Notifications
The notification bell in the top bar is where BookingFlow tells you what needs your attention. A red badge shows the unread count; clicking the bell opens the notification drawer.
New notifications also pop up briefly in the top-right corner of the screen — click one to jump straight to the booking it's about. Unread items are marked with a dot and bold titles; open the drawer and use Mark all as read to clear the list.
What you'll be notified about
| Notification | When | Clicking it… |
|---|---|---|
| New Booking | A booking is created | Opens the booking |
| Booking Hold | A guest starts checkout in the portal | Opens the booking |
| Payment Received | A hold becomes a confirmed, paid booking | Opens the booking |
| Booking Modified | Dates, party, accommodation, names or price change | Opens the booking |
| Booking Cancelled | A booking is cancelled | Opens the booking |
| Today's Arrivals | Every morning, 7 AM | Opens the first arrival |
| Today's Departures | Every morning, 7 AM | Opens the first departure |
| Overdue Payments | Every morning, 7 AM — arrivals with a balance still outstanding | — |
| New Stripe transactions to reconcile | The daily payout scan finds payouts needing invoices | Opens Reconciliation |
| Airbnb listing unmapped | An Airbnb listing arrives that has no accommodation mapping | Opens Airbnb settings |
| System errors | Rare — a background job failed | — |
The morning digest
Every day at 7 AM (UK time) BookingFlow prepares your day:
- Today's Arrivals — "…arrivals today: {guest names}…"
- Today's Departures — who's leaving
- Overdue Payments — "{n} bookings with outstanding balance totalling £{x}": confirmed bookings that have already arrived with money still owed
Most mornings you can skim the three notifications and know exactly what the day holds — the Dashboard then takes you through it.
Where notifications come from
Notifications are generated automatically by booking activity and the daily schedule — you don't configure them. They are in-app only: everything in the drawer also arrives by email to your account email where relevant (for example, new-booking emails are sent to every account user).