No extra Booking buffer on imported bookings please

[Raphael Wightman]

I was thinking it would easier to just add rules before import/export according to the Online Travel Agency (OTA) since each OTA might have its own mechanism.

Example. You can set your buffers up for each reservation taken on your website and each OTA like Airbnd and VRBO.

So you setup your website, Airbnb and VRBO to add a buffer the day before and after a reservation.

Create a rule for importing ical.

Rule 1. Import reservations taken Airbnb or VRBO. DO NOT ADD BUFFERS since those sites already added them.
Rule 2. Export reservations taken on your site to Airbnb or VRBO. SUBTRACT BUFFERS and let them add it since you have set it up that way.

Since each import/export is per accommodation per ical link let your website act as the traffic cop and delegate how all the info is managed going in and out to the other sites.

[Andre Flores]

Hello everybody,

Thank you all for your suggestions and comments, I will make sure to pass them to our developers for further consideration.

Regards,
Andre

[JJW]

Can we have a follow up on the matter?

[Andrew Sykes]

Requesting the same.

[Andre Flores]

Hello there,

Unfortunately, there are no updates regarding this matter so far. The request has not yet been selected for development and we continue collecting feedback from other users regarding this matter.

Regards,
Andre

[Michael Robateau]

Please add this feature. Also, please add this to the next sprint 🙂

[Michael Robateau]

Do you have the ability to export to Vrbo at all?

[Valeriia Bavykina]

Hi Michael!

I just added you to the follow-up list, so as soon as we do have news regarding this feature, we’ll be sure to reach out.

[Valeriia Bavykina]

Hello Michael!

Please check out this article. Feel free to let us know if you have any other questions or feedback.

[jérémy dumas]

Hi,

People have been asking for this feature to actually work for one and half year now and the issue is still here…

Because from how you developed it, this functionality simply doesn’t work with other major OTA’s such as AirBNB or Booking…

We shouldn’t have to wait almost 2 years for a bug to be fixed.

I just developed an entire site with your plugin with the express demand of my client to be compatible with OTA’s to find at the end that it’s actually not.

Every time someone is booking on airbnb for example, you add extra buffer time to an import that already have a buffer time. So it’s 2 extra days (1 before and 1 after) that we won’t be able to sell on our website due to this issue.

It can be a major loss at the end of the year for all your clients using this feature and you won’t even bother to correct it…

Just can’t believe what I just read in this topics.

I’m going create a ticket to your support and hope it will be taken more seriously than here.

Regards

[Andre Flores]

Hello Jérémy,

I am following your concerns and frustration regarding this matter. The issue has been moved to our development team to-do list, so there is currently a progress and we might see the booking buffer functionality improved in the near future.

Regards,
Andre

[Mary Testa]

This problem still persists even after various Motopress Hotel Booking Version Updates since your last message.

[J. Davis]

Hi Mary,

Thanks for your request. This task is in a queue still. We will notify you when we have any news.

best regards,
John Davis

[Michael Radlof]

This link is no longer working and I am having issues with the Buffer and Air BNB Buffer not aligning and booking in 2 days buffer instead of 1 yet if I cancel either one we get bookings in a time period we don’t have enough time to prepare for. Do you have any updates for fixing this issue? Thanks

[J. Davis]

Hi Michael,

Thanks for your question. This task has not been processed yet. I’ve added your upvote and so we will notify you by updating the topic when we have any news on this.

best regards,
John Davis

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