Vacation-stay.com
Synchronising Beds24.com with Vacation-stay.com by Rakuten
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1 General
- Click here for general information on how the channel manager works.
- This tutorial explains how to set prices for channels.
2 Capabilities
- Beds24.com can export Inventory
- Beds24.com can export Price
- Beds24.com can import Bookings
- Beds24.com can import Cancellations
For details please click here
3 Limitations
- "Extra Person" prices cannot be exported.
4 Before you connect
Prices
- We can only send availability if you have set up prices which are activated for this channel. This tutorial gives general information how to set prices for channels.
- Prices for "Extra Person", "Extra child" and discounts set in the "Discounts" tab of the rates can not be sent.
- We can only send one price per day. If you have multiple prices activated for this channel the price with the lowest minimum stay will send.
- You can set an "Extra Person" price directly in your VacationSTAY extranet.
Bookings
New Bookings are imported.
Existing bookings are not automatically imported when the connection is established and should be entered into Beds24 manually.
VacationStay does not support modification. If a guest wants to modify a booking they will need to cancel and rebook.
Extras and Taxes
"Upsell Items" can not be exported.
5 You need
- Your VacationSTAY propery ID. If you do not already have a account with VacationSTAY sign up on their web site using the “register” function on the extranet then enter your property information, uploads photos etc on VacationSTAYs extranet.
- API username
- API password
6 Set up
6.1 VacationSTAY
- Ask VacationSTAY customer support to provide API credentials between Beds24 and VacationSTAY
- VacationSTAY will notify you by E-mail when the connection is enabled and send you a special API password.
NOTE: The credentials used in the extranet and API are different. You can not use your normal VacationSTAY username and password.
6.2 Beds24.com
- Enter your VacationSTAY property ID
- Enter your VacationSTAY API username
- Enter your VacationSTAY API password
- Click SAVE
Map Rooms:
- Click on the "Get Code" link next to the room type id setting.
- Choose the room id you want to map to each Beds24 room and click on it.
- When the correct room id has copied to the room type id setting, click Save.
Tip Click on the "View Actual Data" Button to check which prices and availability will send.
7 Activate
- Tick "Inventory" and Prices" and "Bookings"
- Save
New Bookings are imported. Modifications and cancellations to bookings are also imported.
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Existing bookings are not automatically imported when the connection is established and should be entered into Beds24 manually.
8 Updates
Changes to availability and prices will be instantly sent to the channel. Changes for settings for example minimum stays or number of rooms will send with the next update. Click on "Update" if you want to push them through instantly.
9 Check Connection
The connection is working if you are not receiving error messages and the display in the channel is correct. If you are receiving error messages check in the "Common Errors" section why you are receiving the error and how to fix it.
10 Updates
Changes to availability and prices will be instantly sent to the channel. Changes for settings for example minimum stays or number of rooms will send with the next update. Click on "Update" if you want to push them through instantly.
11 Common Errors
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