Moving to Wholestay
Switch booking engines. Mews stays.
Bookings already made stay as they are, and the old booking links on your website are redirected to the new engine. Commission is 1.5–2.5% of sales.
What happens in the switch
Bookings are kept
Bookings already made stay in the old system and in Mews.
Links keep working
Old booking links are redirected to the new engine.
Your website stays
Only one code snippet or link is added to your website.
Work out what switching saves
Enter your booking engine's monthly sales and the current commission from your contract. The calculator uses only your own figures.
Wholestay / month
Stay
€0 + 2.5%
€2,000
Experience
€199 + 2%
€1,799
ResortBest value
€499 + 1.5%
€1,699
First year
Setup €1,500 (€0 with the offer when you sign by the end of the year)
An indicative calculation, prices incl. VAT. Card fees and other services' fees are not included. The default figures are examples, not any property's actual results.
Plans, terms and the features every plan includes are on the pricing page.
See pricingThe switch in four phases
The setup steps in brief. The timeline firms up in the fit check.
- Week 1
Step 1
Agree
Wholestay and the property
We check that your property is a fit and build a preview from your website, with your rooms, photos and look and example prices, before you commit to anything. Then we sign and set up the connections.
Includes
- Fit check
- Demo with your own property
- Contract and connections
- Weeks 2–3
Step 2
Build
Wholestay, the property reviews
We choose the products to sell together. We bring in photos and texts from your website and Mews and do the design and tracking. You review the content.
Includes
- Products and rules
- Partner products (optional)
- Content and translations
- Design and widget
- Tracking
- Weeks 4–5
Step 3
Test
Wholestay and reception
We make complete test bookings in the Mews demo environment and one real booking that is refunded. Then we train reception.
Includes
- Test week
- Staff training
- Launch day
Step 4
Switch
Wholestay and your web agency
We install the code on your website and redirect the old booking links to the new engine. New bookings come through Wholestay from launch day on.
Includes
- Launch
- Review after 30 days
Who does what
We do the heavy lifting. You make the decisions and review.
Wholestay
We do
- Connections to Mews, Bókun and your other systems
- Photos, texts and translations from your website and Mews
- Installing the code and redirecting the old booking links
- Staff training and how-to videos
The property
You do
- Decide which rooms, packages and activities are sold
- Review the content and translations before launch
- Approve one code snippet or link on your website
- Check the notice terms of your current booking engine contract
What happens to the old engine
Bookings already made stay where they are, and we redirect the links you control.
Existing bookings
They stay in the old system and in Mews as they are. New bookings come through Wholestay from launch day, and old links are redirected to the new engine.
Old booking links
On launch day we redirect the old booking links on your website and Google Business Profile to the new engine.
Your website
Only once: we add one code snippet or link to your website. After that, the search bar's look is changed in the dashboard, with no need to touch the website.
Requirement
Yes. Wholestay runs on top of Mews: rooms, rates and availability come from Mews, and every booking is written back to it. If you use another PMS, tell us. We pick the next systems based on demand, but we don't promise a timeline.