Set Up Your Calendar

Zeevou sends 720 days of update in terms of availability & rates to channels. However, each OTA accepts updates on a different basis. Most of the OTAs accept 365 days of availability, but some OTAs like Expedia, Booking.com & Airbnb support 500 days of updates.

Choose Your Setup

Using Zeevou as Your Primary PMS

1. Import existing bookings → [Import Your Existing Bookings]

2. Block unavailable dates → [Block Unavailable Dates]

Note: When you connect to channels via API, we automatically import future bookings. You only need to manually import bookings arriving today or from channels that don’t support booking import via API.

Using Zeevou Alongside Another PMS

If you are using Zeevou alongside another PMS or channel manager, you can keep your calendars in sync using iCal integrations.

Import iCal (Pull Availability Into Zeevou)

iCal is a calendar-based syncing method used in hospitality software to share availability between your PMS and third-party platforms such as OTAs or listing websites. By linking calendars via iCal, booked dates are blocked on connected systems to help prevent availability conflicts. However, iCal updates are typically pulled only a few times per day rather than in real time, which means availability changes are not instantly reflected across all channels.

Blocks dates in Zeevou based on bookings in other systems.

1. Listings → Select Unit Type or Unit

2. Pricing & Availability → iCal Links → Import Calendar

3. Click Proceed

4. Enter iCal source name, URL, and description (optional)

   

5. Click Import

Tip: Import at Unit Type level to block across all units; Unit level blocks only that specific unit.

Export iCal (Push Zeevou Availability to Other Platforms)

Blocks dates in other channels when you get Zeevou bookings.

1. Listings → Select Unit Type or Unit

2. Pricing & Availability → iCal Links → Copy iCal Link

   

3. Paste this link into your other platform

Note 1: iCal only updates the overall occupancy every 3-4 hours. Using iCal, you cannot push availability and pricing from Zeevou in real-time.

Use this for channels without API integrations or when managing properties in multiple systems.

Note 2: If you use the ical of the unit type, it blocks all the bookings of all the units under a unit type. While, the unit ical blocks just the bookings of that specified unit. For example, if you have one listing on Airbnb with several units under that, you should use the unit type.

Note 3: Paste the copied link into the OTA/listing site/Google Calendar that you are trying to export the events too.
Instructions for VRBO: https://help.vrbo.com/articles/How-do-I-import-my-iCal-or-Google-calendar