Happy New Year (and a few new features)!
December 31, 2012
By
John

Just a quick note to say Happy New Year to all of our great clients! Thank you very much for using our software and supporting our business. We have had a great year in 2012, started working with a lot of new users, and are looking forward to a strong 2013. As always, we continue …

Update to Search Forms
December 28, 2012
By
John

We’ve just added code to our search form so that your guests can now set their arrival and departure dates, and also the number of guests in their party. Your availability will show now based on this extra filter, maximum occupancy. Only available units that meet or exceed the occupancy searched for will be shown …

Steps For Using Alternate Rate Plans
December 28, 2012
By
John

We offer a feature where you can set up completely different rate plans which are triggered by discount codes. This means you can set up a code which will pull rates from a different plan than your normal rates. An example of where this is useful is if you are using ReservationKey to manage a …

Quicker Access to Calendar
December 28, 2012
By
John

Now there is another way to directly select which month to jump to on the internal availability calendar. This is useful when you need to go to a month different from the last viewed month, without having to load the calendar first (such as when you are on the Reservation Details screen and need to …

New Features in Email Templates
December 13, 2012
By
John

We’ve added two new features:1. Link email templates to specific rooms/units.2. Set a default From email address. Most of the additional settings in the templates section have been moved to an expandable Advanced Options section. Linking Email Templates To Specific Rooms/Units With this feature, it is possible to set which templates should appear in the …

Adding ReservationKey’s Online Bookings to Your Website
December 10, 2012
By
John

Sometimes people are a little confused about what it takes to actually start taking online reservations with ReservationKey through their website. It actually is quite easy. There are two main methods – linking to the system, or embedding the application in an iframe on your site. Below I will show you exactly what is meant by this. The first …

Getting The Most Out Of ReservationKey
December 6, 2012
By
John

Users often ask what they can do to more fully utilize the various features of ReservationKey. While this list is nowhere near exhaustive, here are a few things you can do that quickly come to mind: Fully Integrate Payments One of the best things you can do to save you time is to process all …

New Option For Disabling Online Bookings
December 6, 2012
By
John

Maybe this is the time of year that you want to turn off your online booking page and take a break for a few days. Some innkeepers want to be able to take reservations, but only via phone calls so that they can properly instruct potential guests. Or maybe you have a special message you …