Flipkey.com
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
Flipkey will only block dates, they will not re-open them, this must be done manually.
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 cannot be imported using the Flipkey channel but the Flipkey iCal feed can be imported using the iCal import channel.
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)
Calendar Sync
Flipkey do not re-open dates which are blocked in their calendar.
Dates must be set to "Available" manually in their 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If the Sync is working but out of date because of many blocked dates this can be fixed by setting all dates in Flipkey to Available and then doing a "Sync Now" in Flipkey's "Sync with other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"
