The Pre Stay Charging feature controls whether your property allows guests to charge expenses to their reservation account before check in. You can limit Pre Stay charging to reservations with specific payment types and reservation types.
- From the Administration menu, select Enterprise, select OPERA Controls, and select the Cashiering Group.
- In the Functions section, set Pre Stay Charges to Active.
- Set Default Pre Stay Charges on Reservation to On to default the Pre Stay Charging option on the reservation’s Privileges screen.
- Set Only Post if Reservation is on Queue to On to enable pre-stay privileges only if the reservation is on queue and waiting to be checked in
- Enter the Days Prior to Arrival value to limit the number of days before the reservation arrival date that charges can be posted to the reservation account; leave NULL for unlimited.
- Select the Reservation Payment Types to limit pre-stay posting privileges to reservations with payment method equal to these payment types; leave NULL to allow/permit all payment types.
- Select Reservation Types to limit pre-stay posting privileges to reservations with these reservation types; leave NULL to allow/permit all reservation types.