BooksterChannel Messaging We added support for marking messages as 'read' and 'reply required' on Booking.com bookings. When composing a new message, we added support for telling the Guest that the message requires a reply. Minor Updates and Bug Fixes Airbnb ⇄ Bookster Fixed issue where we cannot check-out on the very last day we have rates for. Vrbo ⇄ Bookster Applied the same departure date fix from Airbnb to Vrbo. Booking Search in Bookster Improve wording around when people stay date search. Bookster Websites Improve markup when displaying Feefo reviews to improve visibility in search engines Support passing in a background colour to the responsive calendar widget Minor Updates Allow deleting of comments (native aka 'notes') again. Ensure comments have sufficient height for the date+time. Update wording of default message for sending a support request to Bookster when logged in Improve the help text around support for booking add-ons when syncing to RentalsUnited Avoid double account for some extras (i.e. discounts) and make things appear too cheap

September 2023

Written by Robin Morris

Continued improvements to messaging with Airbnb and Booking.com Guests

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We continued to improve our integrations with both Airbnb and Booking.com messaging API within Bookster when using the Channel Manager.

Channel Messaging

We added support for marking messages as 'read' and 'reply required' on Booking.com bookings.

When composing a new message, we added support for telling the Guest that the message requires a reply.

Minor Updates and Bug Fixes

Airbnb ⇄ Bookster

Fixed issue where we cannot check-out on the very last day we have rates for.

Vrbo ⇄ Bookster

Applied the same departure date fix from Airbnb to Vrbo.

Booking Search in Bookster

Improve wording around when people stay date search.

Bookster Websites

  • Improve markup when displaying Feefo reviews to improve visibility in search engines
  • Support passing in a background colour to the responsive calendar widget

Minor Updates

  • Allow deleting of comments (native aka 'notes') again.
  • Ensure comments have sufficient height for the date+time.
  • Update wording of default message for sending a support request to Bookster when logged in
  • Improve the help text around support for booking add-ons when syncing to RentalsUnited
  • Avoid double account for some extras (i.e. discounts) and make things appear too cheap