In order to sync a site’s availability with Airbnb to ensure there are no double bookings on either platform, there are a few steps required to set up a 2-way integration. You’ll need to grab the Calendar URL from Airbnb as outlined below, then go into Park and copy it in. Then you can copy your Park Calendar URL and import into Airbnb. Please see the steps below, as well as the support article directly from Airbnb here: https://www.airbnb.com/help/article/99
Steps to export a calendar from Airbnb:
- Go to Calendar and select the listing calendar you want
- Go to the panel on the right side or click on Settings to find your pricing and availability settings
- Go to Availability > Calendar sync
- Click Export calendar
- In the Export calendar window, copy the link, then paste it into your other iCal-based calendar
- Exit the Export calendar window
Steps to set up the integration in Park:
- Go to the correct Site Settings by clicking on the site you’d like to sync with Airbnb
- Select Airbnb as the Service
- Paste in the Airbnb Calendar URL
- Copy your Park Calendar URL
- Click Save
Steps to import a calendar into Airbnb:
- Go to Calendar and select the listing calendar you want
- Go to the panel on the right side or click on Settings to find your pricing and availability settings
- Click Availability > Calendar sync
- Click Import calendar
- Copy the URL from your external calendar (ex: VRBO) into the calendar address field. Make sure your external calendar address URL (iCal links) ends in.ICS
- Name the calendar you want to import
- Click Import calendar
** Please Note ** The calendar sync runs every 5 minutes, so wait atleast that long and refresh you page upon initial import to check that the integration is hooked up correctly
Once this is all correctly set up and the sync has run (it usually runs about every ~10 minutes), you should see blockers on the Park admin as well as in Airbnb for any dates that are blocked on their requisite platform.
If you need further support with this or see any issues with your synced reservations, drop us a note at suppport@poweredbypark.com