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'''Limitations'''
'''Limitations'''


Only active bookings are exported, cancelled bookings will not appear. The iCal export is public so no personal information is exported. A link in the booking description will open the full booking information in the Beds24 control panel if you are logged in to Beds24.
Only active bookings are exported, cancelled bookings will not appear.  


The Calendar program is responsible for updating the calendar, we have no control over how often systems like Google calendar actually perform an update.
Your Calendar program is responsible for routinely updating the calendar, we have no control over how often systems like Google calendar actually perform an update.




What you will need:
What you will need:


*The Beds24 room id numbers. You will find these on the room description settings page.
The Beds24 Calendar URL as displayed in the channel manager menu for each room.


The Beds24 Calendar URL is as follows with the roomid number changed to your room id. In the following example the room id is 9999.
The calendar will only be activated when the booking checkbox is checked.


https://www.beds24.com/api/ical/bookings.ics?roomid=9999
If the token in the URL is correct the booking will be exported with the description entered in the '''Booking Description''' field. Use template variables here to include information from each booking.


The calendar will only be activated when the booking checkbox is checked.
The password is optional and can be used to change the token value. If anyone accesses the calendar with the wrong token, no personal information will be available in the calendar.




'''Setup'''
'''Setup'''


'''Beds24.com''': Check (tick) the Booking checkbox for each room you want to synchronise and click save.
'''Beds24.com''': Check (tick) the Booking checkbox for each room you want to export and click save.