Using Airbnb and Booking.com: Difference between revisions

This approach requires you to import your listings from Airbnb, establish the connection to Booking.com and import the bookings, before completing the connection to Airbnb.  

Go to {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS) CHANNEL MANAGER > AIRBNB  > ACCOUNTS

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Click 'View Listings' and 'Import' the first listing, creating a Property in Beds24 with 1 room.

*Beds24 supports both "'Daily Prices'" and "'Occupancy Prices'" for Airbnb. Please see [[Airbnb_Mapping#Pricing_models|Pricing Models]] for more information and adjust your pricing model if required in {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS)  CHANNEL MANAGER > AIRBNB > MAPPING

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'''The set up process'''

Bookings are not removed from the Booking.com extranet. Existing and new bookings are always visible in the Booking.com extranet.

Initiate the connection from the property menu within the Booking.com extranet and then do the Beds24 setup.

If you have a Booking.com group account log to Booking.com and go to ACCOUNT > CONNECTIVITY PROVIDER and select Beds24 as channel manager from there.

2) Set "Booking Price Import" to either import the room price only or the room price plus unpaid extras (cleaning charges, local taxes etc.)

Some Booking.com rate ids can accept a room price plus a single occupancy price on the same rate id. If you have this rate type and want to send the single occupancy price set "Booking.com Rate Type " = "Per Day Pricing + Single". If you do not have this rate type or you are not sure set "Booking.com Rate Type "= " Per Day Pricing" or "Per Occupancy Pricing"  

Map Rooms:

*Click on the "Get Code" link next to the room id setting, a list of room ids will be retrieved from Booking.com and displayed.

*Choose the Booking.com room you want to map to the Beds24 room and click on it.

Map Rates:

*Click on the "Get Code" link next to the rate id setting and a list of rate ids will be retrieved from Booking.com for the saved room id.

*Choose the Booking.com rate id for this room and click on it. This will normally be the standard rate.

<span class="" style="color: #f3e504; font-size: 150%;" >{{#fas:lightbulb}} </span>  <span style="font-weight: bold;" >Tip</span>  Click on the "View Actual Data" Button to check which prices and availability will send.

5) Click on "Import existing bookings" This will import all upcoming bookings and block the dates in Beds24 Calendar.

<span style=color:#fe746c;“ >{{#fas:exclamation-triangle}}  </span> If for any reason your existing bookings do not import, the dates could be reopened and resold. To prevent this import the bookings via CSV.

Follow the instructions on the page carefully so they import to the correct rooms.

9) You can allow cancellation fees and commission values to overwrite booking values when cancelled by channel if  {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS)  CHANNEL MANAGER  “Import Cancel Fees”  is set to “Yes”.

1) Change the pricing model (optional)

5) Check that the connection is working properly

<span style="color:#fe746c;“ >{{#fas:exclamation-triangle}}  </span>  Blocked dates are not sent by Airbnb, manually update the dates in Beds24 calendar.  

<span style="color:#fe746c;“ >{{#fas:exclamation-triangle}}  </span> We will import bookings from the last four weeks that are currently ongoing and have not yet reached their check-out date. However, please note that exceptionally long-term stays, those exceeding four weeks, will not be included in the import.