Create a trigger to send a message after a cancellation

Bill D
3 hrs ago
Joined Jun, 2024 7 posts

If a future guest of ours cancels their reservation, we want to message them a few days after the cancellation. We want to tell them we are sorry they couldn't stay with us, but if they'd like to rebook in the future, here is a link to our direct booking site.

I can't find any triggers/conditions that will help me match this criterion.

Is this system capable of doing this?

 

 

 

Alece
57 mins ago
Joined Jan, 2020 213 posts

As far as I'm aware, there's only the option to have a template message send immediately upon cancellation... not X number of days after. That would be hugely helpful!

Suzee S
53 mins ago
OR Team Member Joined Apr, 2023 31 posts

Hello Bill - that's a great idea!

We do not have any conditions you can use in a trigger to identify cancelled bookings. Our triggered communications are for active bookings.

A few options:

  • There is a system message that sends out for a cancellation and you could modify that system message to include your desired message.
  • You could also go to the Messages tab of the cancelled booking and manually send an email to the guest from there
  • You can export their email out to your marketing list and send an email or text from outside of OwnerRez

I'm sure you already know, and I wanted to mention it here. You'll want to make sure you're not asking a channel guest to go off platform in a channel message. The channels would not be very happy to see that.

If you need additional assistance, feel free to reach out to us at help@ownerrez.com