Difference between revisions of "Flipkey.com"

Revision as of 13:37, 15 January 2015

Synchronising Beds24.com with your Flipkey calendar

Capabilities

Beds24.com can export inventory.

Beds24 provides a specially constructed calendar file which flipkey polls for updates.

Beds24 can import the Flipkey iCal bookings feed using the iCal import channel

Limitations

Prices cannot be exported and must be set in the flipkey system. Bookings cannot be imported and must be manually entered into Beds24.com.

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

Setup

Beds24.com:

1) Enable the Flipkey Synchronise inventory check Box for the required rooms.

2 Note the supplied URL for each room, you will need to paste this into Flipkey as described below.

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 into Flipkey (The URL is supplied in the channel manager settings)

and enter the following URL for your room calendar. Replace 9999 with the Beds24 room id number of your room.

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 '''Setup'''
-'''Beds24.com''': Enable the flipkey synchroniser and enable inventory export for the desired rooms by ticking the check boxes. Identify the Beds24 room number id for each room. You will find this on the Room Description settings page.
+'''Beds24.com''':
+) Enable the Flipkey Synchronise inventory check Box for the required rooms.
-'''Flipkey.com''': Log in to Flipkey and enter the following URL for your room calendar. Replace 9999 with the Beds24 room id number of your room.
+Note the supplied URL for each room, you will need to paste this into Flipkey as described below.
+'''Flipkey.com''':
+) Log in to Flipkey.
+) Goto the calendar menu "Sync with other calendars".
+) Select calendar type "Other"
+) Give the calendar a name, this is only for your reference.
+) Paste the calendar URL into Flipkey (The URL is supplied in the channel manager settings)
+ and enter the following URL for your room calendar. Replace 9999 with the Beds24 room id number of your room.
 https://www.beds24.com/api/flipkey.com/ical.ics?roomid=9999