Bookings and property operations in WordPress

Vik Booking Pro extends the VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine and PMS for WordPress. It is intended for hotels, bed and breakfasts, villas, apartments, hostels, and similar accommodation businesses. Staff manage reservations and property operations in WordPress administration, while visitors use a customizable, self-hosted booking process.

Rooms, availability, and rates

Set up rooms, room types, listings, and sub-units, then review availability and pricing calendars alongside an occupancy overview. Custom rate plans can specify refundable, flexible, or non-refundable conditions. Pricing models can use occupancy, nightly rates, length of stay, and other approaches.

Seasonal rates and a rates calendar support one-click price modifications. Booking restrictions include minimum and maximum lengths of stay, closed-to-arrival and closed-to-departure rules, and required arrival or departure weekdays. You can also configure extra services and fees. WordPress pages can display 12 front-end views through 12 shortcode types.

Reservations and guest operations

Booking management tools let staff add, remove, or switch rooms on existing reservations, manage clients, and work with sales channels and commissions. Housekeeping features include tableaux, festivities, and room-day notes. Guest registration and reporting cover check-in, check-out, and no-show entries.

Payments, notifications, and reports

More than 60 custom payment gateways are available. SMS gateways support automated notifications, and custom cron job scheduling can automate tasks such as reminders and invoices. Graphs and statistics help review booking activity.

PMS reports use an extendable framework with built-in services for various countries. The electronic invoicing framework includes compliance support for Italy through Agenzia delle Entrate and Greece through myDATA AADE.

Connections and administration

The Pro version is compatible with Vik Channel Manager. Full API connections are described for Airbnb, Expedia, and Google Hotel Free Booking Links. It is also described as Google Hotel Ads certified for Free Booking Links. WhatsApp Business messaging integration with AI support requires Channel Manager.

Permissions and ACL management help control access for different WordPress visitor roles. Built-in translation functions support multilingual administration and booking processes. The back end includes a PMS section, and the front-end booking process is customizable for the accommodation site.

Setup

1. Install the VikBooking extension in WordPress and upgrade to the Pro version from the WordPress administration area.
2. After activation, define rooms, room types, listings, and sub-units.
3. Configure pricing models, rate plans, seasonal rates, and booking restrictions.
4. Publish the appropriate booking views using shortcodes.
5. Set payment, notification, customer, and reporting settings.
6. Manage reservations, housekeeping notes, guest records, and reports from WordPress.

Configure the accommodation structure, rates, booking rules, and front-end views before accepting reservations.