Please see the instruction below which shows step by step how to enable and activate the XML connection with Dorms.com.
Select Channel Manager in Dorms.com Extranet
Log in to your Dorms.com Extranet and select Channel Manager section.
Select FrontDesk Master from the channel managers list and save it.
Then, click on Setup Information button to get your property ID and password for Channel Manager.
Copy the property ID and password to use it then in the Channel Manager.
How to activate Dorms.com in Channel Manager?
To activate Dorms.com plugin please go to Property Management / Channel Manager:
Step 1 - Activate the plugin
Choose Dorms.com plugin, click on Enable Now button. Put the correct ID and password as channel credentials (same that you can find in Setup Information in Dorms.com Extranet).
You can also decide if you want your bookings to be automatically allocated to beds or not.
Click Next in order to continue.
Step 2 - Room Map
In Room Map, you will see two columns. In the first one, you will see the list of your room types from Dorms.com. 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:
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 button in order to continue and the system will actualize your prices and your availability on Dorms.com according to what you have in the system.
