Best Solution for Website, Airbnb, TripAdvisor Channel Management Integration?

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Help please! I am really struggling with a solution to sync my calendars on my Website, Airbnb and TripAdvisor - The website is written in Joomla and uses Solidres as the booking platform - this will update Airbnb and TripAdvisor but will not import their calendars back in. My web designer is now recommending I use Myallocator to sync the calendars both ways however whilst this works with Airbnb it will not work with TripAdvisor because there is apparently a bug in their software. Myallocator will also not import updated pricing to Airbnb as apparently they don’t support it? Does anyone use a solution that actually works i.e. their website booking platform is syncing automatically to Airbnb and TripAdvisor for calendars and preferably for pricing too - if so please can you let me know what you are using as beginning to think I need to start again! Any input would be gratefully received

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I am looking at Tokeet but have not pulled the trigger yet. I would also like to see what others are doing.

Gary

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Thanks - will take a look!

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Making sure you saw this…

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I use OwnerRez, my website is WP, so I don’t know how it will work with yours, but I expanded to multiple houses this year and it’s saving my sanity to have the one place syncing everything

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We use an outfit called Lodgify and have never had any issues with our website, Airbnb and TA calendars syncing successfully. They also only charge per booking, not monthly.

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Hi - thanks for the reply do you know what the booking platform is on your WP site?

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Hi Joan - would be interested to know what your website platform is and what you are using on that for booking as this seems to be where I may need to start! Thanks Tanya

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The platform for our own website is Lodgify as well, hence their ability to sync all three, if I understand correctly. TBH, I leave all the background tech stuff to my husband.

Not that we’ve had any bookings via our website yet!

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Hi Joan

Thanks for the reply - I will take a look at what they are offering.

Best Wishes

Tanya

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You’re welcome. Hope it suits for you.

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I’m using OwnerRez, brand new to it, but so far happy. It is a ton of work, nearly as much as creating the site, to add all the details. I got it up and running quickly, but then wanted to add all my past transactions etc.

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Hi

Thanks for the reply - I assume that OwnerRez is therefore a bolt on to the WP site that manages direct bookings to the website and links all of the calendars forwards and backwards with Airbnb and TripAdvisor? - it appears at the moment that I have a website with a bolt on for bookings and then an additional piece of software for syncing calendars.

Best wishes
Tanya

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I initially joined OwnerRez to manage calendar syncing across three properties, but was also able to add an OwnerRez calendar widget and booking widget to my personal website.

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Hi Joan, I am thinking of using Lodgify as well, and I see your post is now a few years old. So based on that, are you still with Lodgify? Is there anything you would advise me to be aware of? any frusterations with them? Any lessons learned?

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I stopped using them in March last year, when I had to close our B&B down as we lived there. I didn’t see the point in a monthly fee for something I wasn’t going to be able to use for the foreseeable, and given it’s nearly a year later, I was right! I would go back to them if the time was right, having had no issues with the service.

I am sure there are other hosts here who use lodgify or another channel manager, who can advise you better than I can.