iCal Calendar Sync: Airbnb, Booking.com & External Sites

Most vacation rental platforms expose a subscribe link or export URL in standard iCalendar format. When you add those URLs to TrueBookings, reservations and blocked nights created elsewhere can be reflected on your direct-booking calendar. That lowers the risk of double bookings when you list on Airbnb, Booking.com, Vrbo, regional OTAs, or property managers that support iCal feeds.

In Airbnb hosting settings, open your listing calendar and look for export or sync options that provide an iCal link for your listing. Copy that URL. Airbnb refers to this as calendar sync using industry-standard iCal; use the export link they give you for outbound availability.

• Paste the Airbnb iCal URL into your TrueBookings calendar sync settings for that property.
• After sync runs, dates blocked or booked on Airbnb can appear as reserved on TrueBookings according to your sync schedule.

Booking.com and many hotel-style extranets offer an iCal export per property or room. Locate the calendar export or availability calendar URL in their connectivity or calendar section, then add the same type of URL in TrueBookings.

• Booking.com: use the property calendar export URL from your extranet where connectivity tools expose iCal.
• Other OTAs (for example Vrbo, regional sites): look for "Export calendar", "iCal", or "Subscribe" links.

If a channel gives you a web address ending in .ics or clearly labelled as iCal, RSS-style calendar, or "sync URL", it can usually be added alongside Airbnb and Booking.com feeds. Property management systems and channel managers often publish one URL per listing.

Hosts configure imported calendars in the admin area for each property (calendar or connectivity settings, depending on your dashboard layout). Add each external iCal URL, save, and verify that blocked ranges appear as expected on your TrueBookings calendar.