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Send prepayment message to guests on booking approval

Automatically monitor booking record updates across Zapier Tables and respond.io. Get localized prepayment messages when booking approved, cost added, or bookings updated—so you can filter only eligible stays, calculate final guest price, and avoid manual follow-up.

How this automation delivers guest prepayment messages on approval

When booking approvals and pricing changes are handled manually, prepayment messages can be delayed or wrong for the guest. This automation filters approved bookings, converts costs into a final price, and sends a localized prepayment message—so you can reduce prepayment friction.

  1. 1.Detect updated booking record

    Integrate Zapier Tables and automation mapping tools to watch booking record updates and capture booking reference, phone, language, and cost inputs.

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  2. 2.Filter for approved bookings

    Integrate Filter by Zapier and rules logic to continue only when status is approved and cost is present, and cost is greater than zero.

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  3. 3.Lookup exchange rate and convert

    Integrate Formatter by Zapier and reporting tables to lookup market exchange rate and multiply source cost by rate for conversion.

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  4. 4.Apply margins and compute price

    Integrate Code by Zapier and pricing rules to apply service margin, payment fees, tiered discounts, and rounding to compute final price.

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  5. 5.Send localized prepayment message

    Integrate respond.io and templated messaging to send a localized prepayment message using language templates and computed price placeholders.

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Okta
Zendesk
Dropbox
Asana
Allstate
Airbnb
ActiveCampaign
Lyft
Webflow
Canva
Sysco
LA Clippers
Getaround
Grammarly
HelloFresh
Lululemon
Barry's
Hopper
Casper
Hudl
Miro
The New York Times
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