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Synchronising Beds24.com with your Airbnb calendar

http://www.airbnb.com

1 Capabilities

  • Beds24.com can export inventory.
  • Beds24.com can import bookings.
  • Beds24.com can import booking modifications.
  • Beds24.com can import booking cancellations.

For details please click here

2 Limitations

  • Prices cannot be exported and must be set in the Airbnb system.
  • AirBnB initiate the inventory update of their calendar, we cannot control how often they update their calendar.
  • Past bookings are not imported.

3 What you will need

You need to save the Beds24 "Airbnb Import Calendar (Inventory)" URL into the Airbnb Calendar Import Tool so Airbnb update their calendar from Beds24.

You need to save Airbnb's Export Calendar URL into the Beds24 "Airbnb Export Calendar (Bookings)" setting so Beds24 can import Airbnb bookings.

4 Setup

4.1 Export Inventory to Airbnb

We have no control over how often Airbnb update calendars, It can be as slow as once per day. 
Please open an issue with Airbnb and request a more frequent update. 
Consider setting Airbnb to requests rather than confirmed bookings if they cannot increase the rate they update your calendar.

Tick the Inventory checkbox to make your Beds24 availability calendar available to Airbnb and save.

  • Log into Airbnb and go to Manage Listing and Calendar.

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  • Go to "Sync with other Calendars" (usually a link under the calendar)

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  • Click on "Calendar Import".

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  • Copy the "Airbnb Import Calendar (Inventory)" URL from the Airbnb Channel Manager page in Beds24.
  • Paste the Beds24 Calendar URL where requested in Airbnb.

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4.2 Import Bookings to Beds24

To import bookings tick the Bookings check box and save.

  • Log into Airbnb and go to Manage Listing and Calendar.

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  • Go to "Sync with other Calendars" (usually a link under the calendar)

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  • Copy the URL listed for "Export Calendar"

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  • Paste the Airbnb Export Calendar URL into the "Airbnb Export Calendar (Bookings)" setting on the Airbnb Channel Manager settings page in Beds24 and save.

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  • Make sure the connection is activated

4.3 Notes

If you just want to import the blocked dates once to get setup can put the Airbnb calendar url into the Ical import channel, let them import and then disable the Ical Import channel. This should import all the blocked dates as bookings.

5 Disconnect

  • Unticking "Inventory" and "Bookings" will stop the synchronisation for a room.
  • Log into your Airbnb extranet and delete the Beds24 URL.