BooksterGuest Messaging Bookster allows Property Managers to send and receive messages to Guests when bookings are created on Airbnb, Booking.com or Vrbo. These guest messages now show up, all in a single page on the Bookster main Dashboard. To make the Dashboard even better we spent some time speeding up the loading of Dashboard items As part of this change we have improved the look and feel of the Dashboard and added icons to quickly see what kind of item is on your Dashboard timeline As part of our ongoing messaging improvements, we: dealt with a race conditions between loading a thread and saving it. fixed a problem that would create new history events when saving participants and messages. ensured that we tidy up any images when we fail to save a message ensured that we do not create duplicate thread participants / messages Owner Statements Bookster can generate monthly invoices for you to issue to your property owners. Owners can also be given the ability to log into Bookster to view invoices/statements. This month in relation to Owner Statements we: allowed the Extra Persons charges to be marked as agent billed (meaning it added the month to the Owner email Subject to make it easier for Owners to view and file fixed a bug that would allow invalid values to be set for cancellation cost now highlight the danger involved when refunding the guest via Cancellation Details. Minor Updates and Bug Fixes Property Photos (on mobile) Add support for reordering photos when viewing on a smaller touch screen. Airbnb ⇄ Bookster Fix parsing roles from Airbnb messages since API update. Read messages with newer version of the Airbnb API. Sync the explicit room numbers Refresh any participant metadata. Booking.com ⇄ Bookster Various improvements and bugfixes Vrbo ⇄ Bookster Prevent browser from rendering 'invalid number' warnings. Taking Payments Add validation for other elements of card details. Rentals United Minor fix to fee encoding.

December 2024

Written by Robin Morris

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This update streamlines guest messaging in the Dashboard with performance boosts.

Owner statements gain clarity with agent-billed options and improved email subjects. Plus, various bug fixes enhance platform stability across integrations and payment processing.

Guest Messaging

Bookster allows Property Managers to send and receive messages to Guests when bookings are created on Airbnb, Booking.com or Vrbo.

These guest messages now show up, all in a single page on the Bookster main Dashboard.

  • To make the Dashboard even better we spent some time speeding up the loading of Dashboard items
  • As part of this change we have improved the look and feel of the Dashboard and added icons to quickly see what kind of item is on your Dashboard timeline

As part of our ongoing messaging improvements, we:

  • dealt with a race conditions between loading a thread and saving it.
  • fixed a problem that would create new history events when saving participants and messages.
  • ensured that we tidy up any images when we fail to save a message
  • ensured that we do not create duplicate thread participants / messages

Owner Statements

Bookster can generate monthly invoices for you to issue to your property owners.  Owners can also be given the ability to log into Bookster to view invoices/statements.

This month in relation to Owner Statements we:

  • allowed the Extra Persons charges to be marked as agent billed (meaning it
  • added the month to the Owner email Subject to make it easier for Owners to view and file
  • fixed a bug that would allow invalid values to be set for cancellation cost
  • now highlight the danger involved when refunding the guest via Cancellation Details.

Minor Updates and Bug Fixes

Property Photos (on mobile)

Add support for reordering photos when viewing on a smaller touch screen.

Airbnb ⇄ Bookster

  • Fix parsing roles from Airbnb messages since API update.
  • Read messages with newer version of the Airbnb API.
  • Sync the explicit room numbers
  • Refresh any participant metadata.

Booking.com ⇄ Bookster

Various improvements and bugfixes

Vrbo ⇄ Bookster

Prevent browser from rendering 'invalid number' warnings.

Taking Payments

Add validation for other elements of card details.

Rentals United

Minor fix to fee encoding.