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We want our guest to be able to use the guest portal to chat/message feature and modify their reservation dates if needed, but not check in or out online is there a way to disable online check in and out?

Hello — we’d like to test payment automation for card pre-authorization. How does this work for hotels that are already using it? My main concern is that pre-authorizations might be attempted on virtual cards or travel-agency cards. Has anyone had success with this? Thanks! 🌼

In the **Match and Merge** function for guest profiles, we often get suggestions to merge profiles based on phone numbers — but in many cases, the phone number in the guest profile actually belongs to the **travel agency**, not the guest.This means the profiles often do **not** belong to the same guest, so we usually choose **“Keep separate.”**Would it be possible to adjust the matching algorithm so that it **ignores certain phone numbers** (specifically those belonging to travel agencies) when matching guest profiles?I’m also curious if other countries are experiencing the same issue — that **bookings from TA's via Amadeus** always lack the guest’s email and use the **travel agency’s phone number** instead of the guest’s.I’d like to check if this problem is local or more widespread. Thanks for shedding light! 🌼(sorry for the typo in the heading *match*. Couldn't correct after uploading) 😅

Hi zusammen,wie wickelt ihr Gruppen in MEWS ab wenn es um Korrespondenzen und den ganzen Schriftverkehr?Wir nutzen MEWS in Kombination mit Event Temple aber beides ist nicht optimal?Habt ihr einen Workaround?Vielen Dank! 

We have multiple integrations with tour operators, including Booking.com. With some of these partners, we settle commissions. Mews currently offers a global commission calculation, but this setup is insufficient for our Finance department.For example, if the commission is 15% and the hotel price (including breakfast but excluding city tax) is €100 on Booking.com, is there a way to record €15 as commission and €85 as accommodation & breakfast?If so, could you please advise how we can configure this in Mews?It’s important that the guest does not see the split between the commission and the accommodation.Thank you in advance for your help.

At my property, we have poolside cabanas we rent and they have been set up as Daily rentals. However, Friday through Sunday, there are two day part rental options, one for 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM and another for 4:30 PM - 9:00 PM (when we have poolside entertainment on the pool deck).I set them up in early 2024 as three different bookable services, one for Monday through Thursday with one day part, 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM, one for Friday through Sunday, 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM, and one for Friday through Sunday, 4:30 PM - 9:00 PM, doing so because I believed at the time it would not be possible to make the three different options bookable through a single bookable service.Now, more than a year later, have I overcomplicated this and is it possible for me to make this a single bookable service? Understanding I can change the rate plan by day of the week, how would it be possible to have two different day parts within one bookable service? On our website,

In the new email template system:Is there a way to filter content blocks depending on the arrival date?It would be great to i.e. show offers for a ski pass only for reservations in the winter season, or ebike offers in the summer season. 

We have some bookings under dedicated rate codes where we need to stay alert and take action when a reservation comes through those channels.Question: Does anyone know if it’s possible to set up a rate code so that a Task is automatically generated when a booking is created?Someone mentioned adding a “phony” bookable item that’s linked to a task — Linked to the ratecode that way, a task would be created for us to act on.Does anyone know if that works and how? Many thanks! 🌼

When guests use these services, for instance by having their card stored in their mobile or watch, the card cannot be reactivated for payment of food or other items. This happens because the technology behind it has created a virtual card number (different from the guest’s real one). I’m wondering if anyone knows a workaround? Thanks!

We would like to include more booking-specific details in the email sent after check-in — specifically the Mews Booking Number. This is important because guests need this number to generate a new key at the kiosk if they lose their original one. However, I can’t find where to access existing fields containing data from the booking? Where is it hidden 😅👍

When charging Secret Escapes Virtual cards in Mews, it's sending the guest a payment successful email, but does not for our other OTA virtual cards?

Hi everyoneWe’re running into a tracking and consent issue that I imagine others might have faced too — and I’d love to hear how you’ve solved it.First I’d like to add that the MEWS Booking Engine have been configured with the GTM-ID, and the GTM has been configured based on the documentation from MEWS. No issue here - everything works and it’s all good. The situation:Our main websites (www.steelhousecopenhagen.com and www.nexthousecopenhagen.com) uses Cookie Information as our CMP, and many visitors accept cookies there.However, when users move to the end of the MEWS Booking Engine flow, they are forwarded to the domain app.mews.com for payment and confirmation. Here they a

Does anyone know if it’s possible to *mirror* the guest registration card digitally — for example, on a tablet — and let the guest fill it out at check-in?We don’t use paper registration cards since we are **Green Key certified**.As far as I know, the guest can only complete the registration card through:a. **Online check-in**b. **Kiosk check-in**However, I’ve heard that the receptionist can also *mirror* the digital registration card during a regular check-in.Can anyone confirm or deny whether this function is available? 

