Flipkey.com
1 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 using the Flipkey iCal feed but it does not contain much more information than the booked dates.
- 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.
2 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.
- Beds24 can import the Flipkey iCal bookings feed
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
NOTE: Many people report the Flipkey calendar sync is not very reliable, we are waiting for Flipkey to improve the service.
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If the Sync is working but out of date because of many blocked dates this can be fixed by setting all dates in Flipkey to Available and then doing a "Sync Now" in Flipkey's "Sync with other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"
3 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.
1) Enable the Flipkey "Synchronise Inventory" check box for the required rooms.
2) Note the XML getproperties endpoint shown in the channel manager settings.
3) Note the XML getavailability endpoint for each calendar in the channel manager settings.
4) 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.
5) Once Flipkey (Tripadvisor) connect you, Flipkey will periodically read the XML endpoint to update your Flipkey calendar.
