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How to Create Cancellation and Reschedule Fees

Configure multiple fee tiers that are applied when customers cancel or reschedule their bookings through the Manage My Booking portal.

Create Cancellation Change Fee

Prerequisites:

  • Enable 'Checkin Cancellation Allowed' in the Web Checkout & MMB section of the product detail

    Checkin Cancellation Allowed

  1. In your Ventrata dashboard, go to Products > Products.

    Products - Products

    Products

  2. Select an existing product.

  3. Go to the Change Fees tab.

    Change Fees

  4. Press the + NEW CANCELLATION FEE button.

    New Cancellation Fee

  5. Enter fee name and description.

    Fee Name & Description

  6. Enter a code, or internal reference, for the fee.

  7. Enter the billing account code as appropriate.

  8. Add new or existing tags to filter or report on using fees.

    Code, Billing Account Code & Tags

  9. Check the 'Percentage' box to calculate the fee value as a percentage amount of the booking. If left unchecked, the fee has a fixed retail value.

    Percentage Retail

  10. If 'Percentage' is enabled, enter the percentage of the booking value to charge to the customer. If disabled, enter the fixed fee amount.

    Fixed Retail

  11. Enter the notice period in hours, days, weeks or months. If left blank, the fee always applies.


    📘 EXAMPLE

    A notice period for 7 days means the fee applies when the customer cancels their booking less than 7 days before the travel date.


  12. Press the Create Change Extra button to save your settings.

To create multiple tiers (for example, 7 days, 14 days, and 30 days), repeat the steps above for each tier. The system automatically sorts fees in the order they are displayed.

Cancellation Change Fees


Create Reschedule Change Fee

Prerequisites:

  • Enable 'Checkin Reschedule Allowed' in the Web Checkout & MMB section of the product detail

    Checkin Reschedule Allowed

  1. In your Ventrata dashboard, go to Products > Products.

    Products - Products

    Products

  2. Select an existing product.

  3. Go to the Change Fees tab.

    Change Fees

  4. Press the + NEW RESCHEDULE FEE button.

    New Reschedule Fee

  5. Enter fee name and description.

    Fee Name & Description

  6. Enter a code, or internal reference, for the fee.

  7. Enter the billing account code as appropriate.

  8. Add new or existing tags to filter or report on using fees.

    Code, Billing Account Code & Tags

  9. Check the 'Percentage' box to calculate the fee value as a percentage amount of the booking. If left unchecked, the fee has a fixed retail value.

    Percentage Retail

  10. If 'Percentage' is enabled, enter the percentage of the booking value to charge to the customer. If disabled, enter the fixed fee amount.

    Fixed Retail

  11. Enter the notice period in hours, days, weeks or months. If left blank, the fee always applies.


    📘 EXAMPLE

    A notice period for 7 days means the fee applies when the customer reschedules their booking less than 7 days before the travel date.


  12. Press the Create Change Extra button to save your settings.

To create multiple tiers (for example, 7 days, 14 days, and 30 days), repeat the steps above for each tier. The system automatically sorts fees in the order they are displayed.

Reschedule Change Fees


Create Reseller-Specific Fee

To create fees that apply only to a specific reseller, select a reseller from the dropdown at the bottom of the Change Fees tab.

Select Reseller

Then follow the steps to create

📒 NOTE

If no reseller-specific fees are configured, the default fees will apply.

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