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{{TOCright}}'''Synchronising Beds24<div class="heading">Booking.com </div> This page gives an overview on the integration with [https://join.booking.com/index.html?aid=3000042&utm_source=connectivity_providers&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=NPIN_property%20referral Booking.com]=Export prices, availability, rules and import bookings, modifications to bookings and cancellations for existing listings on Booking.com'''= If you already have a property in Booking.com you can map your rooms and rates so Beds24 can:*send inventory (available rooms)*send minimum stay*send maximum stay*send closed to arrival and closed to departure*send prices (also multiple rates) if required with a multiplier to mark prices up or down*import bookings, modifications to bookings and cancellations

[https://join.booking= Create rate plans on Booking.com/index.html?aid=384035&lang=en&label=beds24 wwwYou can manage your Booking.bookingcom rate plans directly in from Beds24.com]*Create new rate plans*Modify existing rate plans

*= Create new properties and rooms on Booking= Beds24can push properties with content, photos, amenities, prices and availability to Booking.com can export Inventory*Beds24.com can export Multiple Rates*Beds24send new properties to Booking.com can import Bookingsgroup account*Beds24.com can import update content to an existing listing on Booking Modifications and Cancellations*Beds24.com can add a multiplier to prices to convert to a different currency.

If you export inventory you will also need to export rates = Create properties in Beds24 via listing import from Beds24Booking.com= You can import properties from Booking.com instead if setting them up manually.

Rates can not be set within the [[Booking.com extranet:_Import_Properties_from_Booking.com_to_Beds24|Click here for more information and setup instructions.]]

"Extra Person" prices cannot be exported to = Check how your property performs on Booking= You can access your property score on Booking.com and suggestions on how to improve your properties performance.

[[Booking.com may not send the Guest Email address to some accounts. Your Booking:_Create_and_update_properties_and_rooms_on_Booking.com rep may be able to get this enabled in your account if it occurs#Check_how_your_property_performs_on_Booking|Click here for instructions.]]

=Send and receive messages=You can communicate with Booking.com==guest directly from Beds24. [[Booking.com:_Synchronise_bookings_prices_availability#Communication_with_guests|Click here for more information.]]

Initiate the XML connection = Report invalid cards and no-shows to Booking.com = You can report invalid cards and no-shows to Booking.com from the property menu within "Details" tab of the booking. If you use Stripe you can set in SETTINGS->CHANNEL MANAGER to automatically report invalid cards to Booking.com extranet and then do the Beds24 setup.

1) Login to [[Booking.com :_Synchronise_bookings_prices_availability|Click here for more information and go to the Property Information sectionsetup instructions.]]

2) Select the Channel Manager menu. (left side of screen= Create and manage promotions = Promotions can be created, if you cannot find it there use the help in booking.com or ask your bookingmodified and deactivated.com rep)

3) [[Booking.com:_Promotions|Click the Start button here for more information and search for BEDS24setup instructions.]]

4) Complete the rest of the on screen instructions=View reviews and react to reviews= <div class="mw-collapsible-content">You can handle your Booking.com guest reviews straight from Beds24.

5) When ready you will receive a notification from [[Booking.com, go to the Channel Manager menu again :_Synchronise_bookings_prices_availability|Click here for more information and activate the connectionsetup instructions.]]

=Import properties from Booking.com to Beds24=Use [[Booking.com:_Import_Properties_from_Booking.com_to_Beds24|these instructions]] if you want to import properties from Booking.com to Beds24.com==

1) Enter =View and action opportunities=Booking.com Opportunities provide you with advice about how to improve your performance on Booking.com Hotel Id into SETTINGS -> CHANNEL MANAGER -> BOOKING.COM XML "Property Code" setting You can view and then SAVEaction them in Beds24. [[Booking.com:_Opportunities|Click here to see your current opportunities.]]

