How to sync your Airbnb calendar with Google Calendar
To add Airbnb bookings to Google Calendar, copy the link from Export calendar under Availability and Sync calendars in Airbnb. In Google Calendar, click + next to Other calendars, choose From URL, paste the link and click Add calendar. The sync runs one way, and Google refreshes subscribed calendars on its own schedule, often 12 to 24 hours apart.
Step by step: Airbnb to Google Calendar
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Get your Airbnb iCal export URL
Log in to Airbnb. From your hosting dashboard, open the listing, then go to Availability, Sync calendars, Export calendar. Copy the link.
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Open Google Calendar
Go to calendar.google.com. In the left panel, find Other calendars and click the + icon next to it.
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Select From URL
Click From URL in the menu. A dialog asks for a calendar URL.
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Paste the Airbnb URL and add the calendar
Paste the link you copied from Airbnb and click Add calendar. Google Calendar adds the Airbnb feed as a new calendar showing your booked dates.
Sync delay
Google Calendar refreshes subscribed calendars on its own schedule, often 12 to 24 hours apart. A new Airbnb booking will not appear in Google Calendar immediately. It will show up at the next refresh. Google has no button to refresh a subscribed calendar sooner.
Important: this is a one-way sync
Subscribing to an iCal feed is read-only. Google Calendar will display your Airbnb bookings, but cannot push any data back to Airbnb. This means:
- Airbnb to Google Calendar: bookings appear in Google Calendar
- Google Calendar to Airbnb: personal events are not synced back
- To block Airbnb dates from outside Airbnb, you need a reverse import
Multiple listings or multiple platforms?
If you have multiple listings or also list on Vrbo and Booking.com, you will have multiple iCal URLs to manage. You can add each one as a separate Google Calendar subscription, but a cleaner approach is to combine them first.
Paste all of your iCal source URLs into iCalendar Sync and you see them merged into one calendar. With RentalBeam Plus and Pro you also get one combined link; subscribe to it in Google Calendar and you see all your bookings from all platforms in one place.
The combined URL also works for Airbnb import
Once you have a combined iCal URL, you can also paste it into Airbnb's Import calendar field. This lets each platform see all your bookings from all other platforms, reducing the risk of double bookings.
Blocking Airbnb dates from Google Calendar
If you want your personal Google Calendar events (like a family trip or owner stay) to block availability on Airbnb, the process runs in reverse:
- In Google Calendar, open the settings for the calendar containing your personal events.
- Copy the Secret address in iCal format URL (found under Integrate calendar).
- Go to Airbnb, then Availability, Sync calendars, Import calendar, and paste the Google Calendar URL there.
Airbnb will then poll your Google Calendar and block any dates that have events on your calendar.
