Linking Airbnb calendars

Joey93
Level 1
Moy, United Kingdom

Linking Airbnb calendars

Hello all! 
I have a block of flats in belfast, 8 x 1bed apartments in total. Currently all the apartments are listed individually, each apartment can sleep 2 guests in 1 double bed, so for 4 people to book they would have to book 2 apartments and thats just on the off chance that my listings come up beside eachother... so this obviously cuts me off from large group bookings completley and i think i would be able to make a considerable amount more if this was opened up to me... is it possible to have a Main over all listing i.e. someone could book the building (sleeping 16 people) then have 8 sub listings under this so that if someone booked for example 4 apartments that the remaining 4 apartments would still be visable? 
Any and all advice would be greatly appriciated 🙂

Thanks

Joe

4 Replies 4
Miloud0
Level 10
Rabat, Morocco

Salute, 

 

If it is possible for you @Joey93, could you see this link : 

https://www.airbnb.com/help/article/1864/how-do-i-link-airbnb-calendars-for-multiple-listings  

 

Thanks, 

Miloud

Ruben16
Level 2
Egg Harbor Township, NJ

It was nice for Miloud to respond to your inquiry, but I beleive the depth of your quesiton goes deeper.  Yes, it's possible to Linked Airbnb calendars.  The issue is when you're trying to combine a "multiple of multiple" combinations, I know this sounds complicated.  I will try to explain below:

 

You have ONE home with 3 rooms.  Originally you created 3 listings, one per room.  

Then you realized, I can also rent the whole home (all three rooms together) as a separate single listing!

So you create a main listing for allowing renting the whole home(all three rooms) and

Used "Linked Airbnb calendars" to avoid double booking.

Up to this point everything works perfect.  

 

BUT...

 

You also realized you can book 2 out of 3 rooms at a time.  

If you use "Linked Airbnb calendars" this will not work any more.

 

A better way to explain issue and what we are trying to achive.

 

THIS WORKS, 4 LISTINTS:

Combine ALL 3of3 in one listing : #1, #2 and #3

Separate room listing for:  #1

Separate room listing for:  #2

Separate room listing for:  #3

* This gives customers the option of booking three(3) rooms together or one(1) room.

 

THIS DOES NOT WORK, 7 LISTINGS:

Combine ALL 3of3 in one listing : #1, #2 and #3

Comine 2of3 listings: #1 and #2

Comine 2of3 listings: #1 and #3

Comine 2of3 listings: #2 and #3

Separate room listing for:  #1

Separate room listing for:  #2

Separate room listing for:  #3

* This gives customers the option of booking three(3) rooms together, two(2) rooms or one(1) room.

 

ISSUE / CONCLUSION:

7 LISTING combinaitons will not link calendar propertly, potentially allowing double booking.

The obious will be to set up "Linking Airbnb calendars" as follow, make "Combine ALL 3of3 in one listing :" your main listing and the rest sub-listings of it.

If a guest books any of the "Comine 2of3 listings:" the "Combine ALL 3of3 in one listing :" will be blocked but the "Separate room listing for:" will NOT be blocked/syc.

 

Please advice, if there is a way arroun this issue.

 

 

 

 

Ruben16
Level 2
Egg Harbor Township, NJ

It was nice for Miloud to respond to your inquiry, but I beleive the depth of your quesiton goes deeper.  Yes, it's possible to Linked Airbnb calendars.  The issue is when you're trying to combine a "multiple of multiple" combinations, I know this sounds complicated.  I will try to explain below:

 

You have ONE home with 3 rooms.  Originally you created 3 listings, one per room.  

Then you realized, I can also rent the whole home (all three rooms together) as a separate single listing!

So you create a main listing for allowing renting the whole home(all three rooms) and

Used "Linked Airbnb calendars" to avoid double booking.

Up to this point everything works perfect.  

 

BUT...

 

You also realized you can book 2 out of 3 rooms at a time.  

If you use "Linked Airbnb calendars" this will not work any more.

 

A better way to explain issue and what we are trying to achive.

 

THIS WORKS, 4 LISTINTS:

Combine ALL 3of3 in one listing : #1, #2 and #3

Separate room listing for:  #1

Separate room listing for:  #2

Separate room listing for:  #3

* This gives customers the option of booking three(3) rooms together or one(1) room.

 

THIS DOES NOT WORK, 7 LISTINGS:

Combine ALL 3of3 in one listing : #1, #2 and #3

Comine 2of3 listings: #1 and #2

Comine 2of3 listings: #1 and #3

Comine 2of3 listings: #2 and #3

Separate room listing for:  #1

Separate room listing for:  #2

Separate room listing for:  #3

* This gives customers the option of booking three(3) rooms together, two(2) rooms or one(1) room.

 

ISSUE / CONCLUSION:

7 LISTING combinaitons will not link calendar propertly, potentially allowing double booking.

The obious will be to set up "Linking Airbnb calendars" as follow, make "Combine ALL 3of3 in one listing :" your main listing and the rest sub-listings of it.

If a guest books any of the "Comine 2of3 listings:" the "Combine ALL 3of3 in one listing :" will be blocked but the "Separate room listing for:" will NOT be blocked/syc.

 

Please advice, if there is a way arroun this issue.

Terry311
Level 2
Beaubassin East, Canada

.Thanks Reuben. I am new to this and I am getting zero bookins. I think I have a great place . I have a king size bedroom and a queen size. I have listed Jen seperate, king seperate and king and queen together