Using Airbnb and Booking.com: Difference between revisions

  10) Enable the 2-way connection for Booking.com and send Prices & Availability   

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.)

**'''*[CONVERT:IDR-EUR]*''' will convert Indonesian Rupees to Euros and back to Indonesian Rupees on the import.

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.

Dates can be blocked by either entering a booking manually into Beds24 for those dates or using the inventory and override functions on the control panel calendar for those dates.  

2) To close dates in the calendar check this link [[Close_Rooms|Click here for more information]].

1) You can view the live availability and prices that will be sent to Booking.com before or after activating the connection.  

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)

#Click on "Airbnb Listing" link to open the listing on Airbnb select dates to check the listing is bookable but do NOT finish the booking.

Click on "Import existing bookings" to import the bookings you already have in Airbnb.  

<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.