Question 1

🎉 Product updates

Accepted Answer

February 2023

The listing pages now have nice URL's which you can edit. Also good for SEO!
Customize the layout and design of the listing page.
Perform a one-time import of bookings via an iCal feed.
Create and save your own table views.
premium Added new email templates and new variables to use!
premium Add attachments to email templates.
premium You can now duplicate booking forms.
premium First release of manual payments and invoices.

January 2023 - Happy New Year! 🎉

We did a lot of user interface improvements
You can now also specify the minimum number of guests of a rental unit.
Instead of a subscription you can also use Bookingmood with pre-paid payments. Learn more
Add reusable Contacts to bookings. Learn more
plus Select multiple check-in and checkout days within one availability configuration.
premium Schedule emails X days before and after arrival and departure. [Learn more](/en/article/booking-notification-emails

Question 2

Migrate from AvailabilityCalendar.com to Bookingmood

Accepted Answer

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

| When you migrate to Bookingmood, nothing will happen to your calendars and data of AvailabilityCalendar.com. Your calendars, embed codes and everything of AvailabilityCalendar.com will keep working during and after the migration to Bookingmood. So, AvailabilityCalendar.com will keep working until your subscription period ends. This means a worry-free migration without interruptions, and plenty of time to figure things out.

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.

Log in to your dashboard at https://www.availabilitycalendar.com/login/.
Click on the menu item Help.
Click on the button Generate export token and copy the 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

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

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!

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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 (or days) in advance | Minimum and maximum time before the bookin

Question 5

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 6

Add a booking

Accepted Answer

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

You can add a booking directly from your dashboard, or by opening a rental.

Adding a booking

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 | | Dates | The check-in and check-out dates of the booking | | Contacts | Select a contact or add a new one to add to the booking | | Guests | The number of guests that stay in your rental | | Form fields | Fields from the Booking form that you can fill in | | Notes | Room for private notes about the booking |

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