• Resolved conradish

    (@conradish)


    Hi, I’m looking for a way to just show a calendar of current availability by syncing from airbnb ical. I don’t want site visitors to have the option to actually book, just see availability.

    Is this possible with your plugin?

    (There is another plugin that does this. but it doesn’t seem to have been updated or supported recently and has various bug reports. Others exist too, but I like this one, and your support!)

    Thanks.

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  • Plugin Author wpdevelop

    (@wpdevelop)

    Hello.
    1) In the Booking Calendar plugin, you can insert into the post or page, only the availability calendar instead of booking form with calendar.
    Please read more how easily insert booking form or availability calendar into a pages https://wpbookingcalendar.com/help/inserting-booking-form/ or how manually configure Booking Calendar shortcodes in content of your pages: https://wpbookingcalendar.com/help/booking-calendar-shortcodes/

    2) Relative syncing data from airbnb. Booking Calendar plugin is supporting
    Please read more about this feature here: https://wpbookingcalendar.com/faq/#sync

    Please note, the import process is working in that case, when some visitor is open your website page with booking import shortcode. So you can configure CRON at your server, for periodically access this page with booking import shortcode to start import process. Or you can insert the import shortcode before booking form shortcode, so firstly system will start import process and only then show booking form, when someone visit your page.

    Export. Booking Calendar is generate .ics feed with bookings in real time. But how often some service (like airbnb, or booking.com ) access this .ics feed to import the bookings from Booking Calendar into own system, does not depend from Booking Calendar. So in other words, Booking Calendar does not force to generate import process by third party service, when some booking is created. You need to check with support of this service (like airbnb or booking.com), about how often they can access the .ics feed tor making import.
    Kind Regards.

    Thread Starter conradish

    (@conradish)

    Ok thanks for this, very helpful. Just one thing. You say:

    Or you can insert the import shortcode before booking form shortcode, so firstly system will start import process and only then show booking form, when someone visit your page.

    Does this mean I don’t need to use CRON and the calendar always import the latest state of calendar before displaying ? Just maybe a small delay for visitor?

    Thanks. Looks like the plugin for me. And I’ll experiment with the calendar and shortcodes.

    Plugin Author wpdevelop

    (@wpdevelop)

    Hello.
    Yes, right. But only in case if your visitor open such page.
    Kind Regards.

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