How to sync (synchronise/synchronize) your PromoteMyPlace calendar with other sites using ICAL

Here you can find the two different ways to sync your PromoteMyPlace calendar with other 3^rd party availability calendars:

How to export your PromoteMyPlace calendar for import into a 3^rd party calendar

If you want to sync your PromoteMyPlace calendar with external listing sites such as HomeAway, Airbnb and FlipKey, or with your Google Calendar, you can export it as iCal.

• Simply log into your PromoteMyPlace account and go to Section 3 Edit Website Content
• Go to your Availability page
• Scroll down the page until you come to the option 'ICAL Export'

• Copy the link provided, e.g. http://cottageexample.promotemyplace.com/availability/calendar.ics
• Paste the link into the relevant section of your chosen 3^rd party provider.

Please note: If you’re also importing an ICAL calendar and you’d like to export your calendar without the reservations that were imported using ICAL, you can do this by clicking on the Options button (as shown in the image above) and checking the box next to ‘Do not export reservations that were imported using ICAL’

How to import your 3^rd party calendar to your PromoteMyPlace calendar

We recently launched our own functionality, that will allow you to import 3^rd party calendars into your PromoteMyPlace calendar, to a select few customers that would like to take part in Beta testing.

If you would like to take part in our beta testing program and have access to the iCAL import functionality, get in touch.

If you're not sure what Beta means in relation to software, or you're not sure what's expected of you if you take part, please see 'What does Beta testing mean?' at the bottom of this page.

Once we’ve added the functionality to your account, you can import your 3^rd party calendar by following these instructions:

1. Login to your 3^rd party calendar account and copy the link to your calendar in ICAL format.
2. Login to your PromoteMyPlace account and go to ‘Edit Website Content', then 'Availability'.
3. You will need to un-check the box next to 'Use third party availability calendar' in order to import ICAL
4. Underneath the standard availability calendar, you will see the ICAL Import
5. Click 'New' and enter the link from Step 1.
6. Choose whether the end date of the reservations that are being imported is the checkout day, or if the end date is the last night of the booking. (Please note: This depends on how your 3^rd party calendar works.)

If you need any assistance with this process, please do get in touch with our support team and provide the link from Step 1.

What does Beta testing mean?

Beta software refers to software that is undergoing testing and has not yet been officially released. It's essentially a phase of testing by users on live websites. When using the new functionality, we simply ask that you give us any constructive feedback you may have, to allow us to make any adjustments necessary before we release it to all customers.