I. Important Aspects:
Taking Traveler Payments
HomeToGo will send the credit card details of the guest to your Booking page in BookingPal. The credit card details are available for 10 days. After 10 days, the credit card details will expire. For the second installment, you will need to collect the payment directly with the guest.
Enabling your offers
To complete the connection process, please enable your offers on HomeToGo via BookingPal. Please remember to activate your properties along with the connection because otherwise we are not able to see your properties in our API.
Boosting your Performance
Please fill out the number of bedrooms, number of guests, and property size (m² or ft²) for all of your properties so HomeToGo can match and rank your offers correctly. Also, please provide availability for the next 18 months. This will increase the visibility of your properties on our search page and help you receive more bookings.
Guests cancel directly with you
HomeToGo will display your cancellation policy when a guest books your listing. If a guest needs to cancel their booking, they will need to cancel directly with you. You can then cancel this booking in your BookingPal interface.
If a guest reaches out to HomeToGo directly to request a cancellation, we will contact you with the guest in cc. Once both parties agree to a cancellation, you can cancel the booking and process the guest’s refund in your BookingPal interface.
If you need to cancel a booking for any unforeseen circumstance, please reach out to the guest. Once both parties agree to a cancellation, you can cancel the booking and process the guest’s refund in your BookingPal interface.
II. Connection Process:
New BookingPal Clients:
Sign the HomeToGo Connection Form
This will automatically create a ticket for your integration.
Set up the Connection in BookingPal
Please select the cancellation policies for your offers, optimise your inventory and set up your BookingPal account.
To distribute your offers on HomeToGo, setting up the Pricing, Markup, Payment Getaway and Availability are mandatory requirements. Once completed, please enable your properties. In case the rates and availabilities are not correctly set up for your properties, the inventory can not be distributed to HomeToGo.
The integration process is completed!
You will receive a confirmation email once your properties go live.
Existing BookingPal Clients:
Sign the HomeToGo Connection Form
This will automatically create a ticket for your integration.
Set up the Connection in BookingPal
Please enable HomeToGo as a Channel in your BookingPal account under Distribution section and add a markup if necessary.
The integration process is completed!
You will receive a confirmation email once your properties go live.
Note: We may reach out to perform a test booking before putting you live on the site. In this case, please provide us with the BookingPal property ID and dates you would like us to use.
Onboarding time: 2 weeks
The expected onboarded time starts from the moment the connection steps are completed and the offers are available in the feed.
III. Connection
- HomeToGo will pull all the information you have in BookingPal.
- The connection is a two way ‘’sync’’. Bookings will block your calendar in BookingPal.
What is synchronized?
- Rates
- Availability
- All static content such as amenities, description, photos, etc.
Rates
Before you enable your properties for HomeToGo, make sure the price per night you have in your software is correct. HomeToGo will pull your nightly rate from your HomeToGo Reservation type in BookingPal. If you also have an option for extra guest fees, that will also be pulled from BookingPal. The final price indicated in your software is the final price the guest pays so it is important your rates are set up properly in BookingPal.
Accurate pricing is the responsibility of the provider. Should you encounter any issues with your rates not reflected properly on our website, please reach out to us at [email protected] so we can investigate any pricing discrepancies.
Simple Process
IV. Listing Criteria
To go live on HomeToGo, get a good ranking and receive more bookings you should fulfill the following requirements:
- Company profile in BookingPal needs to be filled in, phone number, email, etc.
- Property title without numbers and non-Latin characters
- Complete address and location
- Photos: a minimum of 10 photos in size 1024x768 (max 50)
- Amenities: a minimum of 10
- Description with a minimum of 700 characters
- Guests, bedrooms and bathrooms needs to be specified (at least one bathroom and at least one room)
- Property size (ft² or m²) needs to be specified
- Bedding info in each room e.g.; single bed, double bed, etc.
- Arrival instructions for the guest; check-in hours, phone number and email address.
- Prices and availability for the next 18 months
- Properties in instant booking only
- Capacity of at least one adult
- Complete Fees and Taxes mapped in BookingPal for HomeToGo
V. FAQs
Can I activate a few listings first and then the rest of my inventory?
We always suggest enabling your whole inventory on HomeToGo for maximum exposure and a higher ranking.
Once my properties are live, how can I enable a new listing?
Once the new listing has been enabled for HomeToGo via BookingPal, it will be listed automatically- no further action is required on your end.
How do I know if my properties are live?
Once you have connected to us via BookingPal, you are directly placed in our Integration pipeline. You will receive further details from our Integration Team as soon as your properties are live.
Do I have access to a HomeToGo dashboard to manage my listings?
With HomeToGo, there's no need to use an extra dashboard! You can manage your properties directly in your BookingPal dashboard.
How will I be invoiced?
At the beginning of each month, you will receive the invoice for the generated bookings with booking date of previous month from HomeToGo. The payment period is 10 days and we accept payment via bank transfer.
How can I contact HomeToGo?
- Integration-related questions: [email protected]
- Other questions: [email protected]
Note: For a speedy connection, it is important you stay in contact with us until your integration is complete. If you haven't received any communication from us during your integration, be sure to check your spam and junk folders just in case. Please be sure to add the correct email and phone number in the connection form where we can reach you to provide you with updates about your integration.