Questions and answers
What hotel owners ask us before they switch: setting up, the working day, money and your data.
29 questions in 6 topics.
Getting started
Do I need to install anything?
No. BedKeys runs in the browser. Open it on the front-desk PC, a laptop or a phone and sign in.
What do I need to run BedKeys?
A PC or laptop with an up‑to‑date Chrome, Edge, Safari or Firefox, internet at the desk, and a phone with a web browser for housekeeping. Any printer the browser can use prints folios and registration cards. Getting started
Who sets up my hotel?
We open your hotel in BedKeys and give the owner a sign‑in. Rooms, rates, taxes and staff go in from Settings, and a checklist on the front desk ticks each step off.
Can my upcoming bookings come across from what I use now?
Yes. We move your rooms, rates, guests and bookings across from the system you use now, usually in 3 to 4 hours, and you check them before you switch.
How long does it take to start?
About a day. We open your hotel in BedKeys within a day, and moving your data across from your current system usually takes 3 to 4 hours. Getting started
Day to day
Can my housekeepers use it on their phones?
Yes. A manager approves each phone once, then housekeepers sign in with a short PIN.
Does it work with Booking.com and Airbnb?
Soon. A channel manager is on its way: your free rooms and prices go out to Booking.com, Airbnb and other sites, and their bookings come into BedKeys. Everything BedKeys works with
Can guests book on my own website?
Yes. Your booking page lists your rooms with prices that include tax, and you can add a Book now button or a search box to your website. Your booking page
Can restaurant bills go on a guest’s room?
Yes, while the guest is checked in. The bill goes onto their folio with its share of the tax.
What happens if the internet goes down?
The desk needs a connection to work. On housekeeping phones, room status taps are kept on the phone and sent when the signal is back.
I have more than one hotel. Do I need separate accounts?
No. One sign-in covers every hotel you run, and you switch between them from the sidebar.
Money and bills
How does BedKeys stop billing mistakes?
Before any charge is saved, staff see its tax and the guest’s new balance. A wrong charge is corrected with a reason instead of being deleted, and the night audit won’t close a day while arrivals, departures or cash shifts are still open.
Can I keep an advance when a guest cancels?
Yes, when the rate’s cancellation rules say so. Before you confirm, BedKeys shows the charge, what the advance covers and anything to give back, ending in one line with what the guest pays in total.
Which payments can I record?
Cash, cards on your own card machine, bank transfers, JazzCash, Easypaisa and Raast, all on the same folio, with a receipt for each.
Can I bill a company for a stay?
Yes. Move the balance to the company’s account, within its credit limit, then put their stays on one numbered invoice.
Does BedKeys work out my sales tax?
It adds the rates you enter, shows each tax by name on folios and invoices, and the sales tax report shows what you collected less what you paid on purchases. Filing the return is still yours to do.
For owners
I’m not at the hotel every day. How do I know what’s going on?
After every Night audit the Watchdog lists anything unusual: cash short, large discounts, corrections and voids, with who did them. Ask BedKeys answers questions like “Who owes us money?” from your phone. How the Watchdog works
What does the Watchdog check?
Cash shifts short or over, Paid outs with no expense, cash refunds, large discounts, corrected charges and payments, fees taken off, restaurant voids after the kitchen had the order, free meals and rooms, guests who left owing, and rooms used with no booking. The Watchdog
What can I ask Ask BedKeys?
Revenue, occupancy and average rate, rooms free on any night, arrivals and check‑outs, who owes money, money received, discounts, cash shifts, the restaurant, low stock and groups arriving, in English or Roman Urdu. Ask BedKeys
Can Ask BedKeys change a booking or a bill?
No. It only reads. Asked to cancel or discount something, it says so and opens the screen where staff do it.
Do I need the BedKeys AI add‑on?
Not for the Watchdog’s checks or the Instant questions: both come with every plan. The add‑on, PKR 2,500 per hotel a month, adds typed questions and the Watchdog’s written briefing. Pricing
Your data
Is my hotel’s data mine?
Yes. We give you a full copy of your bookings, guests and bills whenever you ask, including if you leave. How we keep it safe
Who can see my hotel’s data?
Your staff see only the hotels they work at, and only the screens their role allows. Security and your data
Where is my data kept?
In the cloud, in professional data centres, not on a computer at your hotel. Connections are encrypted, and your data is backed up every day, with each backup kept for 30 days. Security and your data
Pricing and support
How much does it cost?
A price per room, per month, in your currency. The pricing page has the details.
Who do I talk to if something goes wrong?
A person on our team, by WhatsApp or phone. Not a chatbot.
Which languages and currencies does BedKeys use?
BedKeys is in English. Each hotel works in one currency, chosen when we set the hotel up, and every price, bill and report uses it.
Is there a contract, and can I cancel?
There is no long contract. A monthly plan can be cancelled at any time and ends with the month already paid. A yearly plan runs to the end of the year paid. Terms of service
Do you train my staff?
Yes. We train your staff on a call.