iCal: Importing a Non-Exclusive Inventory Listing's Calendar to Guesty

Any property that is shared between different external services, such as PMCs and advertising services, is referred to as "non-exclusive inventory".
You can use iCal to sync a non-exclusive inventory listing's Guesty calendar with external calendars to help avoid double bookings and present the correct availability to guests.

When you import a calendar into Guesty, events from the external calendar will block the Guesty calendar. Follow the instructions below to import a listing's Guesty calendar to external calendars using iCal.

Before You Begin

Before you begin, take note of the following important information:

1. You may add up to 10 import links per property/sub-unit.
2. Updates made to the Guesty calendar will be reflected in the imported calendar within 1 hour.
3. You can view the status of the import at any time in the listing's menu. See step 8 below.
4. Past blocks/reservations will not be available via the iCal.
5. Imported events don’t trigger Smart Calendar rules.
6. Events received using iCal are excluded from Advanced Analytics data. Events will be considered as calendar blocks.
7. When changing the imported calendar’s name, the new name will be updated upon the next import.
8. In case your listings have been double booked, you can remove the connection and start over.

Step by step:

1. Sign in to your Guesty account.
2. In the top menu, click Listings.
3. Click the relevant listing.
   1. If the listing is a multi-unit, click a sub-unit on the left-hand side first. Learn more about accessing a sub-unit's settings.
4. In the listing's menu to the left, click Calendar.
5. From the drop-down, select Calendar sync (iCal).
6. To the right of "Imported calendars", click Edit.
7. Fill in the “Name” and "Enter calendar URL" fields with the relevant information.
8. You can adjust the start and end dates of the blocks that will be imported/exported using iCal. 
9. Click Save.