Best Practice for Comping a Guest’s Stay — Fiscal and Operational Questions
Ciao tutti, I’m looking for some clarity on the best way to handle a case where we decide to comp a guest’s stay due to a complaint — both from an operational and fiscal point of view in Mews. Here’s the situation and what I’ve considered so far: Scenario: The guest has paid a deposit (1 night), and we want to offer the rest of the stay for free. At first, I thought I could simply go into the Pricing tab and set the remaining nights to €0, leaving the paid night untouched. Then I considered a possibly better approach: move the paid night(s) and deposit to a separate bill, and set the rest of the stay to €0 — this way we isolate the paid and comped items. This would also help if we want to refund the paid part — since it’s separated, we can issue a credit note or refund as needed. I also moved city tax to a separate bill, since it must be paid regardless (either by the guest or by the hotel) — later we would settle it in cash, paid by the hotel. Now here are my doubts: If we don’t refu
