Any property that is shared between different external services, such as PMCs and advertising services, is referred to as "non-exclusive inventory".
To avoid double bookings and present the correct availability to guests, you can use iCal to sync a non-exclusive inventory listing's Guesty calendar with external calendars.
When you export a calendar to an external service, events from the Guesty calendar will block the external calendar.
Follow the instructions below to export a listing's Guesty calendar to external calendars using iCal.
Before You Begin
Before you begin, take note of the following important information:
- You may create 1 export link per property/sub-unit.
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Updates made to the Guesty calendar will be reflected in the exported calendar within 1 hour.
- You can view the status of the export at any time in the listing's menu. See step 8 below.
- Past blocks/reservations will not be available via the iCal. The following current and future blocks will be exported from Guesty through iCal:
- Manual Blocks
- Confirmed Reservations
- Reserved Reservations
- Owner Reservations
- Allotment Blocks
- Smart Calendar Rules
- Rental Periods (unavailable by default)
- Booking Window
- Advance Notice
- Annual Block Limit (yearly night limits)
- Preparation Time Block
- You can export a Guesty listing's calendar to a TripAdvisor calendar that is not integrated with Guesty; however, we cannot guarantee a perfect implementation.
Exporting your Guesty calendar
Step by step:
Tip:
Beta navigation users, please note that the steps below refer to the navigation as seen in the Legacy mode. Read more here about locating menu items in the new navigation.
- Sign in to your Guesty account.
- In the top menu, 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 "Exported calendars", click Edit.
- Click the arrow icon to the right of the "Generate a unique URL" field.
- An iCal URL will generate and appear in the field. Click the copy icon to the right of the field.
- Once the URL has been generated, the status of the export will display automatically.
- You can adjust the start and end dates of the blocks that will be imported/exported using iCal.
- Click Save.
- Paste the link into the destination's calendar import settings.
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 export link.
