Import bookings from Booking.com and Airbnb

The import works in the opposite direction to the export: bookings from Booking.com or Airbnb take the dates in LocalBook. LocalBook guests see these dates as taken.

Before you start

Connect the channel in the Sales channels (iCal) section: Show LocalBook dates on Booking.com and Airbnb.

Procedure

1. On the site, copy the calendar export address (it ends with .ics):
   • Booking.com: extranet → Rates & Availability → Sync calendars → Export calendar.
   • Airbnb: Calendar → Availability → Connect calendars → Export calendar.
2. In LocalBook, next to the channel, paste the address in Calendar address from … (import).
3. Click Import calendar.

The first import takes a short time. Then the channel shows when LocalBook last checked the calendar and how many bookings or blocks come from it.

Important information

• LocalBook checks the calendars every 15 minutes. But the sites update their calendars every few hours. Thus a new booking can show with a delay.
• When you confirm a request, LocalBook checks the calendars again.
• If a booking from a site overlaps a confirmed stay in LocalBook, you get the e-mail "Possible double booking". Agree with the guests who stays.
• If LocalBook cannot download a calendar for one day, you get an e-mail. Usually this helps: copy the current export address and paste it with Change address.

Stop the import

Click Stop importing. LocalBook makes free the dates that the bookings from this site took.