Read one confirmation email at a time and each one looks right. The mismatch sits between two emails. Chillwari lines them up and reads them together.
The night we paid for and didn't sleep in
On the 26th we were still at home, half packed. The hotel in Nikko called that evening to ask if we were still coming.
I wanted to disappear. Our flight into Tokyo left the next morning, the 27th. I had booked the room for the night before it.
The second half cost more. We landed on the 27th with no room for that night. One night of money gone, and we spent our first evening finding a bed.
Going back through the confirmations later, the dates sat there in plain text. Check in July 26, check out July 27. Flight lands July 27. Side by side it takes a second to spot. On the day I booked it, I missed it.
You book the flight on one site in March and the room on another site in May. That's how two dates drift apart.
Dates go in when you log the expense
Log the flight and the room in Chillwari, and tap the dates while you're there. Or screenshot the confirmation and hand it to Receipteller, which reads the dates out of the email for you.
With the dates in place, Chillwari watches for four things.
- Stays outside your trip: a night before you land, or a night after you're home.
- Two rooms on one night: an extra night bought on a hotel change day, or a room someone in your group already booked.
- A gap in the middle: the night between two stays with nothing booked for it.
- Flights outside your trip: the wrong month picked in a date field, or a change you made with the airline and forgot to log here.
Chillwari names the day worth a second look.
You can wave it off. Some people book the airport hotel a night early on purpose, or keep a room for the day and leave the luggage in it. Tap Don't show this again and Chillwari drops it.
You see the bookings you're part of
Part of your group joins on day four. Some of them book their own rooms. Plenty of bookings have nothing to do with you.
Chillwari shows you the ones you're splitting. Someone else's room is theirs to check.
The dates on a shared night might not line up. The booking could be fine and the split wrong, with the room shared to the wrong person. Worth opening either way.
Catch it at home, not at the front desk
Booking a room one day off is a small mistake. Finding out at the front desk costs you the money and the evening.
Line the confirmations up in one place and you'll spot the mismatch. That's the job Chillwari takes on. Go and enjoy the trip.
