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Owners can login if they go to https://owners.bookingcenter.com. Give them They will need the Owner ID and password entered in the Owner Information section, with the Site ID appended in front of the Owner ID. For example, if your BookingCenter Site ID is 'DEMO' and the 'Owner ID' is 'John', the the Owner ID to login at https://owners.bookingcenter.com will be: DEMOJohn.
*note - the ID and password are case sensitive.
The Owner login should be received from the Property directly, BookingCenter cannot give these credentials to Owner(s) of your unit. See Owner Units.
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Owners can view the bookings made for their Unit with Booking Information and Status. They can also Edit or Cancel a Booking by clicking on the Booking ID to open the Booking Details.
If the Owner has an active Lock system, they can view the Door Entry Instructions for the booking, which is handy for sending to their guests. Simply click the "Door Entry Details" link to view the code, as this example shows:
Room 30 | From Aug-27-2022 | To Aug-30-2022 | Access Code 2965 |
From the ‘Booking Details’ page (booking_details.phtml), an Owner can click a LINK to ‘Edit Booking”. Booking" or "Cancel Booking"
The Edit feature enables:
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If the Owner is enrolled in the Channel Manager product, then the ability to full edit the booking (dates, Unit(s), rates, numbers of guests, names of guests, etc) exists when they are logged into the booking. Additional features of the Owner Channel Manager include SMS messaging to Guests, using Auto Letters to automate daily activities (Self Checkin instructions, Registration, eSign requests, survey/review requests, etc) and run reports on activities such as Arrivals, Departures, Receipts, etc. In addition, any booking that is edited or canceled from an OTA (Expedia, Booking.com, Airbnb, etc) or a GDS Travel Agency is automatically modified and/or canceled, with cancellation information included. If an Owners wishes for great credit control over their bookings, upgrade to the Channel Manager product to get complete editing features (as well as a host of others, as detailed here). If Owners wish to EDIT their bookings beyond what is included in the Owner's Area, they must:
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Commissions
The owner can view any commissions earned from their Unit(s) being booked and in status: COMPLETE. The idea for the Commission is that the Owner has a commission amount is commissionable at an agreed-upon rate (always a %). This is set for each Owner and can be unique to each Owner. The Total Commission is then viewed by the Owner on the non-taxed portion of the RENT (rate total for the booking) and excludes any extra Items that might have been added, such as a bottle of wine or transportation fee. This area allows Owners, if they have a commissionable relationship with the Property Management Company, to see what commissions are payable. If the commission relationship is 0%, then the Total Commission will always be $0.
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The owner can view their contact details on file and their units.
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Owners can generate Reports for Expenses and Payments. These reports can be sorted by date range to create statements.
Expenses are associated to a Unit by the Property manager who has access to the Setup Area of MyPMS.
Payments are records of payments the Property managers made to the Owner. A running balance is kept of each Owner's commissions (revenue) less Expenses (debits), to make a Total owed and then paid.
Owners can make bookings in order to block out availability and deliver detailed booking information to the Property Management System. For the feature to work with the correct Unit(s), it is imperative that the setup of of the 'Owner' use the Agent Allocations Agent Relationships and Agent Allocations feature to allocate the correct Units(s) to the right Owner/Agent ID. Note, doing this requires two dependencies:
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An Owner can be notified when an online booking occurs for a Unit that they are assigned to. To do this, one must:
The Owners Area doesn't allow allows an Owner to cancel a booking. This allows an Owner to cancel a booking, then 'booking. But if ' again with new dates or guest details. Each cancellation allows a manager to place a cancellation number for the cancellation to record the cancellation. If more edit functionality is needed, such as rates, rooms, or additional guest names, have the Owner is enrolled enroll in the Channel Manager product, then the ability to cancel exists, as . The Owner Channel Manager features include SMS to Guests, using Auto Letters to automate daily communications (Self Checkin instructions, Registration, eSign docs, survey/review requests, etc) and run reports on activities such as Arrivals, Departures, Receipts, etc. In addition, any booking that is modified or cancelled canceled from an OTA (Expedia, Booking.com, Airbnb, etc) or a GDS Travel Agency is automatically modified and/or cancelled canceled, with cancellation information included.