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Author: Gavin Stevens

Income Forecast Report

We made our Income Forecast Report generally available to all our Abode users. As more direct bookings are paid in advance, our Income Forecast Report is becoming increasingly important to ensure properties can manage their cashflow more accurately. This simple report shows the booked, prepaid and expected daily and total

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Abode Updates – October 2021

We made improvements to some features and added new ones to our system that will make managing your accommodation easier.   Banned Customers (Blacklist) This feature allows properties to create a list of ‘blacklisted’ customers based on an email address. On the booking page, any booking with a banned email

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Webinar – The Pivot Paradox

Adapting your accommodation business to the new normal   Join our webinar on Tuesday, 5th October at 12pm in collaboration with RevenueGen where we answer your questions about the “new normal” for accommodation providers. How am I going to pivot my business? Do I actually need to adapt? What do I need

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Abode Booking Engine

We added a new iFrame option that shows available days for a single room type with drop-down selection to switch between room types. Option for properties with only one or two spaces. Fully responsive, so can be viewed on mobile devices. Supports parameters e.g. &nights etc. To view this new

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Event Bar Update

The event bar has been updated, so it can show over-lapping events in multiple rows. It is also possible to change the colour on individual events. Events can be viewed and updated by clicking on the event bar or using Settings > System > Events. A new event can be

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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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