Booking & Reservations ManagementPurpose
1.2. Automates the syncing of bookings across website, OTA platforms, CRM, internal staff calendars, and third-party scheduling tools.
1.3. Supports automation for instant reservation updates, availability status, staff notification, customer confirmation, and centralized booking repository.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Existing booking modified (update/cancel).
2.3. Availability changes by staff or due to maintenance.
2.4. Time-based daily/real-time automated syncing schedule.
Platform Variants
- Feature/Setting: Calendar API — automate events creation, update; set up watch for real-time changes.
3.2. Microsoft Outlook
- Feature/Setting: Graph Calendar API — automate syncing, push/pull event updates between apps.
3.3. Salesforce
- Feature/Setting: Events object automation — flow to sync external events into SF native calendar.
3.4. Zoho Calendar
- Feature/Setting: Calendar API — automate insertion and update of events for synced reservations.
3.5. Apple iCloud Calendar
- Feature/Setting: CalDAV API automation — automates syncing booking data into Apple calendar.
3.6. Airbnb
- Feature/Setting: Export/Import iCal URL — automatedly fetch and push booking calendars.
3.7. Booking.com
- Feature/Setting: Booking API, automated iCal sync — reservation data export/import.
3.8. Expedia
- Feature/Setting: Expedia API — automate pulling booking data into master calendar.
3.9. TripAdvisor
- Feature/Setting: API/iCal integration — automate event export and import for cross-system sync.
3.10. FareHarbor
- Feature/Setting: API or iCal feed — automate reading and posting reservation changes.
3.11. Checkfront
- Feature/Setting: Automated iCal/Google Sync setting — synchronize scheduled tours.
3.12. Acuity Scheduling
- Feature/Setting: API or native calendar sync automation for events created through bookings.
3.13. Calendly
- Feature/Setting: Automated webhook with calendar sync; automate event pushing to connected calendars.
3.14. Rezdy
- Feature/Setting: iCal/Google Calendar sync automation — map reservations to operator's calendar.
3.15. Xola
- Feature/Setting: API/iCal export — automate updates to operator and staff calendars.
3.16. TrekkSoft
- Feature/Setting: Calendar export-automation, syncs with Google/Outlook via iCal.
3.17. SimplyBook.me
- Feature/Setting: Automated calendar sync plugin for Google/Outlook.
3.18. Schedulicity
- Feature/Setting: Built-in calendar integration, automate bidirectional sync with Google and iCal.
3.19. Zapier
- Feature/Setting: Automation workflow builder — triggers for reservation creation/update, action to calendar sync.
3.20. Microsoft Power Automate
- Feature/Setting: Automated flow for new event creation/modification between reservation platform and calendar.
3.21. Freshdesk
- Feature/Setting: Automated scheduling integration — tickets linked with Google Calendar events.
3.22. HoneyBook
- Feature/Setting: Automated workflow triggers, syncs project bookings to calendar with status automation.
3.23. Squarespace Scheduling
- Feature/Setting: Automated iCal/Google Calendar sync for every new booking and change.
Benefits
4.2. Staff and carriage operators receive automated calendar updates in real time.
4.3. Automator eliminates manual entry, reducing human error and labor.
4.4. Enables automatable centralized oversight of all bookings across platforms.
4.5. Provides customers automatedly updated availability and immediate booking confirmation.
4.6. Automates communication by syncing reminders to staff and customers.
4.7. Reduces friction in cross-platform operations through automated consistency.
4.8. Supports scaling with automation as business volume increases.