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Synchronising Beds24.com with your Flipkey calendar 

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Note: Due to the integration process at TripAdvisor these instructions may go out of date quickly. We are trying to keep up with these changes but if you see a problem please let us know.

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1 Ical method

Capabilities

• Beds24.com can export inventory.
• Beds24 provides a specially constructed calendar file which Flipkey polls for updates at a rate determined by Flipkey.

Limitations

• Prices cannot be exported and must be set in the Flipkey system.
• You will need to routinely log in to Flipkey and respond to your enquiries.
• Bookings can be imported because Flipkey does not provide an Ical feed.
• Only dates blocked by Beds24 can be re-opened. Dates blocked from other synced calendars within Flipkey or manually in Flipkey cannot be re-opened.
• Flipkey does not supply export Ical for all accounts.

Beds24.com:

1) Enable the Flipkey "Synchronise Inventory" check box for the required rooms.

2) If available in your Flipkey account, paste the Flipkey booked dates iCal feed URL into "Export Calendar (Bookings)"

Flipkey.com:

1) Log in to Flipkey.

2) Goto the calendar menu "Sync with other calendars".

3) Select calendar type "Other"

4) Give the calendar a name, this is only for your reference.

5) Paste the calendar URL called Import Calendar (Inventory) into Flipkey.

Calendar Sync

Flipkey do not re-open dates which are blocked in their calendar by other sources.

These dates must be set to "Available" manually in the Flipkey calendar.

If the Sync is working but out of date because of many blocked dates this can be fixed by setting all dates in Flipkey to Available and then doing a "Sync Now" in Flipkey's "Sync with other calendars"

2 XML method (Only available to Flipkey customers with 10 or more listings)

Beds24 supplies XML data which Flipkey periodically read and use to update the Flipkey calendar.

2.1 Capabilities

• Beds24.com can export listing content, inventory and prices. The price sent is your Beds24 booking page price.

2.2 Limitations

• You will need to routinely log in to Flipkey and respond to your enquiries.

2.3 Beds24

• Enable the Flipkey "Synchronise Inventory" check box for the required rooms.
• Note the XML getproperties endpoint shown in the channel manager settings.
• Note the XML getavailability endpoint for each calendar in the channel manager settings.
• Go to SETTINGS->CHANNEL MANAGER->HOMEAWAY.COM->CONTENT DATA and check the content information sent to Flipkey is correct.

1. General Description

Flipkey Name	Beds24 setting
Property Name	Room Name
Currency	API Currency Code
Property Description	Room Description
Address1	Full Address
City	City
State	State
Zip code	Postcode
Country	Country
Latitude	Latitde
Longitude	Longitude
Maximum Occupancy	Maximum Guests
Bedrooms
Bathrooms

2. Amenities

Add the "Feature Codes" for the amenities you offer in the "Feature Codes" codes field

Flipkey Amenity	Beds24 feature code
Heating	AMENITIES_HEATING
Living Room	AMENITIES_LIVING_ROOM
Kitchen	KITCHEN_DINING_KITCHEN
Microwave	KITCHEN_DINING_MICROWAVE
Refrigerator	KITCHEN_DINING_REFRIGERATOR
Toaster	KITCHEN_DINING_TOASTER
Highchair	KITCHEN_DINING_HIGHCHAIR
Dishes & utensils	KITCHEN_DINING_DISHES_UTENSILS
Coffee maker	KITCHEN_DINING_COFFEE_MAKER
Dining area	KITCHEN_DINING_AREA
Dishwasher	KITCHEN_DINING_DISHWASHER
Washer	AMENITIES_WASHER
Oven	KITCHEN_DINING_OVEN
Garden	OUTDOOR_GARDEN
Private Pool	POOL_SPA_PRIVATE_POOL
Linen	AMENITIES_LINENS
Towels	AMENITIES_TOWELS
Aircon	AMENITIES_AIR_CONDITIONING
Internet	AMENITIES_INTERNET
Parking	AMENITIES_PARKING
TV	ENTERTAINMENT_TELEVISION
DVD	ENTERTAINMENT_DVD
Satellite or cable	ENTERTAINMENT_SATELLITE_OR_CABLE

3. Pictures

Enter the URLs of the pictures you want to send in the "Picures" settings. You can find the pictures URLs when you go to SETTINGS->BOOKING PAGE->PICTURES then click on "Manage" for the picture you want to send.

4. Prices

A room price per night and minimum stay value will be sent to Flipkey. The price will include any multiplier set by the "Booking Page Price Multiplier"

2.4 Flipkey

• Send an email to [email protected] with the XML endpoints and the Flipkey listing ID for each and request connecting your calendar to these XML endpoints.
• Once Flipkey (Tripadvisor) connect you, Flipkey will periodically read the XML endpoint to update your Flipkey calendar.

3 Disconnect

Untick "Inventory". If you have entered a calendar URL in your Flipkey account log into Flipkey and remove the link.