Issues Syncing My Website's Listings with Airbnb Calendar

[Ben6746]

Hi Airbnb Community, I’ve integrated my website with Airbnb to display my property listings and sync booking availability using the iCal feature. While the integration initially worked, I’ve noticed that. Some bookings made directly on Airbnb don’t reflect on my website’s calendar. Changes to listing availability on my website (like blocking dates) take a long time to sync with Airbnb. Occasionally, duplicate bookings appear for the same date due to sync delays. I’m using a third-party plugin for the integration. Has anyone faced similar issues? Is there a recommended way to ensure real-time synchronization between my website and Airbnb? Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!

[Joan2709]

@Ben6746 

I'm not a website creator, but I understand the sync needs to be programmed to sync more often. Have no idea how that is done, but someone else posted here with the same issue. 

[Shelley159]

Hi @Ben6746 

I sync my Airbnb calendar with one local accommodation booking site. It's slow in both directions - Airbnb only checks for updates on the other site every so many minutes (I don't know how many!) and similarly, the other site only periodically checks Airbnb for updates.

When I receive a last-minute booking, I always go to the site where I didn't receive the booking and manually sync that calendar, just to be sure it doesn't get booked there as well. I don't know how else to solve the problem. I only do this for last-minute bookings, because far-off dates are unlikely to get booked on both sites before the next auto-sync.

Absolutely not the solution you were looking for, I'm sure!