WebReserv.EU

The new WebReserv Web Services API provides developers with direct access to WebReserv’s booking platform. WebReserv Web Services enables you to build solutions that interact with WebReserv.eu.

The API can be downloaded here:

http://www.webreserv.eu/resources/na/downloads/WebReserv-Web-Services-API.pdf

With WebReserv you can define up to 4 categories of persons and charge a different rate for each type of person.

By default, the person categories in WebReserv are named “Adult”, “Children”, “Extra 1″, “Extra 2″. You can modify the name of the person categories in the administration setup screens. Go to Setup – Business Information – Advanced Options.

On this screen you can modify the default names for each category and also specify whether persons in that category counts towards availability and/or pricing. 

After completing the person category setup, you will need to enable the person categories for each product. Go to product setup (Setup – Products – [product] – Reservation Rules), and locate the setting called Number of persons (per reservation). 

Select if you want to use Number of persons (Yes/No) and specify which categories apply to this product. You can also specify a minimum and/or maximum number of persons allowed on a single reservation.

Click save and continue to save the changes.

After completing the number of persons setup, go to the Setup – Rates to specify the rates for each type of person.

We have added a new optional field – agent code – to the customer fields. The agent code can be used by affiliates and partners to enter an identification that later can be used for commission payments.

Once an agent code has been stored with a reservation, it cannot be changed. For reservations made in the administration system, the agent code will automatically be set to the username of the user creating the reservation.

It is also possible to include the agent code in the URL to the booking calendar. This enables you to give agent-specific booking calendars to your affiliates. To add the agent code to the URL, add the parameter &agent=agentcode to the booking calendar URL (replace agentcode with the actual agent code for each agent).

We have improved the booking calendar for scheduled events, tours and tickets. The new calendar makes it easier for customers to see what day(s) are available.

To get the new booking calendar enabled for your business, go to Setup – Business Information – Advanced Option and set Show calendar for event/tour bookings.

You can now block out time before and/or after hourly reservations. The block time is useful when equipment has to be prepared or cleaned. The block time before and after is specified under Time Rules and each product can have different block time settings.

A new setup option makes it easier to set up reservations that can be hourly or daily.

The setup option will always round rate calculation up to a whole number of days, if the reserved time is 1 day or longer.

Example: If the reserservation starts at 10:00 in the morning on June 7th and ends at 11:00 in the morning on June 8^th, the rate will be rounded up to 2 full days.

If hourly round is set to No, the same rate will be calculated as 1 day plus one hour.

Four new rules have been added to the discount code setup: Minimum length, maximum length, minimum number of persons and maximum number of persons. The new discount code rules makes it easier set up discount codes for bed & breakfasts bookings, vacation rental bookings and other types of businesses

For example, you can create a discount code that is valid for only for visits that are minimum 2 days and has 5 persons or more on the reservation.

To set up discount codes, log on to your WebReserv account and go to Setup – Discount Codes.

A new feature on WebReserv makes it easy to add a percentage service fee to a reservation. The percentage service fee is calculated of the base rate (i.e. the price of the products) but before additional charges and taxes.

To add a percentage fee to a product, go to Setup – Products & Reservation Rules – Select Product – Tax/Deposit. Enter a description for the charge, enter the percentage and select % as the selection.

You can now limit how far in advance a booking can be made. This feature can be useful for certain type of reservations. To set a maximum time in advance that a product can be reserved, go to Setup – Products & Reservation Rules – Select Product – Reservation Rules.