BooksterChannel Status Understanding if your properties are available to book across a number of websites can be really tricky. Bookster is here to help. View the bookable status of your properties across the major channels, in one place. The Channel Status covers: Generally bookable (principally a property has pricing and availability) Airbnb Booking.com Vrbo Direct Booking Toolkit The toolkit provides Bookster clients with resources to help them attract bookings via their own website. We have added a website health check / audit so Bookster clients can understand how their own website might be improved for greater usability and higher visibility in search engines. Health Check A list of passes and fails for your website Drill down to view specific URLs with issues The Health Check covers the following areas: Security Crawling & Indexing Redirects Sitemap Meta Tags Content Localisation Speed & Performance JavaScript CSS Links Mobile Optimisation Health Score a website health score (1 to 100) is available to give a quick feel for how healthy your website is an explanation of the score level you should be aiming for is available Booking.com ⇄ Bookster Add in a list of unit (room) types and names Keep on top of the latest Booking.com API - deprecate older API calls Better handle when duplicate images are added to Bookster and synced up to Booking.com Return full list of possible image tags Fix the display of cactus man aka Child Rates Booking Screens - Direct Bookings Guests that place direct bookings do so via the Bookster Booking Screens. We now show the prospective guest information about the security deposit that they are going to be asked to pay before arrival. This sets and expectation that they are going to be asked to make a security deposit payment before their stay at your property We have also generally improved the display of various messages on the booking screens Moving Bookings We have added the ability to move a booking between properties (when possible). When moving bookings Bookster shows available vs unavailable properties for better visibility and understanding of what is possible. Minor Updates Damage Deposit Refunds - Update help text to be clearer about what happens when you retain or refund a Damage Deposit Airbnb ⇄ Bookster - Include all fees as part of the reservation price SuperHog/Truvi - SuperHog is being renamed to 'Truvi' so we have reflected that in various areas of Bookster Vrbo ⇄ Bookster - When we are reducing the cost of a booking (to lower commission) mark it as a DISCOUNT Channel Manager - Ensure we update the party member names from channel data Bug Fixes We added protection against invalid characters being used in rate band names.

April 2025

Written by Robin Morris

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understand how their own website might be improved for greater usability and higher visibility in search engines

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Channel Status

Understanding if your properties are available to book across a number of websites can be really tricky. Bookster is here to help.

View the bookable status of your properties across the major channels, in one place.

The Channel Status covers:

  • Generally bookable (principally a property has pricing and availability)
  • Airbnb
  • Booking.com
  • Vrbo

Direct Booking Toolkit

The toolkit provides Bookster clients with resources to help them attract bookings via their own website.

We have added a website health check / audit so Bookster clients can understand how their own website might be improved for greater usability and higher visibility in search engines.

  • Health Check
    • A list of passes and fails for your website
    • Drill down to view specific URLs with issues
    • The Health Check covers the following areas:
      • Security
      • Crawling & Indexing
      • Redirects
      • Sitemap
      • Meta Tags
      • Content
      • Localisation
      • Speed & Performance
      • JavaScript
      • CSS
      • Links
      • Mobile Optimisation
  • Health Score
    • a website health score (1 to 100) is available to give a quick feel for how healthy your website is
    • an explanation of the score level you should be aiming for is available

Booking.com ⇄ Bookster

  • Add in a list of unit (room) types and names
  • Keep on top of the latest Booking.com API - deprecate older API calls
  • Better handle when duplicate images are added to Bookster and synced up to Booking.com
  • Return full list of possible image tags
  • Fix the display of cactus man aka Child Rates

Booking Screens - Direct Bookings

Guests that place direct bookings do so via the Bookster Booking Screens.

  • We now show the prospective guest information about the security deposit that they are going to be asked to pay before arrival.

    This sets and expectation that they are going to be asked to make a security deposit payment before their stay at your property

  • We have also generally improved the display of various messages on the booking screens

Moving Bookings

We have added the ability to move a booking between properties (when possible).

When moving bookings Bookster shows available vs unavailable properties for better visibility and understanding of what is possible.

Minor Updates

  • Damage Deposit Refunds - Update help text to be clearer about what happens when you retain or refund a Damage Deposit
  • Airbnb ⇄ Bookster - Include all fees as part of the reservation price
  • SuperHog/Truvi - SuperHog is being renamed to 'Truvi' so we have reflected that in various areas of Bookster
  • Vrbo ⇄ Bookster - When we are reducing the cost of a booking (to lower commission) mark it as a DISCOUNT
  • Channel Manager - Ensure we update the party member names from channel data

Bug Fixes

We added protection against invalid characters being used in rate band names.