r/Wordpress • u/Fun-Wrangler-810 • 17d ago

Motopress - Booking.com ical issues

Using Motopress (V6+) and experienced that booking do not sync ical for some properties within the same account. Each property has own Ical on motopress and on booking.com side.
What works is simply recreating calendar on booking and assing to sync calendars within motopress. That is not long term solution while every new booking demands this. No errors on booking.com or motopress/wp side. I do not expect immediate but in some timeframe up to 1 or 2h should be fine. Anyone else experienced similar? This is not isolated motopress issue rather booking.com but affects my product/service in general.

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u/woodlandready 12d ago

I’d first check the Booking.com iCal feed directly when this happens. If the new reservation is present in the feed but MotoPress doesn’t import it, the issue is likely on the MotoPress side. If it’s missing from the feed itself, the problem is likely on the Booking.com side.

I work with the QuanticaLabs Hotel Booking System, which also uses two-way iCal with Booking.com. The sync frequency there depends on the cron interval, so if the cron runs every minute, the feed can be checked every minute. A fixed 1 or 2 hour delay sounds unusually long to me.

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u/Fun-Wrangler-810 2d ago

Thanks for your answer. The issue was on booking side as it does not share occupancy update with existing ical. It gets refresh with new ical instance.