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Job brief

Stop selling the same room twice

How and who for the hotel job—verified when attested.

When PMS and CRS disagree after a busy weekend, I want a guard so a sold room cannot be sold again — and a human who owns the disagreement.

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Scoped brief

Pick one inventory owner — usually the CRS or the PMS, never both, never the RMS. Twin Book-shaped software watches the gap. A person resolves. Harbor treats silent guest moves as an integrity fail. This is a sister job to connect-rms-crs; do that first if writes are the bug.

Outcome
A named inventory owner, a disagreement ticket within 15 minutes, and zero silent reservation moves.
Catalog budget band
$8–22k discipline + a watch. A worksheet range, not a quote.
Catalog timeline
2–6 weeks. Not a promise.

  1. Step 1

    Name the inventory owner on one page

    CRS, PMS, or a channel manager — one. If two systems can write availability, stop buying tools and draw the diagram.

  2. Step 2

    Watch the gap on a clock

    When the books disagree, page a named person. Fifteen minutes on a Saturday is the product.

  3. Step 3

    Forbid silent moves

    A guard that ‘fixes’ a guest into another room is a new bug. Ticket. Human. Call the guest if you must.

  4. Step 4

    Publish oversells, not uptime

    How many double-sells, how long to resolve, how many guests called. Monday pack.

Provider shortlist

  1. Software· demo

    Twin Book

    Inventory guard across PMS and CRS

    Catalog score 8.1. A post-job shape, not a verification. Stable id twin-book.

  2. Software· demo

    Keystone Switch PMS

    PMS cutover & parallel run

    Catalog score 8.3. A post-job shape, not a verification. Stable id keystone-switch.

  3. Software· demo

    Northline PMS

    Property management system

    Catalog score 8. A post-job shape, not a verification. Stable id northline-pms.

  4. Agent

    Folio Watch Agent

    Inventory & card-flow watch

    Catalog score 8.4. A post-job shape, not a verification. Stable id folio-watch.

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  • Buyer

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  • Supplier

    Join as a supplier

    Company, jobs served, regions, and a hotel reference. The packet is queued as unverified pending. The form cannot mark it verified.

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  • Hotel

    Record a result

    A metric, before and after, and the dates. It is shown as reported until a person checks the evidence. Verified Outcome is not insurance.

    Record a result

AdviceTwo books without a named owner is already an oversell.

VerifiedSee the connect-RMS-to-CRS job if the root is a write war.

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Situation

What is actually on fire

When PMS and CRS disagree after a busy weekend, I want a guard so a sold room cannot be sold again — and a human who owns the disagreement.

Approaches

Two or three paths — with the give

Watch plus a named owner

When. A Saturday you can unwind

You give. A person still on the pager

Auto-reconcile

When. A tidy demo

You give. A guest in a room they did not book

Who to involve

  • · Hotel tech lead
  • · GM (sign-off)
  • · Night audit / reservations
  • · Payments or QSA partner

First 7 days

YAML-shaped: day / theme / tasks / owner / risk / exit. Advice until a case is verified.

  1. day: 1

    Write the fail in one sentence

    • · Write the fail in one sentence. Job: Stop selling the same room twice.
    owner:
    Hotel tech lead
    risk:
    The exit is not written down
    exit:
    A note the next shift can open

  2. day: 2

    Pull the last 7 days of the live number

    • · Pull the last 7 days of the live number. If it is missing, that absence is the finding.
    owner:
    Hotel tech lead
    risk:
    The exit is not written down
    exit:
    A note the next shift can open

  3. day: 3

    Name who owns the workaround today (desk,

    • · Name who owns the workaround today (desk, HK, night audit, owner).
    owner:
    Hotel tech lead
    risk:
    The exit is not written down
    exit:
    A note the next shift can open

  4. day: 4

    Walk one peak hour

    • · Walk one peak hour. Write what the system claims vs what the floor did.
    owner:
    Hotel tech lead
    risk:
    The exit is not written down
    exit:
    A note the next shift can open

  5. day: 5

    Ask vendors the worksheet questions

    • · Ask vendors the worksheet questions. Discard anyone who cannot answer with a caveat.
    owner:
    Hotel tech lead
    risk:
    The exit is not written down
    exit:
    A note the next shift can open

  6. day: 6

    Pick one approach

    • · Pick one approach. Write when-not-to-buy on the same page.
    owner:
    Hotel tech lead
    risk:
    The exit is not written down
    exit:
    A note the next shift can open

  7. day: 7

    Run the smallest test that would change Mo

    • · Run the smallest test that would change Monday. No annual contract yet.
    owner:
    Hotel tech lead
    risk:
    The exit is not written down
    exit:
    A note the next shift can open

Decision worksheet

Questions, red flags, bands

Take this to a vendor call. Budget bands are Advice — a Harbor shape, not a quote.

