can book independently via the homepage.  

 VOTE FOR THIS FEATURE !!!! This feature would prominently display the current date and time of the hotel's location directly on the dashboard.The rationale behind this request stems from the challenges faced by our team in managing operations across multiple time zones. As the Action log and queues are aligned with the hotel's local time, having a quick and easily accessible reference point on the dashboard would significantly enhance efficiency for those of us coordinating from offices around the globe.Implementing this feature would not only improve the workflow for remote teams but also ensure a unified approach to scheduling, planning, and executing tasks in accordance with the hotel property's local time. This would be particularly beneficial for st

Does anyone else experience a variance between the totals that these two reports deliver for the same dates “Managers report vs Reservations report Group by SEGMENT” 

Hi all, We used an availability block for a wedding so guests could book their own rooms for blocked dates and a specific rate.We see that by using the Availability Block - those reservations are now considered to be part of a single GROUP; while in fact they are all separate reservations. How can we make all of those reservations Independant reservations?  Removing them from the group.

We are using the Mews-Booking.com integration from the marketplace.  The Mews support told me, that age-based breakfast prices are supported by their integration. I know how to set up everything in Mews, but I am not sure on how to do in in the Booking.com Extranet.The Booking.com support was unfortunately not very helpful so far.  Is there anyone here who has successfully set up age-based breakfasts between Booking.com and Mews? What is your setup in Booking.com and does it map and display (children) breakfast prices correctly in Mews? 

Hoping someone has a solution to automate the below.All of our reservations that drop in from our channel manager (automatically segmented as OTA) require manual amendments to correct the segment i.e Brand.com, GDS, B.com, EXPDoes anyone have any tips to automate this change?ThanksDarren

Hi - What is the best approach to flag a difficult customer so that if they book a reservation with you in the future you will know and can make the decision to cancel them.. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks,   

Hello to all group enthusiasts! In this video, I am excited to introduce you to the next chapter of Group Management in Mews with Allotments.Allotments is a combination of multiple features that allow for better contract management with travel agencies and corporate groups. I will highlight key elements, such as multiple release rules and pick-up distribution, which provide more flexibility and automation. Watch this video to learn how these features can save time, increase revenue, and improve efficiency in managing group bookings.We have received a large volume of feedback from properties who would like to learn more about this functional. If you would be interested in a session to cover this in more detail. Please do lest us know by responding to this post.  

Hello Mews team,I wanted to see if anyone had a suggestion on how to better classify media stays. For example, we had an influencer stay with us, and all expenses were comped. I created a product to zero out all her charges. Would this be the best way to track these types of reservations and show at the end of the year how much has been spent on marketing?I appreciate your help and collaboration on how to improve this system, for a freshman at Mews University!

hi GuysWe had a very large block over the past 5 weeks with over 3250 room nights and when checking out the final invoice I got a message it contained more than 3000 items and could not be closed. I should now split the invoice in 3 parts to send it according to the message I got, but this is not an option and I need 1 invoicehow can this be solved?

Hey all Is anyone else having issues with their Mews Booking engine after yesterdays release of the “smarter and intuitive availability calendar” ?(https://releases.mews.com/en/a-smarter-and-intuitive-availability-calendar-in-the-mews-booking-engine?utm_source=beamer&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=A-smarter-and-intuitive-availability-calendar-in-the-Mews-Booking-Engine&utm_content=textlink)Basically our availability calendar shows NO availability for any dates.I have tested on several on our vouchers booking engine URLs and getting same “Sorry, these dates are fully booked” all over the place.So for us not s

Hello MEWS Community!  We are currently exploring options for optimizing our group booking procedures, and I'm particularly interested in learning from those with experience in hotels using a 2 or 3 tier inventory system.If you have any recommendations or are associated with a hotel that utilizes such an inventory structure, I would greatly appreciate your insights. Your valuable input can help us enhance our guest experience and streamline our operations.Additionally, I am keen to discuss group booking procedures with hotel representatives who have successfully managed bookings for larger groups. If you or someone you know is knowledgeable in this area, please feel free to reach out to me. I am eager to learn more about best practices and strategies to improve our booking processes.Thank you for your time, and I look forward to connecting with fellow professionals in the industry.

Hello Mewsers I’ve spotted an interresting comment from @Joanna.Svehlova on an other thread NB: This comment is actually marked as the best answer for this topic The idea was to deactivate the automatic change of status (from Inspected to dirty) after 7 days (legionella cleaning) like it is done for the rooms. Indeed some spaces part of some services like parking spots, extra bed (done in the nick of time when needed), meeting room or restaurants are not supposed to be cleaned like a room should per say, right? Is it still possible, like apparently it once was, to contact the support and have it fixed the way it should (the way we want 😉) ? Meaning leave the status for those particular spaces on “Insepcted” permanently of course Thanks in advance to

We are excited for the release of the new Product checklist to Mews! In this video, I will introduce Mews new Product checklist that is revolutionizing the traditional breakfast list. With this digital solution, we can eliminate the hassle of paper lists and provide a more efficient and informative experience for both guests and staff. I will demonstrate the features of the checklist, including real-time occupancy updates, allergy notifications, and easy reservation management. Watch this video to learn how Mews is transforming breakfast and beyond.  

Hi - We are not using the housekeeping functionality - and it is a bit of extra time each day to mark each room as inspected.  Is there a way to turn off the changing status?  So that we are always in the green - unless we mark the room as “out of service” or “house use” ?Thanks !