Abode Booking Blog | Hospitality Insights, Industry News & Resources

Year: 2021

Banned Customers (blacklist)

Feature to allow properties to create a list of ‘blacklisted’ customers based on email address. To add a customer, go to Settings > System > Banned Customers. On Bookings page, any booking with a banned email address will be highlighted in red. On the Booking itself, the header title will

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Xero Tracking Codes

It is now possible to add a Tracking Code to the revenue mapping in the Xero integration. An example of using this is where a business has multiple locations and wants to track the revenue to a specific location.

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Abode + SmartPay

We’re happy to announce that AbodeBooking now integrates with SmartPay. SmartPay provides EFTPOS hardware terminals that can be used with multiple payment providers in New Zealand and Australia. The Abode/SmartPay integration allows payment amounts to be sent to the terminal and accepted with a card as normal – no more

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When the property email address is blacklisted

Occasionally, the Abode mail service will blacklist the property email address. This happens when the properties email server rejects an email from Abode. After this, no other emails will be sent to this email address. Abode will now detect this issue on log-in and provide a warning alert at the

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Price Plan added to Calendar Roll-Over

We have added the Price Plan to the calendar booking roll-over details. This makes it easier to see if a booking is on a price plan that is different from the Room Type, e.g. in Double but paying for Double with Breakfast.

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Add last minute deals to your Abode booking engine

In the shoulder seasons, it’s your local market that will fill up those last-minute spaces in your booking calendar. Looking for a deal on a weekend, or even mid-week getaway, it’s the guests a short drive away that you want to target. Think about where best to advertise your promotion,

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Accommodation Data Programme

We encourage all our New Zealand customers to take part in the Accommodation Data Programme (ADP), New Zealand’s only official statistics for the accommodation sector. The ADP is managed by Fresh Info Ltd on behalf of the government and is endorsed by all major industry associations. Participating is easy, free,

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Abode + Xero

Abode is now a partner of Xero – the popular accounting software made in New Zealand and used by millions of people and businesses worldwide!   Hello Everyone! Over the last few months the Abode team has been working hard on partnering up with Xero. A small number of Abode

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