BooksterBooking.com Reviews update: November 2019 From November 2019, all clients can now see and respond to reviews left on Booking.com directly through the Bookster property management system. Simply enter into the property listing dashboard, to view the review dashboard: View all Booking.com reviews View the property review score Filter by with or without a reply Add your replies directly in Bookster. How will your self-catering business benefit? Using this improved automation will spare up valuable time that your team can spend on what's important to you, like increasing your summer revenue or attracting business travellers. The enhanced connection means that you don't need to update your property data in both Bookster and Booking.com as we will automatically synchronise even more of your self-catering property data. Property data synchronised with Booking.com As a result of this change, the property data which will now be synchronised is: Availability Rates Photos Photo tags Bookings Payment cards accepted Facilities section in Property listing details (All checkboxes) Things to do nearby Parking Views Capacity Floor space Children allowance Crib (cots) Review responses Important Booking.com sync information You can turn on your full property syncronisation in two clicks, which will update the data held in Booking.com with the data from Bookster. Enabling it will automatically turn it on for all your properties - no need for individually managing each property. For even better results, there are new fields held in Property Listing Details (Facilities, Suitability) and Location (Views, Parking, Things to do nearby) which can also be completed for your properties before turning on the property synchronisation. Not all Channel Managers are the same The quality of Channel Manager connections can vary greatly, and the data which is synchronised with a channel depends on the skills and resources of the company. Bookster has been building a strong connection with Booking.com since 2017, and continuously works to develop this 2-way XML connection.
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Made for Holiday Rental Managers like you.

Booking.com and Bookster content management

Kelly Odor
4 minute read

Key Takeaways

  • Bookster regularly review our channel connections for improvements
  • We are committed to improving channel connections to improve your experiences
  • Latest change: See and respond to Booking.com reviews in Bookster
  • Bookster synchronises extensive property listings data with Booking.com
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Our enhancements to our channel manager connection with global portal, Booking.com are now live, and available for all our self-catering clients.

Our latest changes offer even more property content to be automatically shared with Booking.com directly from your Bookster account.


Booking.com Content - New enhancements to Booking.com and Bookster channel manager connection

Not all Channel Managers are the same

Booking.com Reviews update: November 2019

From November 2019, all clients can now see and respond to reviews left on Booking.com directly through the Bookster property management system.

Simply enter into the property listing dashboard, to view the review dashboard:

  • View all Booking.com reviews
  • View the property review score
  • Filter by with or without a reply 
  • Add your replies directly in Bookster.

How will your self-catering business benefit?

Using this improved automation will spare up valuable time that your team can spend on what's important to you, like increasing your summer revenue or attracting business travellers.

The enhanced connection means that you don't need to update your property data in both Bookster and Booking.com as we will automatically synchronise even more of your self-catering property data.  

Property data synchronised with Booking.com

As a result of this change, the property data which will now be synchronised is:

  • Availability
  • Rates
  • Photos
  • Photo tags
  • Bookings
  • Payment cards accepted
  • Facilities section in Property listing details (All checkboxes)
  • Things to do nearby
  • Parking
  • Views
  • Capacity
  • Floor space
  • Children allowance
  • Crib (cots)
  • Review responses

Important Booking.com sync information

  • You can turn on your full property syncronisation in two clicks, which will update the data held in Booking.com with the data from Bookster.

  • Enabling it will automatically turn it on for all your properties - no need for individually managing each property.

  • For even better results, there are new fields held in Property Listing Details (Facilities, Suitability) and Location (Views, Parking, Things to do nearby) which can also be completed for your properties before turning on the property synchronisation. 

Not all Channel Managers are the same

The quality of Channel Manager connections can vary greatly, and the data which is synchronised with a channel depends on the skills and resources of the company. 

Bookster has been building a strong connection with Booking.com since 2017, and continuously works to develop this 2-way XML connection.


Our goal is to help our self-catering clients get the best results from promoting properties on Booking.com.

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