Clear Messages When the System Says No
Every hotel software error message is a plain sentence your desk can act on, with a help page to match, and only money is refused outright.
When something cannot go through, staff see a plain sentence and a next step.
For example: "Folio HTL-FA000080 still owes 142. Clear it, or move it onto a company or agent account, before check-out."
A help page carries that exact title.
What gets refused
Only money matters. Nobody can:
- Alter an invoice once issued
- Post into a closed month
- Delete a payment
- Post a charge that cannot be recovered
What gets asked instead
Anything else is a question rather than a hard stop: guests above a room's capacity, a smaller room, a price under the floor rate, blocking a room someone is staying in. The screen describes the situation, asks once, and notes who agreed.
Same words everywhere
Messages are composed in the database, right where each rule lives, so your desk, booking page and OTA Channel Manager show identical wording. No stack traces, no "something went wrong".
A help page for each one
Each message has a topic covering its meaning, its cause and your next step. The public help search scans full page text, so pasting the message brings up its page.
