In order to activate the Expedia plugin please go to Property Management / Channel Manager:


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Step 1 - Activate the plugin


Choose Expedia plugin and click on Enable button on the right bottom corner of the window. Confirm the action and put the correct Username, Password and ID, then click Next. You can also decide if you want your bookings to be automatically allocated to beds or not and if you would like to import bookings excluding tax.



Click Next in order to continue.



Step 2 - Room Map


You will see two columns. In the first one, you will see the list of your room types from Expedia. In the second one, you have to choose which system room type corresponds to each portal room type.



Click Next in order to continue.



Step 3 - Rate and Currency Selection


The next step is to map the portal rates with the system rates.


Please make sure that you send the prices in the correct currency. If you use more currencies, you can also choose the option Automatically convert received bookings to .... and the system will convert the price automatically according to the change rate you previously set up in Property Settings.



Here you can also adjust the rate prices you sent to the channel. As you can see there are two more columns:


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In the first one, you can choose if you would like to adjust the price adding or discounting some specific amount or you can also choose the % option.



Save the connection!


Click Save in order to continue and the system will actualize your prices and your availability on Expedia according to what you have in the system.