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.
Note:
Any iCal event that will block the Guesty calendar is a flexible block, thus you can create a reservation that will override it.Before you begin
Before you begin, take note of the following important information:
- You may add up to 10 import links per property/sub-unit.
- Updates made to the Guesty calendar will be reflected in the imported calendar within 1 hour.
- You can view the status of the import at any time in the listing's menu.
When importing your calendar, the import sync status will display either "Active", "Paused", or "Warning". - Past blocks/reservations will not be available via the iCal.
- Imported events don’t trigger Smart Calendar Rules.
- Events received using iCal are excluded from Advanced Analytics data. Events will be considered as calendar blocks.
- When changing the imported calendar’s name, the new name will be updated upon the next import.
- In case your listings have been double booked, you can remove the connection and start over.
Importing an external calendar to Guesty
Follow the instructions below to import a listing's Guesty calendar to external calendars using iCal.
Important:
In order to import events from external calendars, you must first get the calendar’s iCal URL from your other PMC/service.
Step by step:
- Sign in to your Guesty account.
- In the top navigation bar, click the mode selector and select Operations mode.
- Click Properties.
- Click the relevant listing.
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. - In the listing's menu to the left, click Calendar.
- From the drop-down, select Calendar sync (iCal).
- To the right of "Imported calendars", click Edit.
- Fill in the “Name” and "Enter calendar URL" fields with the relevant information.
- You can adjust the start and end dates of the blocks that will be imported/exported using iCal.
- Click Save.
Step by step:
- Sign in to your Guesty account.
- In the top navigation bar, click Listings.
- Click the relevant listing.
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. - In the listing's menu to the left, click Calendar.
- From the drop-down, select Calendar sync (iCal).
- To the right of "Imported calendars", click Edit.
- Fill in the “Name” and "Enter calendar URL" fields with the relevant information.
- You can adjust the start and end dates of the blocks that will be imported/exported using iCal.
- Click Save.
Tip:
If the listing becomes exclusive at some point, you may want to stop syncing the calendars.
Follow these instructions to delete the listing's calendar import link.
