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  1. The layout of the predefined segment for the invoice recipient in the invoice templates absolutely must be adjusted, as the address data is right-aligned, resulting in line breaks for long company names. This is visually unacceptable. The entire width of the address page must be used!

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  2. Payment report should include additional data, e.g. reservation and service ID. The use case is simple: costs have to be assigned, be it at a reservation level, or a service level. This is particularly important if the costs have to be allocated as part of a trust accounting set-up to specific property owners. It's insane that this data is not available or recorded already in the PMS (our prior PMS allocated payment processing costs at the reservation level already).

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  3. For OTA bookings, Booking.com automatically attaches a VCC to the reservation. When a guest adds their personal card during online check-in, MEWS should allow properties to set the personal card as priority for automatic preauthorizations — for example for damage deposits — while keeping the VCC for the stay payment.
    Currently there is no setting to achieve this, forcing staffless hotels to handle all OTA damage deposits manually.
    Suggested setting: "For preauthorizations, prefer personal card over VCC when both are present."

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  4. We had a couple feature ideas we would love to see added to the system that we feel would greatly improve both guest experience and front desk efficiency:

    Built-In Waitlist Feature
    It would be extremely helpful to have a waitlist option within the PMS for guests wanting specific room types, cabins, villas, or dates when we are sold out. Ideally, staff could add guests to a waitlist and automatically notify them if availability opens up due to cancellations or changes.
    Current Stay Billing View Only
    We would also love the ability to view only the current active bill for in-house…

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  5. Allow properties to set the expiration of the preauthorization hold as part of the guest request flow, independently from the link expiration.

    This limitation creates challenges for properties that need to secure funds in advance for reservations that occur at a later date. While the request link can be sent successfully and completed by the guest, the resulting preauthorization hold duration remains outside the property’s control.

    1 vote

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  6. We have a lot of guests and travel agents that request to receive a link closer to the check in date, and it would be wonderful if we could schedule the payment link to be sent, rather than manually checking each outstanding payment and reaching out to the guests.

    A scheduled payment link would automate a lot of payment processes.

    38 votes

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  7. It would be great if we could have the option to send payment links either to a phone number or an email address. Sometimes we only have a guest's phone number and no email, so having this flexibility would make the process much easier for us.

    2 votes

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  8. There should be a billing automation that automatically sets the linked company as the default invoice owner for items such as accommodation and breakfast as soon as a reservation is created.

    Currently, only preselected companies can be used as automatic invoice owners, which requires selecting many companies manually. This also means the automation will not apply when a guest or their company books for the first time.

    1 vote

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  9. The charged amount of a preauthorization can be seen when you hover over the status charged of the preauth.

    However, if this detail could be offered more openly under the original preauth (just like when you do a refund), it would be a nice detail to have on the page.

    6 votes

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  10. Enable users to enable / disable Mews automatic payments of Platform Fees. This is critical to manage cash-flow, and have more control and authority over when, within the given period, each invoice is paid to Mews.

    It's also valid to add a schedule feature for the fees to be paid automatically based on users' (financial manager) decision or preference, on a certain date that does not imbalance cash-flow.

    1 vote

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  11. It's important to add more filters to the Payout Report; filters that allow customizing the search such as status (created / settled), date (charge date / reservation date / stay date) and number of commissions / charges without always having to refer to the Mews Payments Balance. These filters will largely help transparency especially to track commission paid for particular reservations or reservations within a certain period of charge or stay.

    1 vote

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  12. For OTA prepaid reservations when guest arrive at the hotel, front desk staff takes credit card for security deposit but not necessarily preauthorize the card. Stripe terminal has the capability to capture the card details without preauthorizing the card. Having this feature active, will eliminate the use of external credit card reader to capture credit card details.

    5 votes

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  13. Ensure accommodation products are linked to the correct reservation when added from an open bill

    Description:

    When working from an already opened bill in Mews, adding an accommodation product via "Add product" → "Accommodation" does not automatically link the product to the reservation associated with that bill.

    Instead, the system selects a different reservation (for example a future reservation or a previously cancelled one), which does not match the current billing context.

    This behavior is not intuitive, as the user is actively working within a specific bill that is already tied to a reservation.

    Suggested improvement:

    When adding an accommodation…

    1 vote

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  14. We would like to add a line on the pro forma invoices : the total amount for "VAT" and for "NET", we had a lot of requests about this. It appears on the closed invoices but not on the pro forma invoices.

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  15. As we have learned from a support inquiry, currently VCCs are charged only at the day of arrival for certain sources (Agoda, Expedia, booking.com, hotelbeds, webbeds) instead according to the respective rate's payment policy.
    Even though it might be a reasonable default, it would be appreciated to be able to opt for policy based processing, instead of a hard-coded day of arrival charge, on a per source base, as this can off-set cash-flow quite a bit if allowed VCC charges are not processed manually (and having to deleting the scheduled payment, btw). See also communit thread at https://community.mews.com/product-best-practice-7/automatic-charging-of-virtual-credit-cards-for-prepaid-reservations-1827

    15 votes

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  16. None of our guests can check out online if they booked through booking.com or Airbnb. The Check-Out Site shows our guest, that they still have to pay because the payment is still pending from booking.com or Airbnb. So we have to manually add external payment (wire transfer) for each reservation.

    4 votes

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  17. I think allowing us to restrict vouchers to only certain days would be a positive idea and useful tool. For example, corporate vouchers being available Monday - Friday to ensure the voucher isn't used on weekends during busy periods.

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  18. Tips on top of total amount

    We are currently using a WisePOS E payment terminal and would like to enable an on-screen tipping feature. Specifically, we want customers to be able to select a percentage-based tip (for example, 5%, 10%, 15%, or custom) directly on the terminal screen before finalizing the payment.

    The tip should be automatically added on top of the total amount and processed as part of the same transaction. We also need the payment (including the tip) to be properly recorded and reconciled within Mews.

    Please confirm the simplest way to configure this setup and whether this…

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  19. To configure the automatic pre-authorization/debit by linking it to the arrival date and rate code instead of by rate group. Increase the configuration possibilities in payment automation by adding day ranges. Very important for BW Hotels with fixed rates and rate groups

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  20. Ich benötige einen kombinierten Bericht, der sowohl die Buchungen und Auszahlungen eines bestimmten Tages als auch die zugehörigen Kommissionsanpassungen (die häufig zeitversetzt erfolgen) in einer Datei zusammenführt. Idealerweise soll dieser Bericht per Knopfdruck generierbar und/oder automatisiert per E-Mail versendbar sein.

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