BooksterBook Direct Toolkit We have added a Social Media page to the Book Direct Toolkit. The page includes: A Social Media posts suggester - select your property and generate some suggested posts about the local area There is also Advice on where to post, what to post about and when to post Booking.com ⇄ Bookster Fix an exception sometimes triggered when there is a problem joining Booking.com Add logging to the error conditions when joining Allow specifying the room name upon creation Try not specifying the CancelPolicy at all Channel Status Include a link to the channel popup with the metrics Allow Bookster Subscription users to see the channel status page Use a more robust method of calculating the number of channel properties Security Forbid the use of certain domains when registering as users If an email address is updated, ensure we send a confirmation email. Minor Updates and Bug Fixes Prevent using the same external ref (manually) on multiple bookings Take into account the min-stay rules when checking if a property is sold out. BookingScreens: Do not explicitly say that the booking is confirmed. AirDNA: avoid a divide by zero error Do not try and create a Damage Deposit on parent bookings iCal - Some minor modernisations/additional checks Allow a booking to be rendered even though the property is no longer in the booking sub Do not allow setting of the booking system status to ‘enabled’ when sold out. Give a meaningful status message when failing consolidation due to being sold out. Add a note about the DD amount for manual bookings

June 2025

Written by Robin Morris

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Book Direct Toolkit

We have added a Social Media page to the Book Direct Toolkit.

The page includes:

  • A Social Media posts suggester - select your property and generate some suggested posts about the local area
  • There is also Advice on where to post, what to post about and when to post

Booking.com ⇄ Bookster

  • Fix an exception sometimes triggered when there is a problem joining Booking.com
  • Add logging to the error conditions when joining
  • Allow specifying the room name upon creation
  • Try not specifying the CancelPolicy at all

Channel Status

  • Include a link to the channel popup with the metrics
  • Allow Bookster Subscription users to see the channel status page
  • Use a more robust method of calculating the number of channel properties

Security

  • Forbid the use of certain domains when registering as users
  • If an email address is updated, ensure we send a confirmation email.

Minor Updates and Bug Fixes

  • Prevent using the same external ref (manually) on multiple bookings
  • Take into account the min-stay rules when checking if a property is sold out.
  • BookingScreens: Do not explicitly say that the booking is confirmed.
  • AirDNA: avoid a divide by zero error
  • Do not try and create a Damage Deposit on parent bookings
  • iCal - Some minor modernisations/additional checks
  • Allow a booking to be rendered even though the property is no longer in the booking sub
  • Do not allow setting of the booking system status to ‘enabled’ when sold out.
  • Give a meaningful status message when failing consolidation due to being sold out.
  • Add a note about the DD amount for manual bookings