[[Image:booking_com_1.png|350px|link=]][[Media:booking_com_1.png|view large]]  2) Open the link to view the room and rate mapping for your property. [[Image:booking_com_2.png|350px|link=]][[Media:booking_com_2.png|view large]]  3) Identify the Booking.com Room Id numbers for each room.  [[Image:booking_com_3.png|350px|link=]][[Media:booking_com_3.png|view large]]  4) For each room, enter the Booking.com room id in the Beds24 field called room code. Tick both synchronising options and then SAVE. [[Image:booking_com_4.png|350px|link=]][[Media:booking_com_4.png|view large]]  5) Identify your standard rate id number. It is usually the same for each room. [[Image:booking_com_5.png|350px|link=]][[Media:booking_com_5.png|view large]]  6) For each room, enter your Booking.com standard rate id in the Beds24 field called rate code and then SAVE. It is normal for booking.com to use the same rate code for each room. [[Image:booking_com_6.png|350px|linkDisconnect=]][[Media:booking_com_6.png|view large]]  7) Make sure all rates to be sent to Booking.com have the Booking.com XML channel checkbox ticked. Make sure all rates to be sent to Booking.com have the channel manager setting enabled, (set to USE NORMAL PRICES to send your normal rate prices or set to USE EXPORT PRICE to send the value in the Export Price field). If you do not have any rates enabled for Booking.com your rooms will be unavailable on Booking.com [[Image:booking_com_7.png|350px|link=]][[Media:booking_com_7.png|view large]]    '''Multiple rates on Booking.com''' 8) Identify the additional rate ids. If you do not have the appropriate rate ids you need to request Booking.com to add them.  [[Image:booking_com_8.png|350px|link=]][[Media:booking_com_8.png|view large]]  9) If you dont already have it make an additional rate in Beds24 to match your additional rate in Booking.com [[Image:booking_com_9.png|350px|link=]][[Media:booking_com_9.png|view large]]  10) Set up your new rate with the prices and conditions you want to send to Booking.com. The highlighted items are some of the commonly used fields when setting alternate rates. [[Image:booking_com_10.png|350px|link=]][[Media:booking_com_10.png|view large]] 11) Enter the rate id directly in the Beds24 RATE >> CHANNEL settings. It will override the standard rate id entered in the CHANNEL MANAGER settings. Create as many Beds24 rates as you need and enter the appropriate Booking.com rate id's in each. All rates in which the rate id is left blank will use the standard rate id.  [[Image:booking_com_11.png|350px|link=]][[Media:booking_com_11.png|view large]]   If you want to add a multiplier to your prices, for example because booking.com requires a different currency to your Beds24 currency, add a '''*''' followed by the multiplier number to your property code. (Hotel id)  For example a property code setting '''123456*12.34''' will multiply all prices by 12.34 sent for hotel id 123456. ==Activating== 1) Make sure your inventory is correct in Beds24, it will be sent to Booking.com. Block any dates which are unavailable either by entering a booking manually for those dates or using the inventory Unticking "Inventory and override functions on the control panel calendar. Failure to do this could allow new bookings on dates you are not available.  [[Image:booking_com_12.png|350px|link=]][[Media:booking_com_12.png|view large]] 2) Enable the connection in Beds24 [[Image:booking_com_13.png|350px|link=]][[Media:booking_com_13.png|view large]]  3)When all set up in Beds24 is correct you will need to make the final step to enable the connection (go live) from the booking.com extranet. 4) '''When you go live your rates and inventory will be deleted from booking.com Prices" and a full reload will occur from Beds24.''' You can use the "Send UpdateBookings" button to speed this up. Your bookings will not be deleted from Booking.com but make sure the dates are blocked in stop Beds24 before going live so they will not be reopened. 5) Once updated, check all your values in the booking.com extranet for correctness and if required make any adjustments to the settings to fix. 6) New bookings made after XML is enabled will Import. We can manually request bookings going back 3 months from Booking.com. Please let us know via a ticket if you want us sending data to perform this manual import. It's success depends on Booking.com returning the bookings, sometimes they do not and it is out of our control to import them, if this is the case you will need to block the dates manually to avoid double bookings. ==Common Errors== If there is an error making updates you This will be emailed with the error message as returned by Booking.com. Below is a list of common error messages and how to fix them.  '''Not allowed to update Single Use Rate for Room''' Booking.com have not activated a single occupancy price for remove the room. Either ask Booking.com to allow a single price or remove it data from the rate(s) being sent to Booking.com   ==Notes== 1) Credit card details are imported and shown on the "INVOICE" tab of the booking. 2) We can make a once off request to Booking.com to import your existing bookings (up to 3 months old). Please contact booking.com first and ask if your property is configured to allow this. If it is contact us. The success of the booking import depends on Booking.com returning your pre XML bookings correctly and we cannot guarantee it will still be successfulbookable.  3) Multiple Rates - if you want to send multiple prices for a room you must have a rate code for each rate in Booking.com and a matching rate with the price and rate code setup in Beds24. See the Beds24 section above for more details. 4) If at any time you want to *To completely disconnect from the Beds24 channel manager please ask log into your Booking.com to do it. 5) There are two ways to stop selling a room when available inventory becomes zero. A zero for availability is extranet and click on the normal way to stop selling, this means if there is a cancellation of an existing booking Account icon in the room will immediately become retop right-available for booking at Bookinghand corner.com. The alternative is to close the room, this means Select Channel Manager from the room will not be automatically redrop-opened after a cancellationdown menu. The room will only be re-opened after Click the Deactivate button to cancel the next inventory update from connection to Beds24. This can reduce the chance of double bookings but means the room will be unavailable for booking for a short period. 6) Single occupancy prices must be activated within booking.com if you are sending them.