Before you cancel a reservation
Only Confirmed reservations can be cancelled.
Reservations that are checked-in or checked-out need to have their status changed before they can be cancelled.
A cancellation is permanent and cannot be undone.
The details of a cancelled reservation can still be found in Reservations
Check your cancellation policies to determine if any penalties apply before cancelling a reservation.
Avoid cancelling reservations that were made through channels.
Cancellations for Direct Bookings
When a guest cancels a Direct Booking via the cancellation link in their confirmation email, the cancellation is automatically reflected in both Front Desk and Direct Booking.
However, if a reservation is cancelled directly in Front Desk, the cancellation is not sent back to Direct Booking.
For customers using Demand Plus, you will need to manually mark the reservation as cancelled or as a no show within Demand Plus. To do this, navigate to: Direct Booking > Setup > Integrations > Demand Plus > Review and reconcile Demand Plus reservations.
How to cancel a reservation in Front Desk
Find the reservation on the Calendar or in Reservations
Open the reservation
Click Cancel Booking on the Details tab
Confirm cancellation by clicking Yes, Im sure
What happens after a reservation is cancelled?
The reservation will disappear from your Calendar, making the room available for new bookings.
You can still access the details of the cancelled reservation in Reservations.
Cancelling reservations made through channels
You should only manually cancel reservations that were made through your booking engine or were created in your Calendar.
For reservations made on a booking channel, the guest must cancel the reservation directly on the website they used to book. This will automatically update your inventory in Little Hotelier.
Any guest modifications made through the channel will also be automatically reflected in Little Hotelier.
It's important to ensure your channel connections are active, as disabled connections may prevent cancellations or modifications from being sent to Little Hotelier.
If a booking channel doesn't send automatic updates, you will receive an email notification with cancellation or modification details and will need to manually update the reservation in Little Hotelier.
Can I delete a reservation?
Reservations cannot be deleted, only cancelled, for record-keeping purposes.