Preparation window for all booking sites
under review
Elina Mwangi
I'd like to apply it to all sites, AirBnb is the only one that has that option currently. We have very strict cleaning protocols now and need to find a way to make sure a unit can't have a check-out and check-in on the same day.
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Troy
Direct Booking Preparation time is critical for us. Need to block out days for cleaning. Right now have to do manually, which if not done in time can create a booking we cant accommodate.
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Seth Weinman
Hello. As a new property manager and user of Uplisting, I just encountered this issue as well with Booking.com. It only blocks out the reservation dates, but no preparation dates either before or after. The easiest solution is to manually mark the dates I want to have blocked out as unavailable in Uplisting, which syncs in real time to Booking.com. Is there no way to create a simple feature option on the Uplisting calendar to create an unavailable block for x number of days before and after any bookings, regardless of what site they were booked on? This would in effect solve this problem.
Thanks,
Seth
Vince Breslin
under review
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Matt Borton
Vince Breslin: this was “planned” a year ago. What does “under review” mean? Are we going backwards?
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Cory@ Home in Rome
Very important now that Google connection is up and running.
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Marketa Kalousova
Hello Team Uplisting, we have just realised that the preparation window applies to AIR BNB only. It is very important for us as property managers that this feature synchs across of all the bookings sites, as some of our properties are just too large to be turned around on the same day, not to mention the strict cleaning protocols we have to adhere by due to Covid.
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Allister Collins
Considering Uplisting boasts that the way they sync their calendars makes it almost impossible to achieve double bookings, and the lack of this feature essentially allows for bookings to be made on a day that the property is not available (resulting in exactly the same consequences that a double booking produces), i'm very surprised that this isn't getting more internal pressure to complete now we are almost 1 year on from when the request was submitted.
Bear in mind that airbnb does include the preparation nights within the booking when syncing its calendar with other booking platforms. Switching from airbnb to uplisting immediately makes all airbnb bookings vulnerable not only for linked listings on airbnb but for all other booking platforms. 95% of our bookings come from airbnb so we feel we have no choice but to look for another solution now.
Vince Breslin
planned
This feature is starting soon.
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Cory@ Home in Rome
Vince Breslin: Will the advance notice feature available for Booking.com and AirBNB reservations also be for all booking sites with this upgrade?
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Allister Collins
Vince Breslin: It's been another 5 months since this was starting, what is happening now?
Considering Uplisting boasts that the way they sync their calendars makes it almost impossible to achieve double bookings, and the lack of this feature essentially allows for bookings to be made on a day that the property is not available (resulting in exactly the same consequences that a double booking produces), i'm very surprised that this isn't getting more internal pressure to complete now we are almost 1 year on from when the request was submitted.
Bear in mind that airbnb does include the preparation nights within the booking when syncing its calendar with other booking platforms. Switching from airbnb to uplisting immediately makes all airbnb bookings vulnerable not only for linked listings on airbnb but for all other booking platforms. 95% of our bookings come from airbnb so we feel we have no choice but to look for another solution now.
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Totana Sindhuseka
Vince Breslin: Will we be able to tailor the preparation time to just 1 day before a reservation only? Airbnb's 1 day before and after preparation time kills 2 days between bookings for me.