The Accommodation maintenance system in SynWeb allows you to create and maintain accommodation bookings in two ways: a normal accommodation booking and a calendar accommodation booking. You can use either or both systems, depending on your requirements.
A normal accommodation booking allows you to:
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Note: The accommodation maintenance features are designed to primarily cater for bookings that stretch multiple days. For example, a conference or student exchange. If you want to book a room for single-day use, such as booking a lecture theatre to show a movie, use the Object Bookings feature. See Managing bookings (on page ).
How to create an accommodation booking
Both booking systems follow a standard process for creating an accommodation booking:
Process | Information entered | See... | ||||
View accommodation availability | Check availability of rooms for the booking. | Accommodation Availability window H_30195 | (on page ) Accommodation Calendar windowanchor H_28864 | H_28864 | (on page ) | |
Create an accommodation booking | Enter basic information about the booking including:
| Creating new bookings (on page ) | ||||
Enter specific guest information | Enter guest names by:
| Creating new bookings (on page ) | ||||
Confirm the accommodation booking | Set the booking status to confirmed. | Confirming accommodation bookings | ||||
Allocate a room to the booking | Associate the booking with a specific accommodation object. | Allocating rooms (on page ) | ||||
Check guests in and out | Set the status of individuals or groups to Checked In or Checked Out. | Checking in guests (on page ) |