Settings Not Saving After Switching Hotels
Refresh the Settings page. Then try Save again. This takes about 1 minute.
This guide helps you fix settings saves that fail after you switch hotels or use an old browser tab.
Quick Reference
| What you see | Why it happens | Do this |
|---|---|---|
| "Hotel context changed. Refresh settings or switch back before saving." | You switched hotels after loading the page | Refresh and save again |
| "Switching hotel context. Please wait and try again." | AVA is still switching hotel context | Wait, then save |
| "Hotel context mismatch. Please refresh the page and try again." | The page is using an old hotel session | Refresh and save again |
| "Merchant ID mismatch: your current hotel context does not match..." | You changed hotels in another tab | Refresh and confirm the hotel |
| "No hotel context available. Please log in again." | Your session is missing hotel access | Log out and back in |
Step-by-Step Fix
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Look at the top bar. Confirm you are in the correct hotel.
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Go to Settings → Essentials.
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Refresh the page once.
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Make your change again.
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Click Save.
✓ You should see "Settings saved successfully"
AVA blocks the save to prevent writing settings to the wrong hotel.
Troubleshooting
Settings revert after you click Save
What you see: You click Save, but the old values come back.
Fix:
- Refresh the page.
- Make the change again.
- Click Save.
"Hotel context mismatch" message
What you see: "Hotel context mismatch. Please refresh the page and try again."
Fix:
- Refresh the page.
- Confirm the correct hotel is selected in the top bar.
- Make the change again, then click Save.
"Merchant ID mismatch" message
What you see: "Merchant ID mismatch: your current hotel context does not match..."
Fix:
- Refresh the page.
- Confirm you are in the correct hotel.
- Try saving again.
Wait, then save
Use this if you see "Switching hotel context. Please wait and try again."
- Wait for the hotel switch to finish.
- Confirm the hotel name in the top bar.
- Try Save again.
Log out and back in
Use this if you see "No hotel context available. Please log in again."
- Click your profile menu.
- Click Logout.
- Close the browser.
- Open AVA and sign in again.
- Return to Settings and try saving again.
Still Stuck?
Contact success@vouch-technologies.com if:
- ❌ The message returns after refresh and login
- ❌ It happens for multiple staff on the same hotel
- ❌ You cannot tell which hotel is currently selected
Helpful to include:
- Screenshot of the error message
- Which hotel you were editing
- The exact time it happened