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== Step 1: Connect to Airbnb ==
=== Connect your Airbnb Account ===
=== Import your Airbnb Listings ===
=== Complete property and room information ===
== Step 2: Connect your Booking.com Account/Property to Beds24 ==
=== Initiate the connection in Booking.com===
*Go to {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS) CHANNEL MANAGER > BOOKING.COM > MAPPING
=Go to {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS) CHANNEL MANAGER > CHANNEL INVENTORY, and set the limit of accepted bookings for this channel. == Map your rooms to Booking.com (Rooms/Rate plans) ===
== Step 3: Update your Beds24 calendar with blocked dates 1) Click on the "Add booking button" at the top of the Control Panel and create the bookings from other sources ==
*Dates can be blocked by either entering a booking manually into Beds24 for those 2) To close dates or using in the inventory and override functions on the control panel calendar for those dates. **Click on the Add booking button at the top of the Control Panel and create the bookings**See instructions on how to close dates check this link [[Close_Rooms|Click here for more information]] on how to close dates in the calendar.
== Step 4: Enable the Sync Import (1-way only) connection to your bookings from Booking.com, to import your bookings ==
== Step 5: Connect your Beds24 rooms to your Airbnb Listings ==
== Step 6: Import bookings from Airbnb ==
[[File= Step 7:Airbnb_Synctyp_Prices_AvailabilityEnable the 2-way connection for Booking.mp4|640px]]com and send Prices & Availability =
[[File:Airbnb_Synctyp_Everything.mp4|640px]] Click on "Check connection status" 2) Scroll down to check the status of your property at Airbnb. The connection is working if you are not receiving error messages Rooms and the display in the channel set Enable = '''Enabled''' (this is correct. If you are receiving error messages check in the "Common Errors" section why you are receiving the error and how to fix it. == Step 7: Enable the 2-way connection for Booking)Press Save.com and send Prices & Availability ==
*Go to {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS3) CHANNEL MANAGER > BOOKING.COM > MAPPING*Scroll down to the Rooms and set Enable = '''Enabled''' (this is the 2-way connection)*Click Save*Click Update for each room to immediately send the Inventory and prices to Booking.com
This approach requires you to import your listings from Airbnb, establish the connection to Booking.com and import the bookings, before completing the connection to Airbnb.
1) Connect your Airbnb account to Beds24 2) Import your listings from Airbnb and create a Property/Room 3) Complete property and room information and prices in Beds24 before connecting to Booking.com 4) Connect your Booking.com Account/Property to Beds24 5) Map your rooms to Booking.com Rooms/Rate plans 6) Update your Beds24 calendar with blocked dates and bookings from other sources (not Booking.com or Airbnb) 7) Enable the Sync Import (1-way only) connection to Booking.com, to import your bookings. 8) Connect your Beds24 rooms to your Airbnb Listings 9) Import your bookings from Airbnb 10) Enable the 2-way connection for Booking.com and send Prices & Availability
Go to {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS) CHANNEL MANAGER > AIRBNB > ACCOUNTS
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Click 'View Listings' and 'Import' the first listing, creating a Property in Beds24 with 1 room.
*Beds24 supports both "'Daily Prices'" and "'Occupancy Prices'" for Airbnb. Please see [[Airbnb_Mapping#Pricing_models|Pricing Models]] for more information and adjust your pricing model if required in {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS) CHANNEL MANAGER > AIRBNB > MAPPING
*Your prices are imported as daily prices. If you have an "'Extra Person Price'" in Airbnb you will need to adjust the "Max Guests" and the "Extra Person" price in PRICES > DAILY PRICE SETUPRULES.
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'''The set up process'''
Bookings are not removed from the Booking.com extranet. Existing and new bookings are always visible in the Booking.com extranet.
Initiate the connection from the property menu within the Booking.com extranet and then do the Beds24 setup.
1) Go to {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS) CHANNEL MANAGER > BOOKING.COM > MAPPING *Click on the "Connect to Booking.com" button to login to Booking.com then go to ACCOUNT > CONNECTIVITY PROVIDER.
