wholestay

Booking engine setup for Mews

Live in 4–5 weeks. We install it.

You choose what to sell and review the content before launch. The timeline is a target that firms up in the first step, a 30-minute fit check.

Setup

€0

when you sign by the end of the year (normally €1,500)

You see the booking engine with your own rooms before you commit to anything.

See the offer

Step by step to launch

12 steps, each showing who does it and how long it takes.

  1. Step 1

    Fit check

    Is the property on Mews? Is Mews Payments in use? Where are activities sold: in Bókun, in FareHarbor or as Mews products? Which other systems are in use? Which platform is the website on?

    Duration
    30 min
    Who
    Wholestay

  2. Step 2

    Demo with your own property

    For the demo we build a preview from your website: your rooms, photos and look, with example prices. You see what the booking engine looks like for your property before you commit to anything.

    Duration
    1–2 days
    Who
    Wholestay

  3. Step 3

    Contract and connections

    You connect Wholestay from the Mews Marketplace in a few clicks, and we get access. Then we connect Mews Payments, your activity system and your other systems if needed. Identifiers are picked from the list the API returns, so nothing is typed by hand.

    Duration
    1 day
    Who
    Property + Wholestay

  4. Step 4

    Products and rules

    You decide which Mews rates, packages and activities are sold, your own and partners'. Plus the days, age groups and daily limits.

    Duration
    2–3 days
    Who
    Property + Wholestay

  5. Step 5

    Partner products

    Optional. A Bókun reseller agreement with the partner, the margin and a monthly report for the partner.

    Duration
    in parallel
    Who
    Property + partner

  6. Step 6

    Content and translations

    Photos and texts from your website and Mews, translated into the chosen languages. You review everything before launch.

    Duration
    2–3 days
    Who
    Wholestay, the property reviews

  7. Step 7

    Design and widget

    Colours, logo, search bar layout and a book. subdomain with one DNS record.

    Duration
    1 day
    Who
    Wholestay

  8. Step 8

    Tracking

    GTM, GA4, Meta and Google Ads purchase events, following cookie consent, checked in the preview.

    Duration
    1 day
    Who
    Wholestay

  9. Step 9

    Test week

    Complete bookings against the Mews demo environment, then one real booking that is refunded. We check the bill, the messages and the portal.

    Duration
    2–3 days
    Who
    Wholestay + reception

  10. Step 10

    Staff training

    For reception: bookings, unscheduled activities, change requests and reconciliation. Plus short how-to videos.

    Duration
    1 hour
    Who
    Wholestay

  11. Step 11

    Launch

    We install the code on your website, redirect the old booking links and update the booking link in your Google Business Profile. Bookings made in the old engine stay as they are.

    Duration
    1 day
    Who
    Wholestay + web agency

  12. Step 12

    Review after 30 days

    Conversion, activities per booking and open items.

    Duration
    1 hour
    Who
    Wholestay

Who does what

We do the heavy lifting. You make the decisions and review.

Wholestay takes care of

  • Connections to Mews, Bókun and your other systems
  • Photos, texts and translations from your website and Mews
  • Design, tracking and installing the code on your website
  • Staff training and how-to videos

You decide and review

  • Which rooms, packages and activities are sold
  • Days, age groups and daily limits
  • Content and translations before launch
  • Partner products, if you want to sell them

Setup is a one-off fee, waived when you sign by the end of the year. See pricing for the terms.

See pricing