See your year, month by month, in one place — every booking from every channel, on a single calendar.
By the end of this guide, you'll know how to read your calendar, switch between year and month views, jump straight to a booking from any date, and tell direct bookings apart from imported ones at a glance.
What you'll need
- A property under Your setup → Places (or a service under Services)
- ~5 minutes
- A booking or two helps — empty calendars look the same in every view
- Confidence reading the year overview
- A shortcut to creating a booking from any free date
- A way to spot iCal-imported bookings vs. direct ones
Step 1: Where the calendar lives
There are two ways into a calendar:
- Calendar in the sidebar (under Account) — opens the full calendar page with the year/month toggle, year selector, and filters.
- Dashboard — the page you land on after login. Year-only view of your default property, no toggles.
Both show the same data. Use Calendar when you want to drill into a specific month.
Step 2: Switch property or service
At the top of the Calendar page you'll see two controls:
- A Places ↔ Services toggle — pick which type of resource you want to view.
- A Select place / Select service dropdown — pick which one.
Bookings and seasonal pricing for the selected resource load below.
Step 3: Year view vs. Month view
Year view shows all 12 months on one screen as compact mini-calendars. Useful for spotting patterns ("what does July look like?") at a glance.
Month view shows one month full-size, with booking bars stretched across the dates each stay covers. Useful for actually working with a specific week.
The Month / Year toggle sits at the top of the page. Year view always works. Month view is desktop only for places — on mobile, the year view stays. Services always show in month view.
Step 4: Read the calendar
Each booking appears as a colored bar across the dates of the stay. The color tells you the source:
- Dark green (default) — direct bookings made via your widget or entered manually.
- Other colors (pink, blue, teal, orange, grey) — iCal-imported bookings inherit the color you chose when you connected each calendar.
Days with a price set are bookable. Days where the price is 0 are unavailable and show with a strikethrough — same rule as in availability calendar.
The number on the last day of a booking bar is the total amount; on the first day, it's the guest count.
Step 5: Open or create a booking
- Click a booking bar → opens that booking's detail page.
- Click an empty date → starts a new booking with that date pre-filled.
Step 6: Year selector and earnings (places only)
Above the calendar, a year dropdown lets you jump between years (current year ± 2). When the chosen year has any bookings or payments, an earnings panel renders above the grid showing year-to-date earnings and a sources breakdown — handy to see how much came direct vs. through other channels.
Mobile
On phones, the Places calendar always shows the year view — month view is hidden by design (a single month doesn't fit comfortably on a small screen). Services calendars show month view only on every device.
What guests see
Guests don't see this calendar. They see only their own widget — bookable dates available, taken dates blocked. Source colors are admin-only.
Troubleshooting
| Symptom | Cause | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| I don't see a booking I imported from Airbnb | The iCal sync hasn't run since the booking was made, or it's outside the visible year | Open Connected calendars on the property and click sync. Check the year selector |
| The "Today" border is on the wrong day | Calendar renders in the property's time zone, not your browser's | Confirm the property's Time zone (Property basics). Discrepancies typically show up around midnight |
| I can't toggle to Month view on my phone | Month view is desktop-only for places, by design | Open the calendar on a desktop, or rotate the phone if your browser switches to a desktop layout |
| Direct and iCal bookings look the same color | The iCal sync is using the default green color | Edit the iCal sync and pick a distinct color — bookings re-color on next sync |
| Earnings panel is missing | The year you're viewing has no bookings or payments yet | Add a booking or pick a year that does — the panel auto-shows when there's data |
Related guides
- Availability calendar — Availability calendar
- Seasonal pricing — Seasonal pricing
- Property basics — Property basics
- iCal import (Connected calendars) — iCal import
- Manifests — Manifests