New Booking confirmed by Host

[Petermac]

Hi I have looked into the settings and searched through the forum here but can’t find how to do this. I want the host (vendor) to be able to confirm their booking on the front end within their logged in account. It shows that they have a new order but there is no button for them to confirm the order. I assume there is a simple setting for this but I can’t find it.

See screen shot:

[andrii]

Hi,
Yes, it’s possible. You need to enable Booking Request. Please go to Listings > open\edit listing > and turn on Manually accept new bookings at the bottom of the page.

[Petermac]

Thanks for the reply Andrii, but I don’t see that option on that page. I see “Manually approve new listings” on HivePress->Listings tab half-way down that page, but nothing on the Listings->(select a listing) → “Manually accept new bookings”. I am using version 1.6.16 of HivePress and version 1.4.11 of HivePress Bookings plugins. Are they the most current?

[andrii]

Hi,
Please check the screenshots below:

[Petermac]

Yes, thanks … but I don’t see that … my screen changes after the tags section. I must have an option turned on / off somewhere else ?

[andrii]

Hi,
Please send temporary WP access to support@hivepress.io with details for reproducing this issue and we’ll check it. You can create a temporary access link using this plugin Temporary Login Without Password – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org

[Petermac]

https://strngo.paladin-bs.com/wp-admin/?wtlwp_token=315d485cea13dee6a772af089a0838a5a92361867cf6b77d9bf3e26fc916d8bb45ec2e56ce0ee687c13df2010e570c1a8df79f3e84817485bfb75bf2c594e5ab

[andrii]

Hi,
Please check the Listings now, this feature should be displayed.
We have disabled Manage availability per vendor in HivePress > Settings > Availability.

[Petermac]

Hi, I now see the check box in the admin at listings-> (selected listing)->Attributes section but I don’t see any change on the public side when logged in as a vendor.

And here is the booking request “order” on the public side:

[ihor]

If you check this option for a listing, this will not affect the existing order pages, this option enables booking requests instead of instant bookings. If you try to make a booking, vendor will get a request that they have to accept or decline before customer can proceed to payment.

[Petermac]

OK, I get it now… still new to this theme. One note here is that when I’m looking at the booking list in the host account it is not that intuitive that I have to click on the item number to get to the next page to confirm the booking. Maybe if you can add a button per booking line number to indicate that you have to click it to get to the confirm booking step. Thanks for the support and guidance.

[ihor]

Thanks, we’ll try to improve the UX, by adding some tips to the booking card or maybe moving the Accept/Decline buttons to it (like it currently works with Pay Now button).