Updated Articles

  1. Adding VAT to a Client

    With the proposed changes to the UK's VAT rates, we have updated how you can set VAT at your venue, both on Client's accounts and for New and Existing Bookings. Instead of the old text box, our new drop-down option allows you to quickly and easily ...
  2. Automated invoicing

    Automated Invoicing   You can now do your invoicing, even when you are not sat at your desk!  Automated invoicing gives you the tools to generate your invoices at a set time, on a set day, for Previous, Current or Next calendar months. You then...
  3. Automated invoicing

    Automated Invoicing   You can now do your invoicing, even when you are not sat at your desk!  Automated invoicing gives you the tools to generate your invoices at a set time, on a set day, for Previous, Current or Next calendar months. You then...
  4. The renewals process

    If you have annual bookings we would recommend booking these in to all start and finish around the same time.  We would suggest either academic year or calendar year. We follow this process in our Northampton BookingsGuru office and have found...
  5. Paying an invoice by GoCardless (Hirer)

    Paying an Invoice on BookingsPlus is easy with our built in payment gateways. Choose from GoCardless  or Stripe  (or both!) to make collecting payments more efficient for you and your clients.  Remember that only the full invoice amount can be ...
  6. Deposits and Refunds

    Deposits: There are two ways you can take a deposit depending on whether you are taking a part-payment deposit or a security deposit. A part-payment deposit is taken when the booking is initially confirmed, and will not be refunded as it is a par...
  7. Failed Payment

    When a payment fails there are a few key steps you need to take.  All payments made via GoCardless can take up to 10 working days to clear from Pending to Paid. It is most likely that the payment will fail at the end of this process, as it is at ...
  8. Add a manual payment

    Manual payments (any method of payment other than GoCardless or Stripe) can easily be added to BookingsPlus .  This means you can still accept BACS, cheques and cash from your hirers if you choose. To add a manual payment, follow these steps: ...
  9. Adding a Purchase Order

    To add a Purchase Order to a booking: To do this go to the Clients tab – locate your client & click View   – Click on the relevant booking  – Click  at the bottom of the page. At the top of the Bookings form you will see the following:...
  10. Invoice Notes

    We know that sometimes it can be hard work to keep on top of debtors!  So we have a great feature on BookingsPlus to help with this. On each invoice, there is now an option to add notes as well as a reminder.  The notes section can be used to tr...