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automated creation of tasks based on length stay

  • July 7, 2026
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EmmanuelleHSG

Hello everyone, I was wondering if there's a way to automatically create certain tasks based on the length of stay? For example, a welcome basket should be brought to the room for any stay longer than 3 nights, or a reminder to change the sheets on the fifth day if the stay exceeds 5 nights. Creating each task individually is tedious and prone to errors. Thank you!

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Johannes Rott
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  • July 7, 2026

@EmmanuelleHSG have you sent up for the MEWS Automations BETA,… it should be able to fullfill the requests mentioned abouve.


Dear Johannes,

 

Could you please sign me up to the MEWS automations BETA as well? This is also a feature that would be great for our hotels.

 

Thanks in advance!

 

Kind regards,​​​

 

Daniël Grit

Reception & Revenue Flonk Hotels


Johannes Rott
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  • July 20, 2026

@Daniël Grit i am not an MEWS employee but ​@carlos.collado is the right person to get in touch with. 


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  • July 21, 2026

@EmmanuelleHSG have you sent up for the MEWS Automations BETA,… it should be able to fullfill the requests mentioned abouve.

Johannes, have you set up an automation that adds a task? 

So far I haven’t been successfull setting it up so it works. It’s always ConnectorApi - Task creation failed with status code 401 and so far I could not fix it. 


josue.orellana
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  • July 29, 2026

Hello ​@EmmanuelleHSG

I’m Josue - one of the Community Ambassadors - and I’m happy to help clarify your question regarding automated tasks. 

As suggested by ​@Johannes Rott, the closest fit for this request would be via Mews Automations.
Mews Automations can create operational tasks and use reservation criteria such as stay length to decide which bookings should be included. So for use cases like a welcome basket for longer stays, or other rule-based operational tasks, this is the direction I would look at.

For example, you could set up an automation that:

  • identifies reservations that match a length-of-stay rule
  • creates a task for the relevant department
  • runs on a schedule or from a reservation event, depending on the use case

If your property does not yet have access to Mews Automations, I would not expect a simple standard task setting in Mews Operations alone to cover this natively, so it would be worth checking with your Mews Customer Success Manager whether Automations is available for your property.

@Sonja For issues with the integration, it may require for us to investigate it further so I recommend opening a ticket with us at Support so we can take a closer look. 

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to let me know! 😎

~ Best regards, 


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  • July 31, 2026

Hello ​@EmmanuelleHSG

I’m Josue - one of the Community Ambassadors - and I’m happy to help clarify your question regarding automated tasks. 

As suggested by ​@Johannes Rott, the closest fit for this request would be via Mews Automations.
Mews Automations can create operational tasks and use reservation criteria such as stay length to decide which bookings should be included. So for use cases like a welcome basket for longer stays, or other rule-based operational tasks, this is the direction I would look at.

For example, you could set up an automation that:

  • identifies reservations that match a length-of-stay rule
  • creates a task for the relevant department
  • runs on a schedule or from a reservation event, depending on the use case

If your property does not yet have access to Mews Automations, I would not expect a simple standard task setting in Mews Operations alone to cover this natively, so it would be worth checking with your Mews Customer Success Manager whether Automations is available for your property.

@Sonja For issues with the integration, it may require for us to investigate it further so I recommend opening a ticket with us at Support so we can take a closer look. 

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to let me know! 😎

~ Best regards, 

Thank you Josue, I had reported it to Carlos and it has been fixed in the meantime :) 


Johannes Rott
Community Luminary
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  • Community Luminary
  • August 3, 2026

@EmmanuelleHSG have you sent up for the MEWS Automations BETA,… it should be able to fullfill the requests mentioned abouve.

Johannes, have you set up an automation that adds a task? 

So far I haven’t been successfull setting it up so it works. It’s always ConnectorApi - Task creation failed with status code 401 and so far I could not fix it. 

HI ​@Sonja sorry für die späte Antwort, ich war im Urlaub :-)

nein wir haben noch nichts aufgesetzt, da wir dafür aktuell noch flexkeeping nutzen, werden dies aber zeitnah angehen als Projekt...