Create Quote lets WanderOS operators send a guest a few homes for their dates, each with its total and a link to book on your direct booking website. Totals come from your website's live checkout, taxes and fees included, so the price your guest sees is the price they pay.
Whether a guest asks what's open over the holidays or you're following up on an inquiry, you can answer in under a minute, without working out totals or copying links by hand.
Before you start
Quotes link to checkout on your direct booking website, so your website needs to be able to take a booking:
Your website is published and checkout is turned on.
Your Stripe account is connected and can take payments.
The homes you want to quote are listed on your website.
How it works
1. Choose the trip
Go to Reservations → Create quote. You can also choose Create quote from a listing's ⋯ menu in Listings, or click Send quote on a guest's page. Pick check-in and check-out dates and the number of guests (and pets). Every home your website can book for those dates appears with its total.
2. Add a discount (optional)
Type a discount code and pick it. Each total updates, with the original price struck through. Don't have a code yet? Choose Create at the bottom of the list to make one without leaving the quote.
3. Pick the homes
Tick up to 10 homes to offer, then click Continue. Talking to the guest over text, WhatsApp or an OTA inbox? Click Copy links instead to copy each home's name, total and booking link, ready to paste. No email is sent.
4. Send it
Search your guests by name or email and pick one. For someone new, type their name, choose Create and add their email. They're added to your guests when you send. Review the subject and message, which greet the guest by first name, then click Send quote.
What your guest sees
The email comes from your website's name and logo, with your message and a card for each home: its photo, total and a Book your stay button. With a discount, the original price is struck through. Book your stay opens checkout on your website with the dates, guests and discount already filled in, so your guest only adds their details and pays.
FAQs
Why isn't one of my homes in the list?
Why isn't one of my homes in the list?
Only homes listed on your website appear. If a home shows a reason instead of a total, it can't take this trip: the dates are booked or shorter than the minimum stay, the trip breaks a booking rule, there are more guests than it sleeps, or online booking or pricing is off for those dates.
Does a quote hold the dates?
Does a quote hold the dates?
No. Dates are only held once the guest books. If someone else books first, checkout tells your guest the dates are no longer available.
Can the price change after I send a quote?
Can the price change after I send a quote?
The quote shows today's price. Checkout charges the price at the time your guest books, so if your rates change in between, they'll see the new price.
Can I use any discount code?
Can I use any discount code?
Most codes work. Codes with a minimum spend can't be added to a quote, and codes limited to certain homes only apply to those homes. Codes that need the guest to sign in, such as first-booking codes, can only be emailed to a guest who has an account on your website, and can't be shared with Copy links.
Does my guest need an account to book?
Does my guest need an account to book?
No. Your guest books as a guest at checkout, unless the discount code needs them to sign in.
Where can I see quotes I've sent?
Where can I see quotes I've sent?
Emailed quotes appear in the guest's email history on their guest page.
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