I don't have any problems. It works fine and looks fine!
@Katja202 Thank you so much for your response. It appears that you have the old calendar, which I would love to have back! Maybe they are rolling out this feature to users, and I am unlucky in getting the new one. The new calendar is bigger, so all of December will not fit on one screen, so it is much harder to navigate. In the new calendar, you will not be able to see that the 5-6 is blocked and the reason why (you will only see "Blocked" on the 5th), and you will lose the ability to distinguish between the block on the 5th and the block on the 25-26th, because in the new calendar those blocked days all look the same, unless you put a manual note on them. The reservations are now brightly colored, and the pictures of the guests are very big on the calendar. It is also very hard to distinguish between blocked days and open days as they are almost the same color. I do not need to see my guest's faces on my calendar, but I do need to see when they are checking in and out, and why certain days are blocked at a glance.
Attached is an example of what I see. I have two listings that are linked (one is a 3 bedroom configuration, and one is a 4 bedroom configuration, and guests can choose how many bedrooms they would like). In the prior calendar, I would be able to see everything I need in one calendar. The calendar is my default view, and I look at it every day to plan cleaning, repairs, decide to accept guests, etc. I would be able to see that in my other listing, I have a guest checking out tomorrow November 23 and another guest checking in the same day, as my calendar would have those colored in dark grey with a dark oval that distinguished the two events and how many days those events spanned (like the grey oval on your calendar that shows the blocked days spanning the Dec 5-6). I could also distinguish between blocks that I placed, blocks that were from a linked calendar, blocks because I require 24 hour notice, etc. All of those blocks are for different reasons, and they are important for knowing what I have to do. All of those labels used to be automatically visible on the calendar, and now I need to manually add notes. Otherwise, all I see is the word "blocked" on each day, and not what the block is for or how many days it spans. I have to click on my other calendar to see that someone is actually checking out tomorrow, and I almost missed this tonight, which is why I am upset by this change. To figure out someone is checking out tomorrow, I have to click on another calendar to see that information.
And the "Today" feature does not replace the calendar feature, so I am very reliant on the calendar view (and it is my default view for planning cleaning, house repair, travel, and deciding when to accept guests). The "today" feature loses the information of what day of the week or what month I have reservations on, which is how we all schedule our time and can make plans (e.g., certain people only work on certain days, some things can only happen on the weekends, some stores are only open certain days, etc).
My apologies for the long reply, but I am not sure how I can function without a calendar that shows me things at a glance. I simply don't have time to click around and make manual notes for every reservation, especially since the old calendar worked great. Maybe I will simplify my listings, which will mean less choice for guests, less reservations and less income. Or maybe there is another management tool that others can recommend? Thank you for any and all advice. I hope there is some way to get the old calendar back!
