Take bookings on your booking pages
Set how guests pay, connect Stripe, check your reservation system with a test booking, then send your booking link to your own booking pages.
On this page
A guest who follows your booking link from an AI answer lands on your current booking page today. Finish the items on the Booking pages tab and you can send that link to VibeBooking's booking pages instead, in your logo and colour.
Note
Test mode for now
Card payments go through Stripe's test mode, so no real bookings or payments are made.
Before you start
- It's for properties on Channex. Connect Channex first.
- An Owner or a Manager sets it up.
- On Free, the tab says Available on Standard.
Open the setup
Open the property and its Booking pages tab. Before you take bookings is at the top, with a count such as "1 of 6 done".
Choose how guests pay
Under How guests pay, choose one or both, then click Save payment options.
| Option | When guests pay | Stripe account |
|---|---|---|
| Pay by card when booking | As they book, by card | Needed |
| Pay at the property | At check-in, to you | Not needed |
Pay by card when booking unlocks once you set up Stripe.
Set up Stripe
Card payments go to your own Stripe account, and guests see your name on their statements. Your VibeBooking account has one Stripe account, shared by all its properties.
Click Set up Stripe
A Stripe account is created for your property, and Stripe's sign up pages open.
Sign up on Stripe
The business itself enters its details, its representative's identity and the bank account for payouts. Stripe receives them; VibeBooking never sees them.
Come back
When you finish, Stripe sends you back to the Booking pages tab.
If Stripe still needs something, Continue on Stripe picks up where you left off. Stripe's review can take a few days.
Work through the checklist
Before you take bookings has six items. Each one not yet done says what it's waiting for.
| Item | How to finish it |
|---|---|
| Card payments on Stripe | Finish Set up Stripe. Not needed for Pay at the property alone. |
| Bookings reach your reservation system | If you see "Your reservation system isn't answering. Check its connection settings.", check that Channex's Booking CRS application is installed and your API key is still valid. |
| Cancelled rooms go back on sale | Turn on both of Channex's availability settings (off by default). How VibeBooking works with your system names them. |
| A test booking, made and cancelled | Run a test booking writes one booking to Channex and cancels it. If it fails, check the two items above and run it again. |
| Your name on guests' card statements | See Your statement name. Not needed for Pay at the property alone. |
| The six facts filled in, and live | See Go live. |
Your statement name
Compare On card statements (Stripe) with On your checkout. A statement name that looks nothing like your property's can make a guest dispute the charge. You can change it in your Stripe dashboard. When it's right, click This name is fine.
If you change the name at Stripe later, check it again.
Switch your booking link
Once every item is done, click Send guests to this checkout. From then on, guests who follow your booking link book on your booking pages.
After the switch, your logo and colour settings sit at the top of the tab (Brand your booking pages). To undo, click Go back to your current booking page.
When it won't switch
If something changed after you opened the page, such as the statement name at Stripe, the switch is refused and names the items still to do. Finish them and click again.
If your plan changes
If the property moves to Free, guests go to your current booking page again. Back on a plan with booking pages, they book on them again, with nothing to set up.