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How to Use the Hotel Deposit Flow

A Hotel Deposit is paid by the customer to a reseller at a hotel. The rest of the booking fee is paid by the customer at the attraction.

Updated over a week ago

Customers, who paid a deposit and received vouchers from resellers at hotels, can come to you and pay the full amount of the voucher, while also purchasing new bookings.

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If you need guidance on how to activate and log into your device, read through our article How to Activate a Terminal.

Prerequisites:

  • The 'Allow Deposit' checkbox is enabled on the desired products.

  • The desired resellers are allowed on the Location.

  • The Location has at least one of the 'Allowed Settlement Methods' enabled.

  1. In the Ventrata terminal app, go to the Sales tab.

  2. Tap the Hotel Deposit button.

    Hotel Deposit

  3. Select the reseller you are doing the booking for.

    Select Reseller

  4. On the Take photo page, take a picture of the voucher by tapping the blue circle at the bottom of the screen.

    Take Photo

  5. On the Add Voucher page, press the Add voucher photo field to include additional photos of the voucher.


    📒 NOTE

    The 'Allow Voucher File' field in the reseller details must be enabled to allow voucher photos to be added.

    Allow Voucher File


  6. Use 'Code' field to enter the voucher code:

    • Automatically - use the camera icon to scan the voucher; the code is filled in automatically

    • Manually - use the keyboard icon to enter the voucher code

    Add Voucher


    📒 NOTE

    The 'Code' field is mandatory only if the 'Voucher Required' field is enabled on the reseller detail.

    Voucher Required


  7. When ready, press the Continue button.

    Continue

  8. Select the product category.

    Select Category

  9. Select the product.

    Select Product

  10. Fill in the booking form for the product.



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    To learn about the different booking form types, see our article on New Booking.


  11. Press the Add button.

    Add Product

  12. In case of a package product, select which products the customer wants to redeem right away and which ones later.



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    You can also press the Redeem All button to check all products and continue.


    Redemption

  13. Press the Continue button.

  14. On the Delivery Method page, select the delivery mode by tapping the green button:

    • Ticket Per Person (default value) - one ticket for each person in the group

    • Single Group Ticket - one ticket for the entire group

  15. Select one or more delivery methods:

    • Print Tickets - if a printer is available, you can print out the tickets

    • Send via SMS - select country code and enter phone number

    • Send via Email - enter email address

    • Send via QR code - a QR code is generated on your device after the tickets are paid for, the customer can take a picture of it and keep the ticket(s) on their phone

    • Scan City Pass - guidance in the next step


      ​📒 NOTE

      If the Scan City Pass delivery method was selected, select each order and scan the customer's City Pass.


  16. Press the Continue button.

    Delivery Method

  17. Set the deposit amount. This is the value the customer was charged for the voucher by the reseller and will be subtracted from the full amount of the product.

  18. Press the Update button.

    Set Deposit Amount

  19. Press the Continue button.

  20. Select a payment method:


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    You have the option to split payments into several equal parts. Tap the 'Split payment' label to select the number of parts, then select the payment methods.


    • Card

    • Cash - enter the amount received from the customer in the 'Amount tendered' field, in the next step the app will calculate the change for the customer

    • Gift Card - scan the card's QR code or enter its reference number using the app keyboard

    • Other - manually enter the method's reference number in the 'Reference' field

  21. Press the Pay Now button at the bottom of the page and request the selected payment method from the customer.

    Payment Method

  22. Once the tickets are delivered and paid for, a confirmation page is shown and a new order can be placed on the device.

    Success

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