What the full connection allows
With the full connection, Avantio collects information from the VRMS and automatically sends it to Booking.com. This includes:
Property creation and assignment: you can add new accommodations or link existing ones on Booking.com with just one click.
Accommodation content: features, bed layout, and amenities set up in your VRMS.
Multiple rates: discounts, surcharges, non-refundable rates, or rates for additional guests.
Occupancy rules: number of guests allowed, minimum and maximum stay, check-in/out days and times.
Mandatory extras: tourist taxes, security deposit, final cleaning, internet, bed linen, cribs, heating, or air conditioning.
Availability and prices: real-time updates from the VRMS.
👉 Pay attention to the details: if you change something on Booking.com, the information will be overwritten by what's in Avantio. So, if you choose the full connection, always make changes from your VRMS.
What is compatible with full synchronization
Item | Is it synchronized? | Important notes |
Photos | ✅ Yes | At least 10 high-quality photos, both interior and exterior, are recommended. You can add tags to improve the property page score. |
Description | ❌ No | Booking.com automatically generates the text based on the accommodation's features. To modify it, contact your Booking.com account manager. |
Features | ✅ Yes | All features set up in Avantio are synchronized (if compatible with Booking.com), including administrative data and tourist registration number if available. |
Rates | ✅ Yes | Multiple rates are created from Avantio, including discounts and surcharges. Non-refundable rates are compatible via Channel PRO. |
Availability | ✅ Yes | Automatic updates. Booking.com temporarily closes the accommodation to apply changes (this may take more than 1 minute). |
Discounts | ⚠️ Partial | Only percentage-based discounts are synchronized. Fixed amount or per-day discounts are not synchronized. |
Surcharges | ⚠️ Partial | Only percentage-based surcharges are synchronized. Fixed amount surcharges for additional guests are synchronized. |
Minimum stay | ✅ Yes | Minimum and maximum days, as well as allowed check-in and check-out days per week, are synchronized. |
Allowed check-in/out days | ✅ Yes | Allowed days per week are synchronized, not by day of the month. |
Allowed check-in/out times | ⚠️ Limited | Booking.com only allows one season, so it must be set as January 1 - December 31, and be the same for all days of the week. If you have multiple seasons in the VRMS, you must add this single rule manually in the Booking.com extranet. This applies to both partial and full connection.
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Extras | ⚠️ Partial | Mandatory extras that always apply are synchronized: tourist tax, towels, bed linen, crib, heating, air conditioning, final cleaning, and internet. Pets and parking can be synchronized as optional extras, but their cost is not synchronized. |
Cancellation policy | ✅ Yes | The cancellation policy selected in the Channel Manager is synchronized and transferred to Booking.com. You can set a different cancellation policy for each accommodation from the Channel Manager. |
Modifications | ❌ No | These are made in Booking.com and reflected in Avantio. |
Cancellations | ❌ No | These are managed in Booking.com and reflected in Avantio. |
Conclusion
The full connection with Booking.com brings you closer to almost automatic management: prices, photos, content, and rules flow from Avantio to the portal. While there are still some limitations, centralizing everything in your VRMS gives you more control and reduces errors.