{"id":463,"date":"2021-04-21T09:12:16","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T09:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utillz.com\/docs\/brikk\/what-is-icalendar\/"},"modified":"2022-07-04T13:13:34","modified_gmt":"2022-07-04T13:13:34","slug":"what-is-icalendar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/utillz.com\/docs\/brikk\/listing\/reservation\/what-is-icalendar\/","title":{"rendered":"What is iCalendar?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>iCalendar is the standard Internet format for exchanging calendar information. It&#8217;s supported by most booking services including Airbnb and Booking.com.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"icalendar-import-and-export\">iCalendar Import and Export<\/h3>\n<p>Brikk allows you to import and export iCalendar in just a few steps<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You need to enable the option for the listing type by going to `Listing <i class=\"material-icon-arrow_right_alt __arrow\"><\/i> Reservations <i class=\"material-icon-arrow_right_alt __arrow\"><\/i> Enable iCalendar`<\/li>\n<li>Also, you need to create a daily booking action type for the same listing type by going to `Listing <i class=\"material-icon-arrow_right_alt __arrow\"><\/i> Action <i class=\"material-icon-arrow_right_alt __arrow\"><\/i> Action Types`<\/li>\n<li>Then, the users will see a new icons next to the listing actions in their dashboard:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-465\" src=\"https:\/\/utillz.com\/docs\/brikk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/09\/ical.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"497\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utillz.com\/docs\/brikk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/09\/ical.png 497w, https:\/\/utillz.com\/docs\/brikk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/09\/ical-291x300.png 291w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>This icon will open a new modal with the iCalendar information:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-464\" src=\"https:\/\/utillz.com\/docs\/brikk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/09\/ical-info.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"916\" height=\"863\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utillz.com\/docs\/brikk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/09\/ical-info.png 916w, https:\/\/utillz.com\/docs\/brikk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/09\/ical-info-300x283.png 300w, https:\/\/utillz.com\/docs\/brikk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/09\/ical-info-768x724.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 916px) 100vw, 916px\" \/><br \/>\nThe `export ical feed url` is where you will push your listing availability dates in ical format. You can use this source to push information to other systems.The `import iCal from external source` allows you to create multiple listeners for 3rd party systems. A cron job will check every hour for any changes, and if there is a change, it will be applied to your booking availability.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"check-video-of-airbnb-and-smoobu-for-icalendar\"><strong>Check video of airbnb and smoobu for icalendar.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loom.com\/share\/9e149dd8cd804fd8a08e059b1eee5f10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smoobu video<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loom.com\/share\/d66c6c7e53b24d5cab7b8e9612ad90be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Airbnb video<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"faq\">FAQ<\/h3>\n<p><strong>What about manually blocked dates?<\/strong> \u00e2\u20ac\u201d The dates, that are being blocked manually, won&#8217;t be sent to your iCalendar sync. It is only for internal use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>iCalendar is the standard Internet format for exchanging calendar information. It&#8217;s supported by most booking services including Airbnb and Booking.com. iCalendar Import and Export Brikk &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":449,"menu_order":52,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/utillz.com\/docs\/brikk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/463"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/utillz.com\/docs\/brikk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/utillz.com\/docs\/brikk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utillz.com\/docs\/brikk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utillz.com\/docs\/brikk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/utillz.com\/docs\/brikk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/463\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utillz.com\/docs\/brikk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/utillz.com\/docs\/brikk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}