Abode now integrates with Lightspeed Restaurant (O-Series), a POS used by over 10,000 venues across Australia and New Zealand Lightspeed is a cloud based POS system specialising in hospitality, loved by over 10,000 venues across Australia and New Zealand. It caters...
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How to prepare your accommodation for the new ‘protection framework’
The COVID-19 pandemic is still affecting the hospitality industry, and will arguably continue to do so in 2022. The industry has been forced to adapt to world-wide travel restrictions, with the biggest impact not only being on the travellers and tourists, but also on...
Bulk emailing within Abode
It is now possible to send an email to multiple bookings selected via the Guest Information report. This feature is very helpful for a wide range of scenarios where properties need to send announcements to multiple bookings at once; e.g. to keep guests informed about...
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...
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...
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...
New Option for Email Templates – Room Number and Door Code
We added a new option for you to use in your email templates: [Rooms] With the email tag [Rooms] you can let your guests know their room number and access code in a confirmation, arrival or reminder email. The tag will simply list the room number and door code (where...
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...
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...
Stop same-day after-hours bookings
It's the end of a long day, your guests are checked in and it's time for you to shut up reception and wind down. Only you later find an angry guest banging on the door wanting to check in - you've realised they have booked after hours that same night and are expecting...
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Abode + Lightspeed Restaurant (O-Series)
Abode now integrates with Lightspeed Restaurant (O-Series), a POS used by over 10,000 venues across Australia and New Zealand Lightspeed is a cloud based POS system specialising in hospitality, loved by over 10,000 venues across Australia and New Zealand. It caters...
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Abode + Lightspeed Restaurant (O-Series)
Abode now integrates with Lightspeed Restaurant (O-Series), a POS used by over 10,000 venues across Australia and New Zealand Lightspeed is a cloud based POS system specialising in hospitality, loved by over 10,000 venues across Australia and New Zealand. It caters...
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Abode + Lightspeed Restaurant (O-Series)
Abode now integrates with Lightspeed Restaurant (O-Series), a POS used by over 10,000 venues across Australia and New Zealand Lightspeed is a cloud based POS system specialising in hospitality, loved by over 10,000 venues across Australia and New Zealand. It caters...
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Changelog
Find a record of all our notable changes made to AbodeBooking.
Stripe Terminal
Many properties are already using Stripe for their card-not-present payments...
Virtual Room Setup
We added a couple of small updates to the virtual room setup to make this...
Unallocated Bookings
We have updated how unallocated bookings are displayed on the calendar to try...