Ask the vendor

  1. 1. Who types the status / number — a person, or your product?
  2. 2. What would have happened anyway in 90 days without you?
  3. 3. Show a property of this size and stack. Demo-labeled categories do not count as proof.
  4. 4. What can your agent never do (folio post, mark clean, change a rate)?
  5. 5. What is the kill-switch if guest comments move?

Red flags

  • · RMS writing rooms.
  • · A channel manager and a CRS both owning availability.
  • · Hiding walks in ‘operational adjustments.’

When not to buy. A product that auto-cancels the cheaper reservation. That is a second inventory owner you cannot fire.

Do it in-house

Time and a named owner. No vendor. Use the 7-day plan first.

$8–22k discipline + a watch

Typical Harbor band for this job — advice, not a quote.

Full program

People + system + 90-day proof. Only if the 7-day plan already failed.

Vendor checklist

Score the call. Keep it on this browser.

Weighted questions — yes/no, scale, or text. Must-pass ids persist on this browser. Pass threshold 70. A no on a must-pass is a walk-away — not a maybe.

Brand
Stack shape — not a partnership

  1. property context · weight 2 · must pass

    Can they name your key count and whether you are independent, soft-brand, or major — without a discovery theater?

  2. property context · weight 2 · must pass

    Do they treat your PMS as a shape (Opera-class / Mews-class / Cloudbeds-class) — not a fake partnership slide?

  3. control · weight 3 · must pass

    Who types the status / number — a person, or your product?

  4. vendor · weight 2

    What would have happened anyway in 90 days without you?

  5. vendor · weight 2

    Show a property of this size and stack. Demo-labeled categories do not count as proof.

  6. vendor · weight 2

    What can your agent never do (folio post, mark clean, change a rate)?

  7. vendor · weight 2

    What is the kill-switch if guest comments move?

Does not clear

0 / 100

must_pass: prevent-double-oversell-ctx-rooms, prevent-double-oversell-ctx-stack, prevent-double-oversell-q1

A must-pass failed. Walk away.

How

The brief

Pick one inventory owner — usually the CRS or the PMS, never both, never the RMS. Twin Book-shaped software watches the gap. A person resolves. Harbor treats silent guest moves as an integrity fail. This is a sister job to connect-rms-crs; do that first if writes are the bug.

  1. Step 1

    Name the inventory owner on one page

    CRS, PMS, or a channel manager — one. If two systems can write availability, stop buying tools and draw the diagram.

  2. Step 2

    Watch the gap on a clock

    When the books disagree, page a named person. Fifteen minutes on a Saturday is the product.

  3. Step 3

    Forbid silent moves

    A guard that ‘fixes’ a guest into another room is a new bug. Ticket. Human. Call the guest if you must.

  4. Step 4

    Publish oversells, not uptime

    How many double-sells, how long to resolve, how many guests called. Monday pack.

Tradeoffs

  1. Watch plus a named owner

    You get. A Saturday you can unwind

    You give. A person still on the pager

  2. Auto-reconcile

    You get. A tidy demo

    You give. A guest in a room they did not book

Pitfalls

  • · RMS writing rooms.
  • · A channel manager and a CRS both owning availability.
  • · Hiding walks in ‘operational adjustments.’

Success criteria

  • · Inventory owner written and signed.
  • · Disagreement tickets under 15 minutes on weekends.
  • · Zero silent reservation moves in 30 days.

Who

Ranked for this job

Rank is post-job score, then listed order. Not for sale. Software marked demo is an archetype.

Agencies & contractors

None ranked in Agencies & contractors yet. Harbor will not invent a provider.

Systems

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When to pick whom

People do the work beside the desk. Software is a system — demo-labeled when it is a category shape. Agents draft; they do not post money or mark a room clean.

ProviderKindScoreFeePick whenWalk away when
Twin BookSoftware· demo
8.1
$180–$360 / month (category shape)Tech leads who already know they have two truths.A house still on a PMS with no availability API.
Keystone Switch PMSSoftware· demo
8.3
Demo · $15–40k cutoverTech leads who have been burned by a 'rip and replace' weekend.Hotels that only want a new logo on the folio.
Northline PMSSoftware· demo
8.0
Demo · $8–14 / room / monthIndependents replacing a brittle on-prem PMS.Enterprise flags that need a brand-mandated stack.
Folio Watch AgentAgent
8.4
$299–699 / monthTech leads mid-cutover or mid-flag-change.Hotels that want an agent to quietly 'handle' money.

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Hotels on this job

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Evidence

Peer case studies

Tech / digital
8.4

The second book stopped selling the first

South Line · 196 keys · Charlotte, NC

Claim.
Two books, one owner, no silent moves.
Evidence.
Pager log, reservation audit trail, walk log.
Caveat.
The watch is noisy if you have not picked an owner. Draw first.

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