Using Airbnb and Booking.com: Difference between revisions

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*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
*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
*Your prices are imported as daily prices. If you have an "'Extra Person Price'" in Airbnb you will need to adjust the "Max Guests" and the "Extra Person" price in PRICES > DAILY PRICE SETUP.
*Your prices are imported as daily prices. If you have an "'Extra Person Price'" in Airbnb you will need to adjust the "Max Guests" and the "Extra Person" price in PRICES > DAILY PRICE RULES.


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== Initiate the connection in Booking.com==
== Initiate the connection in Booking.com==
Initiate the connection from the property menu within the Booking.com extranet and then do the Beds24 setup.
Initiate the connection from the property menu within the Booking.com extranet and then do the Beds24 setup.
*Go to {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS)  CHANNEL MANAGER > BOOKING.COM > MAPPING


1) Click on the "Connect to Booking.com" button to login to Booking.com then go to ACCOUNT > CONNECTIVITY PROVIDER.
1) Go to {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS)  CHANNEL MANAGER > BOOKING.COM > MAPPING
 
*Click on the "Connect to Booking.com" button to login to Booking.com then go to ACCOUNT > CONNECTIVITY PROVIDER.


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.
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.
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5) When the connection has been approved, you will receive a notification from Booking.com, go to the Channel Manager menu again and set the connection up.
5) When the connection has been approved, you will receive a notification from Booking.com.


== Set up and mapping in Beds24 ==
== Set up and mapping in Beds24 ==
1) Enter your Booking.com Hotel Id into {{#fas:cog}} SETTINGS -> CHANNEL MANAGER -> BOOKING.COM  "Hotel ID" setting and choose your "Booking.com Rate Type" and click SAVE'''.
1) Enter your Booking.com Hotel Id into {{#fas:cog}} SETTINGS -> CHANNEL MANAGER -> BOOKING.COM  "Hotel ID" setting and choose your "Booking.com Rate Type" and press SAVE'''.
 


2) Set "Booking Price Import" to either import the room price only or the room price plus unpaid extras (cleaning charges, local taxes etc.)
2) Set "Booking Price Import" to either import the room price only or the room price plus unpaid extras (cleaning charges, local taxes etc.)
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**'''*[CONVERT:IDR-EUR]*''' will convert Indonesian Rupees to Euros and back to Indonesian Rupees on the import.
**'''*[CONVERT:IDR-EUR]*''' will convert Indonesian Rupees to Euros and back to Indonesian Rupees on the import.


6. Limit the maximum number of accepted bookings if you do not want to offer all rooms
6) If you want to limit the maximum number of accepted bookings, if you do not want to offer all rooms to Booking.com.
By default all available rooms are sent to activated channels. In {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS)  CHANNEL MANAGER > CHANNEL INVENTORY limit the number of accepted bookings for this channel.
By default all available rooms are sent to activated channels.  
 
Go to {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS)  CHANNEL MANAGER > CHANNEL INVENTORY, and set the limit of accepted bookings for this channel.


== Map your rooms to Booking.com (Rooms/Rate plans) ==
== Map your rooms to Booking.com (Rooms/Rate plans) ==
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*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.
*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.
*Choose the Booking.com room you want to map to the Beds24 room and click on it.
*When the correct room id has been copied to the room id setting, click Save.
*When the correct room id has been copied to the room id setting, press Save.


Map Rates:
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.
*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.
*Choose the Booking.com rate id for this room and click on it. This will normally be the standard rate.
*When the correct rate id has been copied to the rate id setting, click Save.
*When the correct rate id has been copied to the rate id setting, press Save.




<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.
<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.


= Step 3: Update your Beds24 calendar with blocked dates and bookings from other sources =
= Step 3: Update your Beds24 calendar with blocked dates and bookings from other sources =
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= Step 7: Enable the 2-way connection for Booking.com and send Prices & Availability =
= Step 7: Enable the 2-way connection for Booking.com and send Prices & Availability =


*Go to {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS)  CHANNEL MANAGER > BOOKING.COM > MAPPING
1) Go to {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS)  CHANNEL MANAGER > BOOKING.COM > MAPPING
*Scroll down to the Rooms and set Enable = '''Enabled''' (this is the 2-way connection)
 
*Click Save
2) Scroll down to the Rooms and set Enable = '''Enabled''' (this is the 2-way connection)
*Click Update for each room to immediately send the Inventory and prices to Booking.com
Press Save.
 
3) Click Update for each room to immediately send the Inventory and prices to Booking.com