We are new to MEWS. To the users that have experience with MEWS and ID Scanning, which ID scanner do you you recommend for MEWS at front desk running windows PC? For example Logitech webcam, any specific ID scanners, etc. Please suggest some options. Thank you in advance.

Hi Everyone, In our old system the housekeeping report would show linnen change after the guest stayed for 3 nights.how can i see this in Mews?thank you. :) Manpreet

Hello,is there a way to hide the room rate on the reservation confirmation when the guest has made their booking through an OTA that will pay for the room with a VCC? Our issue is with Expedia bookings that are paid with Expedia VCC; and we receive Expedia reservations through iHotelier channel manager.I know that there is a general setting to exclude reservation confirmation sending for bookings through a channel manager, and that the email editor has a condition ‘Unless there is a travel agency’ available, and that by configuring billing automation the room charges can be directed to the OTA. We do want to send the reservation confirmation to the guests booking through an OTA  We would like exclude specific OTA bookings, like Expedia channel-collect bookings, from having the room rate displayed.  I believe - I do NOT know as I haven’t tested this - the billing automation cannot be modified so that the room charges are routed to

Ist es richtig, dass man die auszuwählenden Klassifizierungen (Fluggesellschaft, Militär, wichtig,...) nicht ändern kann? Ist das in nächster Zeit geplant? Das wäre sehr wichtig - sicher nicht nur für uns. Vor allem in Bezug auf unser CRM für die Übertragung der Kundenkategorie… Bitte um Rückmeldung! 

What is going on with the rate management? Until yesterday I could simply select a date, a window would open up, and I could override the price.Now I first have to select the date, then a window opens with the pricing details, then I have to select ‘edit’, then I have to select the date, and only then can I change the price (‘Base price (incl. tax)’*)Is this something temporary? 

Hallo zusammen,wir haben aktuell das Thema mit der MEWS WBE und der SIchtbarkeit auf Google (Google Ads)Als Partner arbeiten wir aktuell mit Rategain zusammen.Dies funktioniert nur so “semi” erfolgreich, wir haben in manchen Hotels die volle Funktion, in manchen werden wir zwar als günstigste Plattform angezeigt wenn man dann aber den entsprechende Link anklickt stimmt der auf google angezeigte Preis nicht mit der WBE überein.Habt ihr hier Erfahrungen?Wir wollen vermeiden auf eine andere WBE wie HNS oder ähnlich umzusteigen.Vielen Dank für eure Erfahrungen.

Hello, I would like to reduce or change the font size used in customer invoices.The product items are written in large, bold letters! This takes up a lot of space on the invoice. Please let me know how to change this...

If I want to block out dates for certain room types, I need to create a restriction for each space category separately which is time consuming plus confusing as at some point you might delete a restriction and as there are so many, mistakes could be madeI have 8 roomtypes, and only want to sell 1 category during certain dates. That means I need to create 7 restrictions. it would be easier if we could select from the list on which categories it applies. At the moment this is not possible, you can only select 1  category (it’s one or all categories)

Wie kann man dieses Youlend Finanzierung aus dem Burger Menu bei den verschiedenen Benutzern und deren Rollen entfernen ? 

We gonna using the new mailing editor pretty soon, and with the merge-tags and conditions there are quite a few very powerful options to customize the mailings.We want to utilize the conditions and therefore my question is:Is there any kind of documentation about the available variables?With the prebuilt conditions i can see that there are different data objects like reservation or enterprise that contain multiple sub informations / properties accessed in the condition like enterprise.logo or reservation.nights. I haven’t found any information about these objects in the help articles so a way to check what variables can be used in there would be awesome.Maybe there is a console statement to log the information of these variables … something like this:console.log( mews.mailingeditor.variables)

Hi everyone,We’re currently exploring the implementation of self check-in at our hotel, but we’ve run into some challenges regarding group bookings.At the moment, when a guest who is part of a group tries to check in via self check-in, they can see all reservations under the same group. In addition, the first person who checks in is prompted to pay for the entire group reservation, which isn’t ideal for us.Since we often work with groups, this setup doesn’t fit well with our operations. We’d love to hear how other hotels handle this scenario: Do you have a specific process or workaround for group check-ins? Have you configured anything in Mews to separate or simplify individual check-ins within a group booking? Any best practices or lessons learned you could share? Thanks in advance for your insights! 

Hallo zusammen, ich habe gestern das Hauptbuchkonto komplett abgeglichen. Nun möchte ich quasi täglich das Hauptbuchkonto checken, aber jeweils neue Einträge. Ich finde hierzu jedoch keinen Weg, so dass ich eigentlich gezwungen bin, alle Einträge neu zu checken, Ein Ticket habe ich bereits beantragt, aber vielleicht gibt es ja auch hier Rückmeldungen zu diesem Problem. Herzlichen Dank, Detlef