MyTokyoApt Website Technical Changelog

2022-05-09

    After a long time and an unannounced update earlier this year, MyTokyoApt has received a handful of significant improvements this update.
  • Long Reservations (over 35 days) now has a Monthly style payment schedule. For Shorter reservations, a single payment accounts for the entire transaction. For Longer Stays, The payments are now split by Monthly terms. Terms are 1 month in length, and due / Collected by the 25th of the prior month. If Nights booked are at least 28 nights, the entire month is charged as a single item. If the start or ending term is less than 28 nights, the month is prorated by the number of nights. The first initial payment is required to confirm the reservation.
  • With this, Scheduled Payments are now automatically charged at time of due. If the payment fails, an Invoice will be created, and an email sent with various ways to pay and update the card. The payment will be attempted again after 24 hours.
  • Email Notifications have been improved. Quote Expiry emails are now sent 18 and 6 hours to expiry. Reservation Confirmed, Payment Confirmed, and Payment Failed Emails will be sent with useful information and links.
  • A bug has been fixed allowing to select as checkout dates previously not possible.
  • Listing Information has been tweaked. Cancellation Policy updated.
  • Various pages now link to and from each other, helping navigate pages.
  • The menu has been updated to no longer show Inquiries (replaced with Quotes), and to be more useful in the current state of the website.
  • Settings pages for uploading a photo ID and for Managing Payment Options
  • Google Maps integration has been fixed.

2020-11-29

  • Reservations can now be Cancelled And Refunded.
  • Changed how Payment charges are processed to reservations. Payment must now be completed before a reservation is created. Multiple failed attempts to pay for a reservation will not create new invoices.
  • Improved Financial View (Alpha).
  • Removed nonfunctional buttons buttons.
  • Email Notification will now be sent on Inquiry Approval by host.
  • Improved Facebook post links.
  • Fixed an issue sorting message threads by time.

2020-11-13

  • Changed user accessible pages for better experience
  • Added Dropdown navigation
  • upgraded photos to next-gen for greater performance
  • Added Strongly encrypted ID photo upload (beginning of User Settings)
  • Added Admin Tools for Photo ID access

2020-11-07

  • Created Changelog.
  • Created Maintinance Window.
  • Removed Temporary Service Fee added with pricing changes.
  • Improved Details Section of Welcome page.
  • Added Search Links, Social Media, TOS/PP links to Footer.
  • Created Initial Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.

2020-10-29

  • Changed Listing Card Buttons to Links.
  • Added Events to Welcome page and Confirmation page.
  • Changed Invoice Direct Links to Download PDF.
  • Emails will now be sent for newly created Invoices, Reservations, and messages.

2020-10-28

  • Added daily price settings.
  • Added Reviews.
  • Added Price breakdown to reservation confirmation window.
  • Added ICAL Export link for Units.

2020-10-15

  • Updated Footer.

2020-10-09

  • Implemented ICAL Link Calendar Syncing.
  • Changed Direct Messaging to Message Threads.
  • Updated Searched for Listings, Listing Cards and presentation, pagination
  • Rework of Listings Page to include Interactive Calendar, Better usability, improved photo gallery section, Google Map, Registration Number, min/max reservation nights, and Additional Listings.
  • improvement to storage storage of photos.
  • Additions to welcome page, including listings and footer.

2020-08-23

  • Created first Advertisement page for Denenchofu House.
  • Improved System Logging.
  • Created a Confirmation Page for confirmed payment and reservation.