Guesty’s task management functionality is highly flexible and can be adapted to suit your specific operational needs.
Learn how to create calendar-based tasks manually or use auto tasks to schedule work for each reservation automatically.
To manage longer reservations, create one-off tasks manually to enhance your automated setup. You can generate additional revenue by offering services such as mid-stay cleaning, extra bedding, laundry, and grocery restocking.
 

Cleaning and maintenance tasks

Read our best practices for managing cleaning operations.

Other tasks

Tasks help you manage property cleaning and maintenance. They’re also a great way to handle these use cases:

  • Greeting guests or performing personal check-ins.
  • Conducting inspections and quality control.
  • Reminding yourself to contact owners monthly.
  • Checking payment statuses and collecting credit card details.
  • Escalating urgent guest issues to a manager.
  • Checking inventory, such as soap and toiletries, for each property.
  • Managing long-term projects across your portfolio:
    • Upgrading property amenities, such as entertainment or disability access.
    • Marketing each listing by uploading new photos or descriptions.

Group tasks

You can allow staff members to accept their own tasks. 

Set the assignee of a task template to “Group” to make it visible to all group members. Instruct group members to click Accept task to assign the task to themselves.

Task reports

Add a selection of filters and columns to your custom reports. Use the most common filters and columns listed below.

Filters

  • Today's scheduled tasks: Use the "Start" filter and set it to "Is in the next 1 day".
  • Tomorrow's scheduled tasks: Add the "Start" filter and set it to "Is in the next 2 days" and the "End"   set to "Is after the next 1 day".
  • Upcoming tasks scheduled in the next seven days: Use the "Start" filter and set it to "Is in the next 7 days".
  • Unassigned tasks: Use the "Assignee" filter, and set it to "Is Unassigned".
  • Tasks per supervisor, city, and listing tag: Use "Supervisor", "Property's city", or "Property's tag" to filter your results.

Columns

  • Start Date: The time the assignee tapped "Start task" in the Guesty mobile app.
  • Completion Date: The time the assignee tapped "End task" in the Guesty mobile app.
  • Start: The planned start time from an auto task or the "Due Date" on a manual task.
  • End: The planned end time based on the planned start time and duration.
  • Can Start From: The "Can Start From" field on a task's time frame.
  • Must Finish Before: The "Must Finish Before" field on a task's time frame.
  • Task Assignee: The person assigned to the task.
  • Status: See if a task is in progress, completed, and more.
  • Creation Date: The date that the task was created in Guesty. For Auto Tasks, this should match the reservation's confirmation date.
  • Next Reservation: A brief look at the next upcoming reservation.
  • Next Planned Arrival: The guest's arrival time if the ETA was adjusted manually. The listing's default check-in time will not be displayed in this column.

 

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