BooksterQuote Bookings Bookster supports the ability to create a booking that is blocks out dates for a period of time (e.g. 24 hours) and then is confirmed when the Guest makes a payment. We now show Confirmed vs Quote on the final part of the wizard when creating a booking inside Bookster, making it easier when on the phone to a prospective guest noting down their details. iCal Updates Bookster supports reading in iCal availability feeds as well as publishing feeds of availability using the iCal format. Super handy for working with 3rd party websites. iCal: local only Bookster supports publishing and iCal feed in a mode that only shows blocks and bookings added locally (ie does not include blocks added automatically via OTAs or iCal importing). iCal: availability only In addition to a local-only mode, Bookster can now publish a feed that only contains availability blocks applied inside Bookster (ie does not include bookings). Sold Out Date Ensure we have a correct sold out date when no future rate siblings exist.

January 2024

Written by Robin Morris

Improvements to the creation of Quote Bookings and iCal support

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We are working on some longer term projects but in the meantime, Bookster keep getting better with some updates to Quote Bookings and iCal support.

Super handy for working with 3rd party websites.

Quote Bookings

Bookster supports the ability to create a booking that is blocks out dates for a period of time (e.g. 24 hours) and then is confirmed when the Guest makes a payment.

We now show Confirmed vs Quote on the final part of the wizard when creating a booking inside Bookster, making it easier when on the phone to a prospective guest noting down their details.

iCal Updates

Bookster supports reading in iCal availability feeds as well as publishing feeds of availability using the iCal format.  Super handy for working with 3rd party websites.

iCal: local only

Bookster supports publishing and iCal feed in a mode that only shows blocks and bookings added locally (ie does not include blocks added automatically via OTAs or iCal importing).

iCal: availability only

In addition to a local-only mode, Bookster can now publish a feed that only contains availability blocks applied inside Bookster (ie does not include bookings).

Sold Out Date

Ensure we have a correct sold out date when no future rate siblings exist.