Have a restaurant/bar at your property? You can allow guests to bill their charges to their room and pay at checkout. Preno has integrated with Lightspeed Kounta POS, a leading cloud-based hospitality POS platform.
With the Preno/Lightspeed Kounta POS integration, 'bill to room' is treated as a payment type in Lightspeed Kounta POS. The charges will automatically be sent to the guest's booking as an extra in Preno.
Enabling the connection to Lightspeed Kounta POS in Preno
To set up your connection to Lightspeed Kounta POS in Preno, go to:
Settings > Integrations > in the Connect with Kounta section click Enable
Preno will take you through to a login page for Lightspeed Kounta POS
Enter your Lightspeed Kounta POS Email Address and Password > click Log in
In the Authorisation Required modal, choose the company you’d like to connect > click Grant Access
You’ll then be taken back to Preno to complete your Lightspeed Kounta POS settings in Preno
Enter a default name for your Point-of-sale charges
Click Save
Once connected, the custom name you entered for Point-of-sale charges will be displayed on bookings in Preno.
Xero-connected users
Please make sure you set your Xero mappings to the correct revenue accounts.
Select a Revenue account code for POS Adjustment Extra
Select a Revenue account code for POS Extra
Click Save.
Your Lightspeed Kounta POS and Preno accounts will now be connected.
Note: check out this article if you're going to connect both Preno and Lightspeed Kounta POS to Xero,
Bill to room with Lightspeed Kounta POS and Preno
See our Help Article on using the Bill to room function between Lightspeed Kounta POS and Preno.
Prevent revenue doubling up between Preno and Lightspeed Kounta POS
Integrating both Preno and Lightspeed Kounta POS with Xero can lead to revenue doubling up in the Xero, but it's easy to fix. Check out this article.