What pricing and payment scenarios can be catered for?
HBook is highly flexible and provides many options to tailor the booking system to your needs. Here is a non-exhaustive list of possible uses.
Booking system
Use HBook to receive inquiries or as a booking request system where a reservation needs to be confirmed
Use HBook with automated confirmation of the reservation
Search form: check-in and check-out fields are mandatory. You can enable/disable the fields “Adults” and “Children”.
Payments
No payments : you can disable the payments and manage this differently (ex: guests pay on arrival, by checks…)
Bank transfer : you can add a message to provide information as bank details, delay for payment, etc…
Payment of a deposit (percentage, number of nights, fixed amount)
Payment of the full amount
Possibility to enable various payment types
Possibility to enable various payment gateways
Possibility to hide prices on front-end
Possibility to set a “Security bond” : security deposit can be displayed for information only, added to the total price, paid online/offline
View all payment gateways available : https://maestrel.com/payment-gateways
Pricing
Accommodation rates can be per person per night
Accommodation rates can be per accommodation (whatever the number of guests is)
Accommodation rates can have a base rate for “x” persons and a fee for additional persons
Prices can be set differently for children or adults
Prices can be seasonal
Prices can be different according to accommodation type
Prices can be different depending on the length of stay
Weekday and weekend nightly rates
Midweek. Weekend and Weekly stays
There are many other possibles set up, so please do not hesitate to send us a pre-sales question : https://maestrel.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/3/group/45