Revenue Recognition and Posting Dates
Understand when booking amounts become accounting revenue
Revenue recognition determines the journal date of reservation income. It is separate from booking creation and cash receipt.
| Method | Timing |
|---|---|
| Check-in | Start of stay |
| Check-out | End of stay |
| Booked at | Booking date |
| Pro-rata | Distributed across stay nights |
Pro-rata matters across months and ownership handovers. Each recognized part can belong to a different owner constellation or statement period.
When cash arrives before recognition, accounting can use deferred revenue. Accounts receivable, cash, deferred revenue, recognized revenue, and later adjustments can therefore use different dates.
Team settings provide the base method. Listing, booking-channel mapping, fee, or adjustment configuration can define more specific behavior. Render resolved dates and accounts from API responses.
See Reservations, Recurring fees, and Locking.