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Author: Gavin Stevens

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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Weekends highlighted on the calendar

We’ve now made it easier to view the calendar and add your manual bookings by highlighting the weekends. To turn this feature on select Settings > System Settings > General Options > Scroll down to Calendar > Highlight Weekends – ON.

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Group cancellations

If you’re managing large group bookings in your property you may find the numbers of rooms/beds required can change. And if your property accepts bus bookings you may find yourself regularly cancelling beds on the day to accommodate numbers. To save time managing these bookings we’ve now made it super

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Payment button

You have already noticed some changes to the payment button on your booking screen. This now gives you a lot more information to help you manage booking payments and money owed. The button will be an orange ‘Payment Due’ when the guest is owing money The button is disabled and green when no money is owing

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Cleaning forecast

We’re big on timesaving at Abode and want to help you run your property efficiently; with less time on admin and more time focused on your guests. The new Cleaning Forecast in your AbodeBooking system helps you quickly figure out how many housekeeping staff you need to roster on for the coming

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Six essential steps to attract Chinese tourists

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Changelog

Find a record of all our notable changes made to AbodeBooking.