Introduction to the Checkfront integration with myallocator

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Read this introduction to the myallocator integration, with information on booking imports and supported configurations.

To learn more about the functionality of myallocator, please read the entire series of articles accessed at the side and bottom of this page.

• Setting up the myallocator integration in myallocator
• Setting up the myallocator integration in Checkfront
• Synching Checkfront items with myallocator room types
• Synching Checkfront products with myallocator room types
• Reviewing and importing external bookings synched through myallocator 
• Updating inventory synched to myallocator

 

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Where can I find this feature using the top menu?

Manage > Integrations > Channels > Myallocator

What prerequisites are there?

• Admin permissions to manage integrations.
  
  

Which Checkfront version supports this feature - classic, new, or both?

• The myallocator integration is available to both those using items (Inventory > Items), a key feature of our classic version of Checkfront, and those using products (Inventory > Products), a key feature of our newest version of Checkfront.
  
  

New to Checkfront - Products ✨ Products (Inventory > Products) is the successor feature to Items (Inventory > Items) and is available in our newest version of Checkfront. Not yet on our newest version and interested in upgrading? Please get in touch with our Technical Support team for more information. Discover more product-related help articles here: Products (New).

 

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Myallocator is a hotel channel manager allowing you to automatically synchronize the availability and rates of your properties to dozens of channels. Manage inventory across multiple channels, including Booking.com, Expedia, Airbnb, and more.

 

For a full list of myallocator-supported channels, please visit their website. Channels

 

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The Checkfront integration allows you to distribute inventory from your Checkfront account to different Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) and then back to Checkfront as an external booking. 

When a booking is made on your website or through one of your channel websites, the available inventory is adjusted across all the other platforms!

To start using myallocator with Checkfront, you must first update a few settings in myallocator and then authorize the Checkfront integration to connect with your myallocator account.

 

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The myallocator integration differs between accounts using our classic version with items only and our newest version with products. Improvements are listed below.

 

Accounts with items only	Accounts with products
Bookings are manually imported unless you have the attempt auto-import option enabled.  The option to lock inventory is available within integration settings.	Bookings are automatically imported and inventory locked!

 

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The myallocator integration supports select configurations.

Accounts with items	Accounts with products
Myallocator supports: items allocated and priced per night synching of Per Item discounts select rules (see the section on Using item rules with myallocator) event-based price changes without rules as we only send one price to myallocator	Myallocator supports: products booked nightly and priced per night products with simple (static) or asset-based inventory
Myallocator does not support: unlimited items staff-only items product grouping parent items special/tiered pricing synching of Per Booking discounts	Myallocator does not support: staff-only products

 

In the next article in this series, we start by looking at how to set up the myallocator integration within your myallocator account.

 

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Setting up the myallocator integration in myallocator >

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