Sync with bookin.com

[Samuel1489]

Hey:

Does anyone have a good partnership/relationship with booking.com? They are driving me nuts with double booking, on their website? I mean... I am fit to be tied!

[Shelley159]

Have you linked your Airbnb and Booking.com calendars @Samuel1489 ?

[Samuel1489]

Yes, indeed.

 The double booking is on their website. They are allowing guests to double book on their website.

No  corresponding on Airbnb.  Strange!!

And their go-to solution is the usual bouncing or run around.

[Shelley159]

@Samuel1489 the calendars unfortunately only sync every few hours - if you received the double bookings on the same day, it's likely because the second booking happened before the next automatic calendar sync took place.

I try to run a manual sync each time after I get a booking (just to make sure the other website is updated sooner), but one can easily forget to do this.

If it becomes a big problem for you over time, you may have to consider using a property management system that integrates all of your listings (unfortunately paying for a PMS can be quite expensive for an individual property host).

[Samuel1489]

Thank you for  your insightful response. 

[Lorna170 · Accepted solution]

@Samuel1489  You can also set one website for instant booking and the other for booking REQUEST -- that way you have time to sync the calendars and advise the requesting client that the property has been booked.

[Samuel1489]

Hmm, Lorna, I like that. Just gotta to figure out how to get that done.