How do I connect the CMS to the Availability Search Engine?
The connection between the CMS and the Availability Search Engine is managed from Availability Search > Connections in…
The connection between the CMS and the Availability Search Engine is managed from Availability Search > Connections in the control panel.What you need
To set up a connection, you need a Personal Access Token from the DestinationCore…
If the accommodation search functionality is not showing on the frontend at all, work through the following checks.Check…
If the accommodation search functionality is not showing on the frontend at all, work through the following checks.Check the connection is configured and enabled
Go to Availability Search > Connections and confirm that an active connection…
A property or experience has disappeared from the CMS
If a property or experience that was previously visible in the Availability Search section of the control panel is no longer…
If a property or experience that was previously visible in the Availability Search section of the control panel is no longer there, there are a few likely causes.It may have been removed from the Availability Search Engine
The most common reason…
How do I connect the CMS to the Availability Search Engine?
The connection between the CMS and the Availability Search Engine is managed from Availability Search > Connections in…
The connection between the CMS and the Availability Search Engine is managed from Availability Search > Connections in the control panel.What you need
To set up a connection, you need a Personal Access Token from the DestinationCore…
If the accommodation search functionality is not showing on the frontend at all, work through the following checks.Check…
If the accommodation search functionality is not showing on the frontend at all, work through the following checks.Check the connection is configured and enabled
Go to Availability Search > Connections and confirm that an active connection…
What is Availability Search and what does it do on the site?
Availability Search is a feature that connects your CMS to the DestinationCore Availability Search Engine- a platform that…
Availability Search is a feature that connects your CMS to the DestinationCore Availability Search Engine- a platform that holds real-time accommodation availability and booking information for your destination.On the front end of your website,…
What is the difference between Properties and Experiences?
The Availability Search Engine provides two types of bookable content that the CMS can sync and display: Properties and…
The Availability Search Engine provides two types of bookable content that the CMS can sync and display: Properties and Experiences.Properties
Properties are accommodation listings- hotels, holiday rentals, bed and breakfasts, campsites, and other…
As well as properties, you can link Availability Search experiences to entries in the CMS. This is done through the…
As well as properties, you can link Availability Search experiences to entries in the CMS. This is done through the Experiences field, which works similarly to the Property field but allows multiple selections.Finding the Experiences field
Open…
How do I set the fallback image for the accommodation search?
When properties are displayed in the accommodation search results, the image shown normally comes from the Availability…
When properties are displayed in the accommodation search results, the image shown normally comes from the Availability Search Engine. If a property does not have an image associated with it, the CMS will display a fallback image in its…
How do I link a business entry to an Availability Search property?
For live availability to appear on an individual business listing page, the business entry in the CMS needs to be linked to…
For live availability to appear on an individual business listing page, the business entry in the CMS needs to be linked to its corresponding property in the Availability Search Engine. This is done through the Property field on the entry.Finding…
The Current Availability field is a manual status indicator that lets you set a visible availability status on an entry,…
The Current Availability field is a manual status indicator that lets you set a visible availability status on an entry, independently of the live data coming from the Availability Search Engine.The available options are
Available
Sold
Under…
How do I enable or disable Availability Search for a specific site?
If your CMS manages multiple sites, you can control which sites an Availability Search connection is active for. A…
If your CMS manages multiple sites, you can control which sites an Availability Search connection is active for. A connection that is not enabled for a particular site will not display availability search functionality on that site's…
A business listing page is not showing availability
Individual business listing pages can display live availability from the Availability Search Engine, but this requires the…
Individual business listing pages can display live availability from the Availability Search Engine, but this requires the entry to be correctly linked to a property. If availability is not appearing on a listing page, check the following.Check…
How does property and experience data get into the CMS?
Properties and experiences are synced into the CMS from the Availability Search Engine. The CMS does not hold this data…
Properties and experiences are synced into the CMS from the Availability Search Engine. The CMS does not hold this data independently- it periodically pulls the latest information from the Engine and stores it locally so it can be used in entry…
A property or experience has disappeared from the CMS
If a property or experience that was previously visible in the Availability Search section of the control panel is no longer…
If a property or experience that was previously visible in the Availability Search section of the control panel is no longer there, there are a few likely causes.It may have been removed from the Availability Search Engine
The most common reason…