From the content connection between Stays.net and Despegar, you will be able to set in your Stays channel manager what will be your listings' cancellation policies to Despegar guests.


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Getting to know Despegar cancellation policies

For a good cancellation policy setup for your Stays listings connected to Despegar, check the table below that shows what each Despegar policy means:

Despegar policy
What does it mean?
Non refundableThe cancellation by the guest is not allowed without the payment of a fine.
If there is a cancellation, no show or early checkout, the penalty is 100% of the total amount of the stay. 
Refundable for 24 hoursThe cancellation by the guest is allowed between 0 and 24 hours before the check-in and after this time the fine is the amount of 1 daily rate.
If the guest does not show or leaves early, the fine is also 1 the amount of daily rate.
Refundable for 48 hoursThe cancellation by the guest is allowed between 0 and 48 hours before the check-in and after this time the fine is the amount of 1 daily rate.
If the guest does not show or leaves early the fine is also 1 daily rate.
Fully refundable
The guests will be able to cancel without a fine.
If there is a cancellation, no show or early checkout, there will be also no penalty.

Linking Stays policies to Despegar policies

To link your cancellation policies registered on Stays.net to Despegar models, just access [Channel Managers Dashboard > Despegar] menu, accces the Settings tab and choose the Cancellation policies option, like in the image below:

Remember that to have Stays policies option, you need to register your models on [Catalog > Auxiliaries > Cancellation policies] and then set the models per listing, if you want. Learn more.