Pilot: Managing existing business models (new feature setup)

From the Business models overview page, you can view, edit, and archive models. To make a new business model, see Pilot: Creating a business model (new feature setup).

View business models

Step by step:

1. Sign in to your Guesty account.
2. In the side navigation menu, click Accounting to open the dropdown menu.
3. Under Accounting setup, select Business models.

The default view shows active models, which are those with at least one assigned or scheduled listing. Navigate and customize your view in the following ways:

• View configuration summaries: Click items in the "Net rental income", "Fees", or other columns to see a pop-up summary of that model's setup.
• Filter models: Click Add filters to sort models by activation date, assigned listings, net rental income calculation, and more.
• See other business models: In the lefthand menu, click "Inactive business models" or "Archived business models".

Edit a business model and publish new version

When you edit an active business model, you must publish the changes to create a new version. This allows you to track changes over time and choose how to apply them.

Step by step:

1. Sign in to your Guesty account.
2. In the side navigation menu, click Accounting to open the dropdown menu.
3. Under Accounting setup, select Business models.
4. Click to the right of the model you want to edit.
5. Click in each configuration section as needed and make the required changes.
6. Once you've made all changes, in the top-right corner, click Publish new version.
7. In the pop-up, choose how to apply the changes:
   • Apply changes moving forward: The new version will only apply to new reservations.
   • Reprocess existing bookings: The new version will be applied to existing reservations. Select a date from which to start reprocessing. Learn more about Reprocessing a reservation manually.
8. Click Publish new version or Publish new version & reprocess.

View version history

You can see a history of all published changes for a business model.

Step by step:

1. Sign in to your Guesty account.
2. In the side navigation menu, click Accounting to open the dropdown menu.
3. Under Accounting setup, select Business models.
4. Click to the right of the relevant model.
5. In the top-right corner, click the clock icon.
6. The "Version history" side panel will appear, showing all previous versions.
7. To view related reservations, click then select Reservations using this version. A reservations report opens in a new window.
8. To exit, click Business models in the top-left corner.

Archive a business model

You can archive a business model only if it has no listings assigned to it. Archiving a model removes it from the main view and prevents edits, but preserves its data for historical reporting.

1. Sign in to your Guesty account.
2. In the side navigation menu, click Accounting to open the dropdown menu.
3. Under Accounting setup, select Business models.
4. Click  to the right of the business model you want to archive.
5. Select Archive.
6. In the confirmation pop-up, click Archive.

View business model data on reservations

You can add columns to the Reservations page to see which business model and version was applied to each booking.

1. Sign in to your Guesty account.
2. In the side navigation menu, select Reservations.
3. Select a reservation view.
4. In the top-right corner, click Columns.
5. Scroll to the "Accounting" section.
6. Check the boxes for "Business model" and "Processed by business model".
7. The new columns will now appear in your reservations view.