11 pages

Bookings and the calendar

Making a booking, changing it, holding a room, cancelling

Reading the calendarRooms down the side, dates across the top, and four things worth knowing about the colours. Making a bookingNew booking, or click an empty square on the chart. What each field is for. Where the price comes fromThe rate plan sets the price. Who may change it is a separate question with a deliberate answer. Changing a bookingDates, room, guest and rate can all be amended. Some changes are refused, and some can be overridden. Cancelling, and no-showsBoth need a reason from the list, and both leave the record standing. Holding a room, and the guest pay linkA time-boxed hold with a link the guest can pay on. It releases itself if they do not. Booking the same stay againBook again copies a stay for a returning guest, and tells you what the price would be now. Group bookingsMany rooms under one name, created together and cancellable together. Moving a guest to another roomDrag the bar on the chart, or use Move room. It asks for a reason and refuses for good ones. UpgradesMove a guest up a grade, priced or complimentary, with the reason recorded. Messaging a guestTemplates render the message; a person sends it. Nothing goes out on its own.