One calendar for every channel. Bookings from Airbnb and Booking.com close the dates on your website, and direct bookings close them on the platforms – automatically, with the free Ethereal Booking plugin.
Every platform gives you an iCal link of your listing. Paste it on the property in WordPress and the plugin imports the booked dates every 15–30 minutes and right before every new booking. Then copy the plugin's own link into Airbnb and Booking.com, so the dates booked on your website are closed there too.
Before a guest can confirm, the plugin checks the platforms once more and locks the dates for a moment, so two guests clicking at the same second cannot get the same night. Cancelled bookings free the dates again on the next sync.
Channel managers cost a monthly fee per property. iCal sync is free, works with Airbnb, Booking.com, Vrbo and any calendar that exports iCal, and the plugin shows when each platform last read your calendar, so you know the connection works.
Your website imports every 15–30 minutes. Airbnb and Booking.com read your calendar on their own schedule, usually every 1–3 hours; that limit is theirs and the same for every iCal tool.
No. Booking.com and Airbnb sync is part of the free plugin, for any number of properties.
Yes. Any platform that gives an iCal link (Vrbo, Expedia, Google Calendar and others) can be added on the property.
A simple hotel booking system for WordPress: every room with its own calendar, availability search, direct bookings and Booking.com / Airbnb sync.
Read the guide →Take direct bookings for your apartment, villa or holiday home on your own WordPress website, synced with Airbnb and Booking.com. No commission.
Read the guide →Take bookings on your own website and keep 100% of the price. A free WordPress plugin for direct bookings, synced with Booking.com and Airbnb.
Read the guide →Step-by-step guide: install Ethereal Booking, add your rooms, connect Airbnb and Booking.com and take your first direct booking on WordPress.
Read the guide →Free with unlimited properties. Add card & PayPal payments when you need them.
