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Jan 19th Talking To Partner Support on Rates, Calendar and Brexit Bank Fees
Hi
So today I decided to give the Irish number a call and got routed to a USA based team, Follow-The-Sun-Support method.
I had a few things I had seen mentioned here and one I wanted to clarify some testing I had done with availability calendar.
What I learned today was:
- Availability Calendar
- - Using Weekly & Monthly Rate Plans
- When you set a price value and a Minimum length of Stay , e.g. 28 [shortest month of the year], make sure you set price as the monthly cost /28, and not the cost you want for the month.
I'm pretty sure a few of us made this mistake already, myself included, lol.
- How do I calculate and base my Weekly Rate off of the Monthly rate?
Lets say you want 700 monthly, at 28 days min stay, so that is 25 EUR a night.
Now for weekly set it to be based on Monthly and More Expensive By 10 EUR, [not %], so now will update and show the Nightly as 35 EUR a night.
- When you set a price value and a Minimum length of Stay , e.g. 28 [shortest month of the year], make sure you set price as the monthly cost /28, and not the cost you want for the month.
- - After Updating Calendar How Long should those changes take to replicate to live BdC Guest website.?
- In general it should NOT take more than an hour. In rare cases up to several hours.
- But even if there is a delay, by the time Guest gets to Checkout to book and or pay, the correct price should then be shown.
- I know its not ideal and can potential put off a potential Guest booking.
- In general it should NOT take more than an hour. In rare cases up to several hours.
- - Using Weekly & Monthly Rate Plans
- Finance & Getting Payout
- - BREXIT & Banking Fees
- This is actually being addressed and work in progress to update where Partners in Eu or UK , vice versa are to get paid by bank transfer from a bank in their own region and not the other.
- This is only effecting some Partners.
Those in EU will be likely getting payments form Netherlands based Bank.
Those with in UK from a UK bank.
- This is actually being addressed and work in progress to update where Partners in Eu or UK , vice versa are to get paid by bank transfer from a bank in their own region and not the other.
- - BREXIT & Banking Fees
Great work Barry! Bowbow
Thanks Barry for so valuable information.
Keep well.
Thank you Barry for the info, but any idea how BdC are going to compensate for those already bank fees charged to partners, in my case is 84€, but I think there should be more owners in the same situation with different amounts. As this wasn't our fault I think we deserve some kind of compensation, no?
Hi I understand and see both sides.
But the harsh reality of it is this is not actually an issue for Booking com.
Having said that they will be and are switching non UK partners to be paid from an EU bank.
The greedy banks are the real crux of the issue, they knew brexit was coming, they could have easily reduced the fee.
So there's no realistic expectation that BdC should compensate Partners.
Yes it would be nice if they did, so short of a miracle, or a leprechaun's blessing, it is just not going to happen
Kind regards.
Update from BdC about the bank fees and Brexit:
Dear collaborator
Thank you very much for contacting Booking.com
Our Payments team has linked these charges to bank fees due to some of our payments being sent from the UK, and as a result of Brexit, officially executed on January 1, 2021. These fees are due to the UK leaving the European Union and be considered an international transaction.
For now our efforts have been focused on ensuring that subsequent payments will not carry such fees. We are pleased to confirm that we have moved the location of the payments at source on an urgent basis and completed the process successfully.
We are currently evaluating forms for a potential return to all affected collaborators, as soon as we have more information we will let you know. It will be during these next few days, a decision is already being made about it.
We take this opportunity to extend our sincere apologies for the inconvenience caused, and we appreciate your trust.
Thanks Francisco, for update...
Nice to hear that BDC listens to us!!!
Wish you well ?
Massive pleasure Francisco.
Please have in mind that your property link in profile Partner Community is missing.
Cheers ?
Thank you for let me know, I think it's sorted now ??
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