Question 1

🎉 Product updates

Accepted Answer

December 2022

Drag and drop to edit and move bookings.
Add and edit bookings in full screen.
plus Importing bookings via iCal feeds? You can now add notes to them!

November 2022

Each booking now shows a chronological timeline of events. Never lose track! Learn more.
Print your calendar on good old fashioned paper. Learn more.
Add tags to your rentals and let visitors filter your rentals on tags. Learn more.
premium Redirect guests, after they submitted a booking form, to a specific page. Learn more.
premium Show rates and prices in multiple currencies. Learn more.
premium Send booking notification emails. Learn more.

October 2022

The user interface got a big redesign with a lot of improvements.
Added data format export options: CSV(,), CSV(;) and JSON.
premium Pricing and availability rules can now be managed easier and better on a seperate page.
premium You c

Question 2

Migrate from AvailabilityCalendar.com to Bookingmood

Accepted Answer

|| Plan availability: basic plus premium || Quick look: Settings > Migrate from AvailabilityCalendar.com

As a customer of AvailabilityCalendar.com, you can export your calendars and users and import them into Bookingmood.

Step 1: Get the AvailabilityCalendar.com export token.

Step 2: Importing in Bookingmood

Log in to your dashboard
Click on Settings > Migrate from AvailabilityCalendar.com
Paste the export token and follow the steps.

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Question 3

Creating a widget and embed code

Accepted Answer

|| Plan availability: basic plus premium || Quick look: Widgets

Create a widget to embed one or more calendar on your website or share them using a hyperlink.

Create a widget

Go to Widgets
Click on + Widget

You will see a few options to choose from

Calendar: The calendar of a rental with the option to add a booking form as well.
Timeline: Overview of multiple rentals. plus
Inventory: Calendar that shows the number of available rooms or spots that are left. plus
Search: Search bar that can be used to find and book available rentals. premium

Configuration tab

On this page you can configure the general settings of the widget.

Select the options that you want to apply to the widget that you are creating.
You can always go back to this tab to change the settings later.

Design tab

On this page you can edit all settings regarding the lay-out and design of your calendar.

Some of the settings are only available in the Plus and Premium plan.
You can always go back to this tab to

Question 4

Availability configuration

Accepted Answer

|| Plan availability: plus premium || Quick look: Rental > Rates & Availability

The availability of your rental depends on the bookings you add or receive. But you can also apply Availability configurations to fine tune the availability of your rental:

Define specific check-in or checkout days
Specify the minimum and maximum duration of a booking
Decide how far in advance a booking can be made
Block the calendar for some nights or days after each booking

The settings that you apply are stored as so called Configurations. You can create multiple Configurations per rental. For example; a Configuration for every season. Then simply select the days where you want to apply the Configurations to!

Configurations

A configuration contains rules. There are two types: Availability and Rates. You can add as many rules of both types to a Configuration. You can also add multiple Configurations. For example; one Configuration for each season.

Availability

| Smart rule | Description | | --- | --- | | Allow check-in | Checking in is possible | | Allow checkout | Checking out is possible | | Bookings can be between _ and _ nights (or days) long | Minimum and maximum duration per booking | | Can be booked between _ and _ nights (o

Question 5

Syncing with iCal feeds

Accepted Answer

|| Plan availability: plus premium || Quick look: Rental > Settings > Synchronization

You can sync the availability of your rentals with other sites using iCal feeds. You can export the availability of your rentals from Bookingmood to other websites, but you can also import the availability of your rentals from other sites, like Airbnb or VRBO.

Import an iCal feed into Bookingmood

Open a rental and go to Settings > Synchronization.
In the Imported calendars section, click on + External calendar.
Fill in the External calendar name, for example, 'Airbnb'.
Enter the Calendar URL (iCal).
Click on Submit.

Export an iCal feed from Bookingmood to an other website

Open a rental and go to Settings > Synchronization.
Go to the iCal export section.
Only include the events that make your rental unavailable.
Choose the options you want.
Copy the iCal feed below

FAQ

Importing

How often does Bookingmood update the iCal feed that I have imported? Plus plan: Every 5 minutes. Premium plan: Every 60 seconds.

I imported an iCal feed, but I don't see any bookings in Bookingmood? Make sure your iCal feed that you import contains bookings.

Exporting

How often is the exported iCal feed updated? The iCal feed of Bookingmood is always up to date. Once you add a booking in Bookingmood, the iCal feed of Bookingmood will be upda

Question 6

Add a booking

Accepted Answer

|| Plan availability: basic plus premium || Quick look: Rental > Calendar

Adding a booking

Open a rental from your dashboard.
Click and drag on your calendar with your mouse.
Release the mouse.
Click on Booking.
Click on Submit to save the booking

Fields

| Field | Description | | --- | --- | | 🟢 Confirmed | Status that the booking is confirmed | | 🟠 Pending | Status that the booking is pending or tentative | | 🔴 Canceled | Status that the booking is canceled | | Guests | The number of guests that stay in your rental | | Dates | The check-in and check-out dates of the booking | | Form fields | Fields from the Booking form that you can fill in | | Add notes | Room for private notes about the booking |

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