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How to update your availability and why it’s important
Hello everyone,
One of the most commonly asked questions we hear from partners is on the topic of availability. Adding long-term availability is incredibly important for the following reasons:
- Get early bird bookers: You’re more likely to get noticed by potential guests since they can search for accommodation up to 16 months in advance when planning their trip.
- Stay ahead of the competition: Not everyone keeps their long-term availability up-to-date, so doing this gives you an edge over your competitors. It also gives us more time to capture demand for your property.
- Worldwide marketing: We promote your property on search engines and online channels for exposure to more potential guests. The more availability you add, the more exposure you get.
If you’re ready to update your availability, take a look at this step-by-step guide.
Still have questions? Leave a comment below, or contact your local support team via your extranet inbox or phone number.
Hi Didem and thanks for posting…
Availability is very important indeed…
Wish you a beautiful weekend.
this is one thing that has been asked before but not conclusive definitive answer was given :
How can partners opt out of these search engines and online channels, e.g. one or the other or both ??
Hi BrookAve I'm curious to understand why you'd like to opt out?
hi
multiple partners over the last 2 years have asked for this
Hi BrookAve Could you help me to understand why you and other partners don't want your property promoted in these ways and why it doesn't bring the intended value to you?
You only have to enter in google your place name and all of a sudden you see your listing on websites you have never heard of . its alot of cringe in many cases, and some with zero permission .
two examples :
I have sent a GDPR removal request to both of them to get delisted, will update here if or when they comply, or what B.S. excuse they try to give me
Thanks very much for the feedback, BrookAve. I'll share your feedback internally and see if anything can be improved here.
My calendar has suddenly started showing remarks: "No Inventory" and then reducing all rooms to 0 (zero0 availability. Then I am now forced to go to each space and manually open them. This is very tedious and extra daily work, to go on for all years! This problem did not exist before, as rooms were available by default unless they are booked.
Please advise how to return the default position of all rooms being open, and removal of "No Inventory" setting.
Hi James,
Very unusual!!!
Maybe you should contact your local BDC office and ask them to fix your calendar!!!
Wish you luck and have a good day.
I have called them several times but are not helping. They want me to be opening up rooms manually all the days, weeks, months and tears ahead! This is a very hard job and unreliable way to work as I could forget one day and rooms remain closed and I lose money. I just cant understand why they cannot revert it to its original settings.
Hi @James Norman,
I'm very sorry you're experiencing these issues with your calendar.
And thank you for your feedback. I've shared it with our teams.
Hope you have a nice day ahead!
Very frustrated situation!!!
that is great thanks for your posting
its difficult to register in booking.com. No live chat available. Very depressing, my pin location was not accepted and been trying to delete my registration several times. The same problem occur "my pin location".
Hi Janette and welcome to the Partner Community.
In your Extranet under your Property tab in layout you can find your coordinates so your pin can show the right location…
Hope this helps you.
I would like to list our function rooms on the booking site but there is no option to list anything that does not have a bed. Both of my venues have entertainment areas that we book out for weddings, parties, and corporate events. Any suggestions on how to add such a venue with a custom description?
I have been receiving fake resavations recently which obviously doing by a certain group to keep the accommodations occupied for the sake of taking down the market Competition. I contacted the booking.com several times about this issue but I unfortunately didn't receive an answer. So I recently added this prepayment thing to my list and I wanna know if I asked guest to cancel their resavations under the didn't receive prepayment option Does the reservation automatically cancel within 24 hours or does it require the customer's consent to cancel?