You create billing automation from a reservation or availability block when you want to automatically route charges without opening property settings. This helps you streamline billing workflows for individual bookings, groups, or events such as weddings and conferences. You do this in Mews Operations, from the Reservations or Availability blocks screens. Only users with the Create and manage travel agency contracts permission can create or edit billing automations. 

 

Note:  

• To see the billing automation button, you must have this permission to edit your property. 
• Mews immediately applies automations created from reservation groups or availability blocks to all existing reservations in that group, and all new reservations. 

 

In this article, you can learn about: 

• How to create billing automation from a reservation group 
• How to create billing automation from an availability block 

 

How to create billing automation from a reservation group 

1. In Mews Operations, go to the main menu > Reservations > Reservations overview, or type in the search bar to select a reservation.
2. Open the group or individual reservation. 
3. Click Create billing automation. Mews automatically selects the reservation or group. 
4. Type to enter the details, and select the Timing and Items and conditions for the automation. 

5. Choose the bill owner. 
6. Click Save. 

This creates a billing automation directly from a reservation. 

 

How to create billing automation from an availability block 

Note: You can create billing automation for an availability block only after at least one reservation is picked up within the block. This creates a reservation group and a group ID, which Mews uses to generate the billing automation. The Create billing automation button appears once the reservation group exists.  

1. In Mews Operations, go to the main menu > Availability blocks screen. 
2. Select the availability block you want to automate billing for. 
3. Click Create billing automation. Mews automatically selects the reservation group and available services. 
4. Select which items and charges to route. 
5. Choose the bill owner for these items. 
6. Click Save. 

This creates a billing automation directly from an availability block. 

 

You can learn more about configuring billing automation settings in the article How to create billing automations in Mews Operations.