Block accommodation availability manually/ Add new Bookings to the Dashboard

There are several methods to block the accommodation types for a specific period of time:

1. navigate to Dashboard > Bookings > All Booking > Add Booking (button) and add a new reservation from the back-end.

To avoid sending automated customer emails upon adding new bookings, you can disable customer notifications for the required period of time via Accommodation > Settings > Customer emails.

2. navigate to Dashboard > Bookings > Booking Rules > Block Accommodation and add a rule that will restrict check-in/out and stay for a certain period.

3. Import ICS files to add future bookings. This method works for adding future bookings to your Hotel Booking system.

Important:

• The bookings you’ll import must be saved in ICS or CSV formats.
• The check-in and check-out date information is necessary for all bookings.
• UID must be unique for every booking.

If you have just one accommodation, feel free to export all bookings to one file.

Import all bookings individually for each physical accommodation (not accommodation type) if you have multiple accommodations.

Proceed with saving your bookings to an ICS format. For example:

BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:import
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:4931b40faee84c45ba6139e0ae6e521b
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220724
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220726
DTSTAMP:20220616T202319Z
SUMMARY:John S
DESCRIPTION:CHECKIN: 2022-07-26\nCHECKOUT: 2022-07-28\n
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR


Make sure to add data on every booking between BEGIN:VEVENT and END:VEVENT.

When your import file is ready, proceed in the following way: WordPress Dashboard > Bookings > Sync Calendars > choose the respective accommodation > hover your mouse over it > Import Calendar > Browse > Upload file and import