Wix Hotels by HotelRunner: Connecting HomeAway to your site

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HomeAway supports iCal integration for seamless calendar availability updates with Wix Hotels by HotelRunner. Follow the steps below to integrate your Wix Hotels by HotelRunner calendar with HomeAway and ensure smooth management of your reservations.
Important information before you begin:
  • iCal Integration: HomeAway uses a one-way iCal integration. This means that while your calendar availability will sync from Wix Hotels by HotelRunner to HomeAway, your rates and reservations will not. You will need to manually update any reservations received from HomeAway in your Wix Hotels by HotelRunner calendar.
  • Manage Rates and Restrictions: You must manage your rates and booking restrictions directly from the HomeAway channel extranet.
  • Calendar Sync: The iCal integration will only transmit your Wix Hotels by HotelRunner calendar to HomeAway. No data will be received from HomeAway.
  • HomeAway allows you to sync five external calendars per property, including Google, Airbnb, Booking.com, and other platforms.

Step 1 | Choose which rooms to send to HomeAway

You can choose which of your rooms you want to display on HomeAway from the Channel Manager section of the Wix Hotels by HotelRunner dashboard. 

To choose which rooms to send from Wix Hotels by HotelRunner to HomeAway:

  1. Go to the Channel Manager in your Wix Hotels by HotelRunner dashboard. 
  2. Click Connect next to HomeAway. 
  3. Choose Send from the drop-down next to all relevant rooms you want to share with HomeAway iCal. 
  4. Click Next.
  5. Click Copy next to all relevant rooms you want to send to HomeAway.

Step 2 | Importing your Wix Hotels by HotelRunner calendar to HomeAway

Once you have marked all relevant rooms as send and copied their links, log in to the HomeAway extranet to import the room types. 
Note:
For further assistance, visit the HomeAway help center

To import your Wix Hotels by HotelRunner calendars to HomeAway:

  1. In another tab in your browser, log in to the HomeAway extranet with your email and password. 
  2. If you manage multiple properties, choose the one you wish to edit.
  3. Click Calendars.
  4. Click Reservations
  5. Click the Import/Export Calendar icon  in the top right. 
  6. Enter a Name for the calendar that you are importing.
  7. Choose a Color to represent the calendar.
  8. Enter the iCal URL of your external calendar.
  9. Select the Show this calendar to travelers checkbox
  10. Click Import Calendar
  11. Repeat steps 5-10 for all room Export URLs you copied in step 5 from the section above. 

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