In the Address Book and Calendar section of the Profile page, you can set up your personal calendar to receive booking and service notices automatically.

To open the Profile page, click your name at the top of the screen and choose Profile from the drop-down menu.

Choosing a Calendar Application

The Address Book and Calendar section of the Profile page includes calendar applications for you to choose from. Select the calendar application:

Outlook 2007
Google
Yahoo!
Apple iCal
Calendar Feed

Note: The specific calendar service provides step-by-step instructions on how to set up the calendar application, as described below.

Outlook 2007 (or newer)

After selecting Outlook 2007, the Outlook dialogue appears. Follow these steps:

Click Continue in the dialogue to open Outlook.
The External Protocol Request dialogue may also appear; click Launch Application or OK in this dialogue if it appears.
The Microsoft Outlook dialogue appears with Advanced, Yes and No buttons. Click Yes. (If you want to configure your calendar, click Advanced and follow the instructions.)
If bookings have not yet been created another dialogue will appear warning you that the calendar does not contain appointments. Click Yes.
A new calendar appears in Outlook. To change the name of the calendar, right-click the calendar, choose Rename and enter the name.
Follow the steps in "Editing Calendar Settings".

Google

See Setting Up Your Personal Google Calendar. After finishing setting up the calendar, follow the steps in "Editing Calendar Settings".

Yahoo!

After selecting Yahoo!, the Yahoo dialogue appears. Follow these steps:

Click Continue and sign in to your Yahoo! Calendar.
Look for the + in the module labelled “Calendar" and select Subscribe to Calendar. A dialogue appears with a special URL.
Copy the URL that appears in the dialogue into your clipboard.
Paste the URL that you copied into the box labelled “Email or iCal Address”, and click Next.
Enter a name or title for your calendar and click Save.
Follow the steps in "Editing Calendar Settings".

Apple iCal

After selecting Apple iCal, the Apple iCal dialogue appears. Follow these steps:

Click Continue in the dialogue. This opens Calendar (formerly “iCal”) on your Mac and automatically displays the Subscribe dialogue with the proper URL for subscribing to the calendar for your bookings.
Click Subscribe. The “Untitled Info” dialogue appears. You can change the name and description of your trip calendar.
Change the Auto-refresh price to Every hour to ensure any changes made to the trip will reflect on your calendar.
Click OK.
Follow the steps in "Editing Calendar Settings".

Calendar Feed

The Calendar Feed choice lets you add bookings to almost any personal calendar that can subscribe to a feed. After selecting Calendar Feed, a dialogue appears with a URL and the message “Copy and paste this URL to the Calendar program of your choice”. Copy the URL, and click Done to close the dialogue. You can then paste the URL into the subscription function of your calendar application.

For example, if you are using the Calendar app on your iPhone, follow these steps:

Paste the URL into an email and send the email to a mail account on your iPhone.
Open the email on your iPhone, select the entire URL and choose Copy.
Choose Settings>Mail, Contacts, Calendars from the Home screen.
Tap Add Account, and then tap Other. The Other screen appears.
In the Calendars section of the Other screen, tap Add Subscribed Calendar. The Subscription screen appears.
Paste the URL into the Server field on the Subscription screen.
Follow the steps in "Editing Calendar Settings".

Editing Calendar Settings

To finish setting up your calendar, follow these steps:

To allow bookings to be placed on your calendar, click the Edit Calendar Settings link under the list of calendar applications. The Calendar Settings page appears.
If unchecked, click the "Allow services and bookings to be automatically added to my calendar" checkbox to check it. (The default setting is checked.)
To ensure that services and bookings are automatically added to your calendar, click the Test button and check your calendar for a test booking.
Click the Save button.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) About Calendars

Do I need to subscribe to a calendar every time I complete a booking?

No. You subscribe to each calendar once, and all subsequent bookings appear in the enabled calendar(s).

Do pre-existing non-expired bookings appear in my calendar after I subscribe to my personal calendar?

Yes. Pre-existing non-expired bookings made after the feature was enabled on the site appear after you subscribe to the calendar(s). However, bookings that expired earlier than four hours in the past are not synced.

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