Reconciling old Reservation balances

Q:  How do I reconcile old reservations with a balance due to get them balanced out in the system?

A: It depends on what a particular situation is (did they cancel and you left Charges on it by mistake, or did they pay but you didn't enter the Payment, etc).  It also depends on what kind of reporting you've been doing (or exporting to QuickBooks) and how any changes might affect those reports.

The "quick & dirty" solution would be to just delete the old transactions.  Of course that will affect any reports re-done for that time period, and of course if you depended on reports back then for your accounting, don't forget that they may have been incorrect originally so you might need to adjust for that somehow.  You also couldn't delete any Payments made by credit card if you're processing them through Campground Master.

You could also enter offsetting transactions (a payment if it wasn't entered before, or "reverse charges" to make negative charges to offset charges that weren't paid), and back-date those to an appropriate date (which will again affect historical reports).

Again, make sure you understand how it will affect your reporting before making any changes.