Online booking synchronization with calendar

Purpose

1.1. To automate the synchronization between online booking systems and staff or resource calendars within a hang gliding center.
1.2. Automates reservation updates, cancellations, and new bookings directly into team schedules.
1.3. Automating reduces manual entry, double-bookings, and miscommunication regarding equipment, instructor, or facility availability.
1.4. Enables real-time reflection of automated bookings, streams updates to mobile, desktop, and shared cloud calendars.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. New online booking submission via web/app/API for any hang gliding session or event.
2.2. Booking cancellation or reschedule request processed through the booking interface.
2.3. Manual changes to resource availability by staff in management backend, automating instant update to the central calendar.
2.4. Payment confirmation or failure event triggers synchronize automation.

Platform Variants

3.1. Google Calendar
• API: "Events: insert" — Automate booking insertions with proper title, time, customer details.
3.2. Microsoft Outlook Calendar
• API: "CalendarEvent.CreateOrUpdate" automator for automated adding and modifying events.
3.3. Apple iCloud Calendar
• Integration: CalDAV protocol automates sync via booking API transforms to CalDAV item.
3.4. Zoho Calendar
• REST API: "/calendars/events" automator for automated creation and removal of events.
3.5. Calendly
• Webhooks: "Event Scheduled" automates export to internal master calendar.
3.6. Acuity Scheduling
• API: "appointments" automated polling and syncing with instructor’s calendar.
3.7. Setmore
• API: "appointments.create" automates session block-in after booking confirmed.
3.8. Square Appointments
• API: "Bookings API" automator for automated calendar population post-booking and payment.
3.9. Mindbody
• API: "Appointments.AddAppointment" automates insertion into center’s shared schedules.
3.10. SimplyBook.me
• API Feature: "booking.notify" automator for event sync after client reservation.
3.11. Booker
• API: "bookings.create" feature, automating real-time update to staff calendars.
3.12. Doodle
• Integration: Automated sync via "Meetings API" when group event is confirmed.
3.13. Outlook.com API
• Feature: "CalendarView POST" for push-automating new bookings as Outlook events.
3.14. Teamup Calendar
• API: "Events: POST" automator for group scheduling after online booking.
3.15. Office 365 Calendar
• API: "Create events" automates recording bookings on organizational calendar.
3.16. Timekit
• API: "/bookings" automator, sends web bookings to calendar as new event nodes.
3.17. Appointlet
• Feature: Webhook-out, automates insertions to Google or Outlook on successful booking.
3.18. When I Work
• API: "Shifts.create" automator, automates reflection of scheduled flights in team schedules.
3.19. Planyo
• API: "reservation_add" feature automates import to external calendar platforms.
3.20. Checkfront
• API: "bookings.create" automates synchronization as backend calendar event.
3.21. Booking.com
• Partner API: "Reservations Notifications" automates push of relevant info to internal staff calendar.

Benefits

4.1. Automates real-time visibility and control of bookings and facility usage, reducing administrative errors.
4.2. Automation eliminates double-booking and resource conflict, boosting operational efficiency.
4.3. Staff and customers experience automated, instant notifications for schedule changes.
4.4. Automated calendar integration facilitates smarter resource allocation and peak-time management.
4.5. Automates reporting and historical tracking, supporting analytics and improved forecasting.
4.6. Automation supports enhanced customer satisfaction due to minimized errors and manual intervention.