iCal calendar sync for vacation rental marketplace

We are looking to build a donation based marketplace for short-term rentals.

We need the ability to sync the host’s calendar between other platforms such as Airbnb to Sharetribe.

This is an essential feature for hosts, as homes are often listed across multiple platforms and so the home must be made available only for dates available across all platforms.

Airbnb and others often use iCal for two-way sync between calendars - one iCal address to publish events to other platforms, and another to consume. Here’s AirBnB’s user documentation on the matter.

We opened this issue to try and see if there’s any traction for others who’d like to see this feature, if anyone has already built it and is willing to share or anyone willing to develop it.

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Were you able to find an answer? This would be so helpful to do!

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Its important for me too, to have such a sync…

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This would be helpful for us, too! If anyone has built it or knows how to get it done, shoot us a message.

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Would also love this integration!

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I need this so badly too! Would make my year. When we’re on this topic anyway, what about listing different room options under one space? E.g. a shared or a private room? We currently have to list the rooms independently and if those issues could be fixed we can really take off. If you know how to solve those things I’d be so grateful. Thanks :slight_smile:

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Hi. will be interested too in this feature. I think it is something complicated to develop. Some Hostels/hotel works with an XML connections to make it possible too. I think it need a specific gem to connect to Harmony (in charge of managing the calendar) in a way.
In www.casatropical.org we asked guests to ask for availability first, then they can make the booking, knowking it is free. Guests are not frustrated anymore of a location not being available after trying to book it. It is a short way arround, who also helps us, generate more signs up. Then, it is on our hands to transform signs up in booking.

To answer Pierstein about having several rooms options under one space. I guess for now, you can publish several listing under the owner property/profile. and maybe make it searchable (https://cordoba-casatropical.net/floris). for example. Use the title to define what kind of room it is. It is a pain for shared dorms with several beds or for bigger units (e.g coliving of real estates buildings). I am still thinking how to develop this part.
It would be a please to share ideas and knowledge.
Kind regards
Floris

i’m also looking for this ICal solution, if some one found one the mean time, it will be really helpful