Get started

This page takes you from a new account to a property that is ready for its first guests.

Create an account

  1. Open app.arecabooking.com and choose to create an account.
  2. Enter your email and a password, then click Create account.
  3. Open the verification link we send to your inbox. Nothing there after a few minutes? Check your spam folder, or use Send the link again.
  4. Sign in.

Create your property

After the first sign-in Areca asks for your property: its name, type (hotel, hostel, guest house and others), country, city, contact email, website, currency and time zone. Click Create property.

The currency can still be changed in Settings until the first booking or payment.

Every new property starts with a 7-day trial of the PRO plan. See Plans and billing.

Follow the setup steps

The Getting started screen, first in the menu, lists the setup in order:

  1. Complete property details: address, contact details, currency, time zone and check-in hours.
  2. Create room types and rooms: the kinds of rooms you sell and the rooms guests stay in. See Room types and rooms.
  3. Create rate plans and set prices. See Rate plans, seasons and prices.
  4. Create extra sales for POS (optional): drinks, snacks, tours and other items you sell at the till or add to a booking.
  5. Set up the booking engine: your logo and colours on the booking page guests see. See Booking engine.

Below the steps you find optional features, such as staff accounts and connecting booking channels.

When you are done, click Close guide and the screen leaves the menu.