OTA Booking Calendars
The booking calendar sync feature allows you to sync your PitchCamp calendar with other online travel agencies (OTAs) such as Airbnb, Booking.com, and Expedia. This feature ensures that your calendar is always up-to-date across all platforms, preventing double bookings and saving you time.
Enabling Booking Calendar Sync¶
By default, the booking calendar sync feature is disabled. To enable it go to the lot panel select the lot you wish to enable the booking calendar sync for.
Then scroll down to the Booking Calendar Sync section and click on the Enable Calendar Sync button. This will activate the booking calendar sync feature for that lot and display the calendar sync settings.
Export URL¶
The export URL is a unique URL that you can use to export your PitchCamp calendar to other online travel agencies (OTAs) such as Airbnb, Booking.com, and Expedia. This URL is unique to each lot and can be used to sync your PitchCamp calendar with other platforms.
To copy the export URL simply click on the Copy button or click on the URL to copy it to your clipboard.
This is the URL that you will need to paste into the other online travel agencies (OTAs) to sync your PitchCamp calendar with their platform.
Import URL¶
The import URL is a unique URL that other online travel agencies (OTAs) such as Airbnb, Booking.com, and Expedia will provide you with to import their calendar into PitchCamp. This URL is unique to each lot and will allow you to sync your PitchCamp calendar with other platforms for that specific lot.
To add the import URL simply click on the Add Import URL button and paste the URL provided by the other online travel agency (OTA) into the dialog that appears.
You can also name the import URL to help you identify the source of the blocked calendar items.
Syncing Calendar (Automatic and Manual)¶
The calendars from other online travel agencies (OTAs) will be synced automatically every 1 hour. This ensures that your PitchCamp calendar is always up-to-date across all platforms. You can also manually sync the calendar by clicking on the Sync Calendar button which is located on the Lot panel and in the Reservation panel in the top right corner.
Synched Calendar Items¶
The calendar items that are synched from other online travel agencies (OTAs) will be displayed on the PitchCamp calendar in a different color. This will help you identify which bookings are from other platforms and which are from PitchCamp.
Also the import calendar name will be displayed on the calendar item to help you identify the source of the booking.
[Import Name] - [Booking Name Given by OTA]
Deleting Import URL¶
To delete an import URL simply click on the Delete button located next to the import URL that you wish to delete. Note: Deleting the import URL will remove all the calendar items that were imported from that URL.
Disabling Booking Calendar Sync¶
To disable the booking calendar sync feature for a lot simply go to the lot panel and uncheck the Active checkbox in the Booking Calendar Sync section. This will prevent the PitchCamp calendar from syncing with other online travel agencies (OTAs) for that specific lot.
Lot OTA Column¶
The lot OTA column will display the online travel agencies (OTAs) that the lot is synced with. This will help you identify which lots are synced with other platforms and which are not. When hovering over the OTA Is Active a tooltip will appear showing the import URL that is associated with that OTA.
This allows you to quickly identify which lots are synced with other platforms and which are not.
Deleting OTA Calendar Items¶
To delete calendar items that were imported from other online travel agencies (OTAs) simply click on the Delete button located on the calendar item that you wish to delete.
Note: this will delete the calendar item from the PitchCamp calendar and will not affect the calendar on the other online travel agencies (OTAs). Note: any additional syncs from the other online travel agencies (OTAs) will NOT re-import the deleted calendar item.
