Encourage guests to manage their own bookings

Save time and reduce operating costs with ROLLER’s booking management feature.

Using progressive checkouts online accounts, your guests can effortlessly self-manage their bookings. Providing them with the ability to reschedule their session times, update food and beverage package selections or even add more tickets to their booking.

This article will show you how guests can self-manage their bookings.

Requirements

Before guests can self-manage their bookings, there's some configuration work required from venues.

• Venues must be using progressive checkouts with online accounts enabled.
• Venues must have configured their booking management rules. To learn more, read the guide Configure online accounts in progressive checkouts.

How guests manage a booking

There are two, convenient ways guests can manage their bookings when this feature has been enabled in Venue Manager. Keep reading to learn how.

Manage a booking from an online account

If you've configured your booking management rules in Venue Manager, then guests have the option to manage their bookings from their online account by following the steps below.

1. Guests log into their online account using either their email address, mobile/cell phone number or preferred social account.
2. Guests then select My tickets. From here, they can view and manage their bookings.
3. Guests select the booking they wish to manage and then select Edit booking.
4. Guests can then reschedule their booking, add products or remove products depending on the booking management rules your venue has in place.
5. Once they’ve made their changes, guests checkout and pay any differences. The changes will then be reflected in their online account.

Manage a booking from an email link

When guests make a booking on your online checkout, they’ll be sent a confirmation email. Guests will find a link in this email that gives them the option to Manage booking.

Guests can then manage their booking by following the steps below.

1. Select Manage booking from the booking confirmation email.
2. Guests will then need to Verify to continue. They can select to receive their verification code via SMS or Email. Please note that SMS charges may apply for guests who select this option.
3. Guests then input their verification code in the space provided.
4. Once this is done, they’ll be taken to a Booking details page, where they can select Edit booking to make modifications.
5. Guests can then reschedule their booking, add products or remove products depending on the booking management rules your venue has in place.
6. Once they’ve made their changes, guests checkout and pay any differences. They will also receive a new confirmation email.

Refunds

When guests make changes to their bookings, for example, they remove products or add-ons, there may be a scenario where guests require a refund as the change has resulted in credit owing to the guest.

ROLLER does not support refunds when guests edit and modify their own bookings. A maximum credit owing amount can be set in Venue Manager, along with a refund policy message that will communicate your venue’s refund policy to your guests. Guests can then choose to proceed or contact your venue for further information.

Learn more

• Configure online accounts in progressive checkouts
• Manage your online accounts
• Sign in and use online accounts
• Encourage guests to self-serve membership upgrades and renewals
• Manage party bookings with ease using online accounts