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Yes, my system supports hooks and integrations, but I want to put this in the paid extensions, just like I have paid versions of various AI tools, invoicing, and so on. Plus, I hate Google Analytics—it’s terribly inaccurate and basically useless. I honestly don’t understand why anyone would want to use it; there’s easily a 50% data loss, at least based on what I’ve measured with other tools.Hi,
It’s in version 2.2.29; it’s currently only available for testing at https://vachr.b-cdn.net/vachr-short-term-rental-reservations.zipHi,
I’ve found that there are more issues with iOS 27, but unfortunately I don’t have an iPhone. I’ll be able to check it out as early as Thursday at work on my coworkers’ iPhones; for now, there’s nothing I can do about it.Hi,
I made a change in version 2.2.29: if someone selects a child, they must enter the child’s age; only then will the calculation appear.Hi,
I’ve made some changes; I hope I understood it correctly. I’d like to have it tested again—it’s version 2.2.29 at https://vachr.b-cdn.net/vachr-short-term-rental-reservations.zipOne-night stays are listed under “Accommodations”
Discount codes are listed under “Rates”
Forum: Reviews
In reply to: [Vachr Short-Term Rental Reservations] It’s not a channel managerAnd now I’m wondering what kind of person you are—I’ve spent hundreds of hours working on this plugin, I gave it away to everyone for free, it can do everything except connect to the API, which Booking won’t give me, and you give me 1 star? Seriously?
Forum: Reviews
In reply to: [Vachr Short-Term Rental Reservations] It’s not a channel managerHonestly, in many ways it’s a channel manager, but synchronization is done via iCal. I don’t think you need a direct connection to Booking and Airbnb. I own properties myself and don’t need any of that—I developed it for myself. Since I’ve had it, managing my properties has been almost effortless.
But if you want—and maybe others do too—we can push Booking.com and the others to give us direct access to their APIs, but I doubt they’ll want to do that, because I’m capable of ruining their business.
Very soon, I want to create my own portal—something like Booking.com—for those who have my plugin, and even other platforms, where your property will be listed, and I won’t charge more than 12% like Booking does. It’ll be a little less than 3% to cover server costs.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Vachr Short-Term Rental Reservations] How do I Sync PricesHonestly, in many ways it’s a channel manager, but synchronization is done via iCal. I don’t think you need a direct connection to Booking and Airbnb. I own properties myself and don’t need any of that—I developed it for myself. Since I’ve had it, managing my properties has been almost effortless.
But if you want—and maybe others do too—we can push Booking.com and the others to give us direct access to their APIs, but I doubt they’ll want to do that, because I’m capable of ruining their business.
Very soon, I want to create my own portal—something like Booking.com—for those who have my plugin, and even other platforms, where your property will be listed, and I won’t charge more than 12% like Booking does. It’ll be a little less than 3% to cover server costs.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Vachr Short-Term Rental Reservations] How do I Sync PricesUnfortunately, I’m trying to access booking.com and airbnb.com, but they won’t let me. Once they give me access, it’ll be a full-fledged channel manager. The plugin is completely free, but this is the only thing I can’t control 🙁 and it’s not my fault that they didn’t give me access
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Vachr Short-Term Rental Reservations] How do I Sync PricesHi,
Unfortunately, this isn’t possible—neither Booking.com nor Airbnb allows you to download pricing data; they only allow you to download booking dates.Hi,
I made a change to the code—could you try it out?link:
https://vachr.b-cdn.net/vachr-short-term-rental-reservations.zipHi Sam,
Thanks for the testing. Vachr checks the WordPress capability manage_options for the Bookings menu and all its screens. That’s why Subscriber and Editor didn’t work. The “Read Reservations” permission only applies to the REST API for external apps and has no effect on menu access.
Version 2.2.27 (releasing shortly) adds what you need:
a new capability, vstrb_manage_bookings (administrators have it automatically), and
a ready-made Property Manager role that has only this capability.
With this role she can open Bookings (reservations), Calendar and Guest Registrations, confirm reservations and mark payments as paid. Rates, Apartment Content, iCal Imports and Settings stay administrator-only. Assign it under Users → Edit user → Role. You can also add the capability to your own custom role.Alternative that works today, without any role: Vachr has a staff bookings page you can place on a normal WordPress page with the shortcode [vstrb_staff_bookings email=”owner@example.com”]. In Settings → Notifications you can create the page with a button, and it is protected by a page password. It lists upcoming reservations and guest registrations, and lets her change a reservation’s status and mark payments as paid. The email must be added as a staff recipient in the notification settings. It doesn’t include the calendar, rates or settings. If that’s enough for her, you don’t need a role at all.
Let me know which option suits her better, or if you hit any problem.
Best regards,
RadomirHi Sam,
Thanks for the kind words, and glad the update went smoothly.
1. Manual blocks in Vachr
Yes. Vachr has a “Blocked” booking status, so you can block dates for personal use or maintenance. Create a booking for the apartment with the dates you want to close and set its status to Blocked (you don’t need any guest details). Blocked dates are included in the apartment’s iCal export, and are marked as “Blocked” there. Airbnb and Booking.com can then import that feed and close the dates as well.
Since 2.2.26 there is a second option for longer closures. In the apartment settings you can close whole months, date ranges or days of the year. Those closures only apply inside Vachr, but if you enable Settings → iCal → “Closed periods in iCal export”, they are added to the iCal export as “Blocked” events (for the next 2 years). That way you don’t have to create a separate blocked booking for each closure.
2. One central place for availability
Vachr can be that place:
- Make your manual blocks and closures in Vachr only.
- Add the Vachr iCal export URL of each apartment to Airbnb and Booking.com as an imported calendar.
- Keep your existing imports of Airbnb and Booking.com reservations in Vachr, so they stay two-way.
Two things to keep in mind:
- Airbnb and Booking.com refresh imported calendars only every few hours, so a new block is not instant. For last-minute blocks, also block directly there if a booking in that window is likely.
- Leave “Import Airbnb ‘Not available’ events as blocked dates” off if you only block dates in Vachr. It is only needed if you also block dates directly in Airbnb and want them to appear in Vachr.
Best regards, Radomir
Hi, I think I mixed up the threads—I must have been replying to someone else about a different question.
I’ve found the actual bug; the fix will be included in version 2.2.26.
Hi Sam,
I’ve reverted the Airbnb change in the next update (2.2.24). The plugin will again ignore Airbnb iCal events labelled “Not available” by default.
The reason is that Airbnb uses that label for more than your own blocks. Its own availability rules (advance notice, availability windows, etc.) also appear as “Not available”, and these events can show up and disappear from the feed without any action on your side. In my tests this blocked dates right after a stay ended and triggered false “reservation cancelled” emails. The iCal feed has no reliable way to tell these events apart from your own blocks, so I can’t have them block dates by default.
If you block dates directly in Airbnb and want them blocked in the plugin too, there is now an optional setting for that. On the iCal imports page, tick “Import Airbnb ‘Not available’ events as blocked dates” and save. It’s off by default. Real Airbnb reservations are always imported, whatever this setting is.
If any “Not available” blocks were already imported, you can delete them in Bookings.
Best regards