The expander Account instructions contains information regarding the usual payment arrangements with the guest or company.
The field Stop/Invoice contains the following settings:
Setting |
Effect |
Client |
Fix services are charged to the client account. |
Group account |
Fix services are charged to the group account. |
Own account |
Fix services are charged to the guest account. |
Blacklist |
The hotel does not accept reservations for this guest. The icon Blacklist is displayed upon opening the profile and in the profile itself. |
Prepayment |
When checking-in a guest with this flag, a notification will be displayed. The icon Prepayment is also displayed upon opening the profile and in the profile itself. |
The settings regarding the charge routing of fix services will be taken over automatically in reservations, however, they can be overwritten as required.
When trying to reserve a room for a blacklisted guest or a guest on prepayment, this information pops-up when selecting the profile.
Figure 17: Notification - blacklisted guest
Figure 18: Notification - prepayment required
The field Rate calculation can be used to exclude certain rates, such as weekend rates.
The field Credit is used in various F&B interfaces such as SIHOT.POS. It sets a limit for charges made via the restaurant POS to this guest’s account. If the charges would increase the balance on the account so that it would exceed this limit, then the posting will be declined.
The field Credit limit can be used to set a margin for the high account credit check. If the balance of an account of this guest exceeds the limit entered here, it will be highlighted in the Guest account list (menu Reports – Financial reports).
The field Credit limit city ledger is particularly important for company profiles. If the balance of a city ledger account of this client exceeds the limit entered here, it will be highlighted in the report City ledger balances (menu Reports – City ledger reports).
Figure 19: Credit limit highlighted in City ledger balances report