If your property is in Spain, Italy, Portugal, Colombia, or Mexico, you can automatise the sending of the check-in report every day to the competent police station, this article explains how to activate this feature from your Amenitiz account and then on Chekin.com.
Properties in the UK and France can activate Chekin.com but will not have the synchronisation and automatic sending to the police, they can still use Chekin.com for online check-in tools, communications, document generation, and storage.
The synchronization between Amenitiz and Chekin
Amenitiz, through Chekin, will let you:
Synchronize Booking information to Chekin: Amenitiz sends the contact details to Chekin.
Then, through Chekin you can set your police station profile and the cadency of information request collection (automated email to guests before arrival)
Let the guest fulfill all the information through their smartphone, by taking a picture or typing their ID information.
Chekin will send the information to the competent police station every night at 11pm.
To activate this synchronization, the first step is to go to> Marketplace from your admin area, and type "Chekin" in the search bar:
The Chekin Account creation has to be done through Amenitiz's marketplace first, not from Chekin, otherwise, both applications won't be properly synchronized.
Click on activate, you can then create your account by filling in your email, a password, and your property type. Again, it is important not to create in advance a Chekin account.
It is important to select the property type before creating the account because once the account is created, you will not be able to change it. In the event that you wish to switch property types, you would have to delete the existing account and create a new one through the Amenitiz marketplace again. The available property types you can choose from are hotel or vacation rentals. If you operate as a hotel or bed&breakfast selecting the "Hotel" option would be the right choice. On the other hand, if you manage a multi-property, the "Vacation Rental" option is more suitable.
Once you accept, you will be redirected to Chekin Page. You will see Chekin's dashboard with your property.
TO SET UP YOUR ACCOUNT IN CHEKIN:
1. Setup of your properties
The first thing you need to do is to add your properties. To start, click on properties from the menu and click “Add a new property”.
Property information: The required data is needed to generate the guest registration form.
Police Connection: Connect the account credentials from your local authorities to send data automatically.
Online Check-in: Send automatically an online registration form to your guests. Pick up the scheduling options that best fit your needs.
Property Information:
Click on Properties
Select the property
Fill in the Property name and Country
Fill in the Commercial name, Province, City and Owner fiscal code
Police Connection
Click on Legal and activate the toggle
Select your police account from the dropdown menu, and add your username and password (these are the credentials you use to log in to your police account).
Online check in
Configure the check-in online triggers to send the guest the email with the check-in online link
2. Activate premium features: If you are interested we offer the below premium features. Please keep in mind that these are not covered by Amenitiz and you will need to pay these services directly to Chekin.
3. Add your billing details (if you activate a premium feature):
4. If you activate Upselling, Payments or Property Protection you will need to add a Stripe account under Settings>Payments:
