The Beds24 booking engine lets you take commission-free direct bookings on your own website. Set it up in Settings > Booking Engine. The booking engine wizard guides you through the options.
The booking page
The booking page is where guests make their booking. You can embed it in any website with a code snippet from Beds24. See How to use Widgets and Embedded Iframe.
The current version of the booking page is Responsive. Make sure both Booking Page Version and Check-out Page Version are set to Responsive.
The booking page is fully customisable, and you can set up several layouts. Beds24 provides 7 layouts that you can customise further. The layout set as Default is used by default and in the Facebook app. See Customise the responsive booking page layout.
Current default, layout 7:
Other layouts:
Tip: the booking page setup wizard guides you through the setup.
Direct booking settings
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Deposit Collection | Deposit amounts you can use with booking types. See Deposit Collection. |
| Booking Types | Booking type for Normal Bookings, Near Term Bookings and Exceptional Period Bookings. |
| Allow Cancellation by Guest | Whether guests can cancel their bookings. |
| Booking Widgets | The widget designer, to create your own widgets for your website. See How to use Widgets. |