If you have a Booking.com group account log to Booking.com and go to ACCOUNT > CONNECTIVITY PROVIDER and select Beds24 as channel manager from there.
5) When the connection has been approved, you will receive a notification from Booking.com, go to the Channel Manager menu again and set the connection up. === Set up and mapping in Beds24 ===1) Enter your Booking.com Hotel Id into {{#fas:cog}} SETTINGS -> CHANNEL MANAGER -> BOOKING.COM "Hotel ID" setting and choose your "Booking.com Rate Type" and click SAVE'''.
== Set up and mapping in Beds24 ==
1) Enter your Booking.com Hotel Id into {{#fas:cog}} SETTINGS -> CHANNEL MANAGER -> BOOKING.COM "Hotel ID" setting and choose your "Booking.com Rate Type" and press SAVE'''.
2) Set "Booking Price Import" to either import the room price only or the room price plus unpaid extras (cleaning charges, local taxes etc.)
**'''*[CONVERT:IDR-EUR]*''' will convert Indonesian Rupees to Euros and back to Indonesian Rupees on the import.
6. Limit ) If you want to limit the maximum number of accepted bookings , if you do not want to offer all roomsto Booking.com. By default all available rooms are sent to activated channels. In {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS) CHANNEL MANAGER > CHANNEL INVENTORY limit the number of accepted bookings for this channel.
Map Rooms:
*Click on the "Get Code" link next to the room id setting, a list of room ids will be retrieved from Booking.com and displayed.
*Choose the Booking.com room you want to map to the Beds24 room and click on it.
*When the correct room id has been copied to the room id setting, click press Save.
Map Rates:
*Click on the "Get Code" link next to the rate id setting and a list of rate ids will be retrieved from Booking.com for the saved room id.
*Choose the Booking.com rate id for this room and click on it. This will normally be the standard rate.
*When the correct rate id has been copied to the rate id setting, click press Save.
<span class="" style="color: #f3e504; font-size: 150%;" >{{#fas:lightbulb}} </span> <span style="font-weight: bold;" >Tip</span> Click on the "View Actual Data" Button to check which prices and availability will send.
= Step 3: Update your Beds24 calendar with blocked dates and bookings from other sources =
Dates can be blocked by either entering a booking manually into Beds24 for those dates or using the inventory and override functions on the control panel calendar for those dates.
1) You can view the live availability and prices that will be sent to Booking.com before or after activating the connection.
9) You can allow cancellation fees and commission values to overwrite booking values when cancelled by channel if {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS) CHANNEL MANAGER “Import Cancel Fees” is set to “Yes”.
By mapping a room you connect it so it can update a listing in Airbnb.
1) Change the pricing model (optional)
5) Check that the connection is working properly
#Click on "View actual Price data " and check the prices you see there are as you expect.#Allow a bit of time for Airbnb do to process the data you have sent then click on "Update". If Airbnb returns an error message scroll down to , check the details in "Troubleshooting[[Airbnb_Mapping#Troubleshooting_and_common_errors|Trouble Shooting and Common Errors]]." section to see why Airbnb sends the error and how to fix it. If you receive an error which is not listed below send us a support ticket. #Click on "Airbnb Listing" link to open the listing on Airbnb select dates to check the listing is bookable but do NOT finish the booking.
Click on "Import existing bookings" to import the bookings you already have in Airbnb. Bookings previously imported via the Airbnb iCal connection will not import. We recommend you delete them before you press the button.
<span style="color:#fe746c;“ >{{#fas:exclamation-triangle}} </span> Blocked dates are not sent by Airbnb, manually update the dates in Beds24 calendar.
<span style="color:#fe746c;“ >{{#fas:exclamation-triangle}} </span> We will import bookings from the last four weeks that are currently ongoing and have not yet reached their check-out date. However, please note that exceptionally long-term stays, those exceeding four weeks, will not be included in the import.
1) Go to {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS) CHANNEL MANAGER > BOOKING.COM > MAPPING
