iGMS has official direct integration with Booking.com. The procedure requires a few actions to be done on the Booking.com side and then within the settings of iGMS. Check our video tutorial on the process and read on the steps below.
You can watch the Spanish video here.
Step 1. Select iGMS as a connectivity provider on Booking.com
Sign in to your Booking.com account and select a property you’d like to connect to iGMS.
In the top menu, click Account. From the drop-down menu, choose Connectivity Provider.
Click Search and type in iGMS.
Type-in iGMS and click on the option.
Click Connect.
Important: With the confirmed connection, your Booking.com property previously configured availability and pricing data will be discarded so you would need to set them anew the way it’s explained in this guideline.
XML rates
According to Booking.com requirements, when integrating a Booking.com property to iGMS, only XML rates that you previously created will be moved automatically. Non-XML rates will remain on Booking.com, fully bookable, but we won't be able to receive any information about these reservations. You'll need to create the XML rates on iGMS. For an instruction on how to create rates for a Booking.com property on iGMS click here.
Step 2. Activate Booking.com property on iGMS
Log in to your iGMS account and go to the Accounts & Listings section.
2. Click on Connect Account and select Booking.com.
3. Click on Connect to Property.
4. Select yes or no.
5. Review the instructions on the screen, check the box and click Continue.
6. Enter your Booking.com Property ID (it’s a 7-digit number) and click Continue to finalize the integration.
7. Click Add to Property or Group if you have connected the other listings of this property.
8. Apply the Markup if you’d like to increase/decrease the pricing for Booking.com in comparison with other channels.
All done!
If you need to connect more properties from Booking.com, please follow the same process described above.
Things to keep in mind:
Important: Due to Booking.com API settings, iGMS cannot access the information about reservations if their check out had happenedout that happened before connecting the property to iGMS. However, thenew bookings in the future will haveprovide the full data set and all the contact information.
Once the property is linked, we highly recommend opening the Booking.com property's availability to make it bookable following these steps.
If you list your vacation rentals on Booking.com as well as on the Airbnb or Vrbo platform, we strongly recommend to group them via the iGMS Channel Manager to protect your properties from double-bookings.
Non-XML rates won’t be pulled to iGMS, so you will need to recreate them from our end.