Hi there!
Did anybody knows if the system supports any option of getting notified a reservation is cancelled ( when the reservation is through the mews booking engine) ?
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Notified when there is any cancellation
Best answer by Mick
Hi
As confirmed by Marketa, there is no way within Mews to enable a cancelaltion notification. While it's unfortunate that notifications for reservation cancelations are not currently supported directly within Mews, there's a practical workaround that might serve your needs using Zapier.
Mews have a connector in Zapier that you can utilise, setting the trigger for “New Reservation Event” and by setting the state to “Reservations that are canceled”, you can then automate an email notification to the relevant staff members. This approach ensures that the team is promptly informed about any cancelations. There are many other great use cases that you can achieve with Zapier such as sending custom emails, SMS’s ect..
Hi George,
Interesting point, as this a problematic area for OTA bookings under Non refundable rates with Virtual credit cards - it is hard to constantly monitor what was cancelled and where you have outstanding Canx fees you can collect.
This will be one to check with Mews, but in the Bookable Service settings there is an area called “Responsibility” - you can apply a responsible department to get notifications for all bookings coming from your Booking engine, or channel manager.
I would check with Mews if reservation cancellations are included.
Alternatively, what we do is to monitor the Accounting Ledger constantly - if you have your Cancellation Policies in place, at least this should help you to catch those bookings where the Canx fees have been raised but not paid. (I assume this is the problem you are trying to solve.)
Responsibility
| Field | Description |
| Responsible employee | Select the employee who is responsible for bookable services. Mews informs them when you receive new orders. |
| Responsible department | Select the department that is responsible for bookable services. Mews informs each member of this team when you receive new orders. |
| Notify responsible employee about | Choose if you want Mews to notify the responsible employee or department about orders from the booking engine, Mews Operations, or your channel manager. |
+1- Mews Employee
Hello
thank you for this question!
I spoke to our product team and currently notifications are not implemented.
We would like to hear the arguments why this feature would be useful for you, can you elaborate on that, so we understand the reasons behind this and can discuss this further? 😉
Thank you!
+6Hi
As confirmed by Marketa, there is no way within Mews to enable a cancelaltion notification. While it's unfortunate that notifications for reservation cancelations are not currently supported directly within Mews, there's a practical workaround that might serve your needs using Zapier.
Mews have a connector in Zapier that you can utilise, setting the trigger for “New Reservation Event” and by setting the state to “Reservations that are canceled”, you can then automate an email notification to the relevant staff members. This approach ensures that the team is promptly informed about any cancelations. There are many other great use cases that you can achieve with Zapier such as sending custom emails, SMS’s ect..
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+1At the moment, we receive an email if a reservation is cancelled. It goes to our info@ and our reception copy and paste the confirmation number into Mews Search bar and we double check that it was cancelled. Alternatively, you could always check Reservation Reports by cancellation for the past 24 hours (or since the last time you checked).
We get this cancelled email for all reservations, not just Mews BE reservations
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+1- Mews Employee
Hi
thank you for your answer, I was wondering, are we mostly talking about guest-initiated cancellations or about optional reservations that are automatically cancelled when no payment is received?
Anyway, it'd be great to track the feedback in the uservoice where we actually have similar/same topic. Could you please upvote and also leave comments if you feel like your idea is not captured there yet?
Thank you!
Hello
thank you for this question!
I spoke to our product team and currently notifications are not implemented.
We would like to hear the arguments why this feature would be useful for you, can you elaborate on that, so we understand the reasons behind this and can discuss this further? 😉
Thank you!
Hello!
I believe is very important to have this feature, to allocate the timeline and have a clear picture of what's coming. Especially for a small boutique hotel should have the information for a cancellation in order to be prepared accordingly. For example booking notifies you when a guest cancels, and this allow us to change the timeline and the program of the staff. It could be a very useful feature.
This is a basic need for any PMS or reservations system. Mews, you should be able to send a notification when a cancellation occurs. Very basic.
MEWS Team - please enable this feature. This is a must have to help front desk keep track of lost revenue.
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