You can sync your property's calendar between Nordkove and other rental platforms such as Airbnb and Booking.com. Synchronisation uses iCal links: calendar links that share which dates are unavailable.
If you use FINN.no or another marketplace, it must offer a compatible iCal link for you to import the calendar into Nordkove. Check which options are available for your specific listing.
Import a calendar into Nordkove
Importing means that unavailable dates from another platform are blocked in Nordkove when the calendar is updated.
- Open the calendar settings for your listing on Airbnb, Booking.com or the other platform.
- Find the option to export or share the calendar, and copy the iCal link.
- Go to Host → Calendar in Nordkove and select the correct property.
- Open calendar synchronisation, paste the link under import and add the calendar.
- Check that the unavailable dates appear in Nordkove. You can also use Sync now to fetch a new update.
An imported block is not a booking created in Nordkove. The calendar shares availability, not a complete reservation with guest details or payment.
Imported dates cannot be overridden in Nordkove
You cannot make dates blocked by an imported calendar available or edit them directly in Nordkove. Availability for these dates is controlled by the calendar they come from.
If a date is incorrectly blocked, you must correct it on the original platform and then sync again. You can also remove the imported calendar in Nordkove, but this removes the blocks from that calendar and stops further synchronisation. Only do this if the dates are still correct and you have control over availability.
Export the Nordkove calendar
Exporting is used when you want other platforms to fetch unavailable dates from Nordkove.
- Go to Host → Calendar and open calendar synchronisation for the property.
- Copy Nordkove's export link.
- Open the calendar settings on the other platform, select calendar import and paste the link.
- Check on the other platform that the dates are blocked after it has fetched the calendar.
Nordkove exports its own reservations and unavailable dates set in Nordkove. Blocks already imported from other iCal calendars are not passed on through Nordkove's export link.
If you want to sync both ways, you must both import the other calendar into Nordkove and import the Nordkove link on the other platform. If you use several platforms, each should fetch the calendar directly from the others, not through Nordkove as an intermediary.
Synchronisation is not in real time
Nordkove fetches updates automatically, but changes are not necessarily visible immediately. When you export the calendar, updates also depend on how often the other platform fetches the Nordkove link.
Calendar synchronisation reduces the risk of double bookings, but does not guarantee that they will never happen. Check availability on all platforms before accepting a booking, especially if you have recently received a reservation or changed dates elsewhere.