內容簡介
Host Domination Booking Engine 是一款免費的 WordPress 訂房引擎，專為度假出租、民宿及飯店設計，提供直接訂房請求及自動 iCal 同步功能，支援 Airbnb、Booking.com 等多個平台，讓房東輕鬆管理預訂。
【主要功能】
• 直接訂房請求（WhatsApp & Email）
• 自動 iCal 同步（匯入與匯出）
• 單月與雙月佈局選擇
• 免費附加功能可用
• 支援 Gutenberg 區塊與 Elementor 小工具
• 預訂儀表板
外掛標籤
開發者團隊
② 後台搜尋「Host Domination Booking Engine: Calendar Sync & Reservation System」→ 直接安裝（推薦）
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原文外掛簡介
Free Booking Engine for Vacation Rentals, B&Bs and Hotels with direct booking requests and automatic iCal sync for Airbnb, Booking.com and other OTAs.
Free WordPress Booking Engine for Vacation Rentals, B&Bs & Hotels
Free Booking Engine for Vacation Rentals, B&Bs and Hotels with direct booking requests, WhatsApp integration and automatic iCal synchronization with Airbnb, Booking.com, Vrbo and other OTAs.
Fast & Lightweight WordPress Booking Engine – A streamlined, performance-focused booking tool for hosts who want a fast, efficient reservation experience without unnecessary assets on pages that do not display a booking calendar.
Host Domination Booking Engine Free includes:
📩 Direct Booking Requests (WhatsApp & Email)
🔄 Automatic iCal Sync (Import & Export)
🌐 Single-Month and Two-Month Layout
🧩 Free Add-ons Available
🛠️ Gutenberg Block & Elementor Widget
👥 Adults & Children Selection
🌙 Minimum Stay Rules
💰 Price per Night
📊 Booking Dashboard
✉️ Guest Confirmation Emails
💳 Stripe Payments (PRO)
🔒 Self-hosted – No Cloud Subscription Required
📱 Mobile-friendly Front-end & Back-end
🎨 Works with Any WordPress Theme
⚡ Fast, Lightweight & Performance-Focused Booking Experience
🚀 Optimized Calendar Assets – Loaded Selectively Where Needed
Host Domination Booking Engine is a multilingual WordPress booking engine, reservation request system and iCal calendar synchronization plugin with new Whatsapp Integration, designed for vacation rentals, holiday homes, apartments, villas, bed and breakfasts, guest houses, small hotels and other accommodation businesses.
Built with speed and efficiency in mind, this lightweight booking plugin for WordPress combines a responsive booking form with selective calendar asset loading to help keep pages without booking calendars lean.
Take a look at the live demo website and see for yourself what you can build and manage with Host Domination Booking Engine, including the option to show or hide prices in the calendar.
Demo Free Edition
Front-end Booking Engine Free Demo
Back-end Booking Engine Free Demo
Free Plugin Video Demo – Youtube link
Demo Pro Edition
Front-end Booking Engine Pro Demo + Add-ons
Back-end Booking Engine Pro Demo + Add-ons
Pro + Add-ons Plugin Video Demo – Youtube link
New Free Welcome Book
Free Host Domination Welcome Book WordPress Plugin
Front-end Host Domination Welcome Book Demo + Add-ons
Back-end Host Domination Welcome Book Demo + Add-ons
Extra
NEW! Free Multilingual Pack
NEW! Free Advanced Report
NEW! Back-end Mobile Layout
Add-ons Store
New Shared Rooms & Flexible Guest Capacity Add-on for Hostel and dormitories
New Referral Program for PRO users: Your Friend Gets €5 Off — You Get a €5 Coupon!
Ticket Support for Free & Pro version
The plugin is open source, self-hosted and compatible with any WordPress theme. It works directly inside your WordPress website without requiring a mandatory Host Domination cloud account or a subscription to a proprietary booking platform. The Free version does not expire.
Hosts and property managers can display an availability calendar, receive direct booking requests, review guest details in WordPress and synchronize unavailable dates through standard iCal and ICS calendar feeds.
Each calendar can also enable an optional WhatsApp request channel. Email delivery remains active and mandatory; after the request is saved and emailed, WhatsApp opens with the submitted booking details already filled in for the guest to review and send.
The Free version automatically checks one connected external iCal feed once a day and also provides a manual Refresh Calendars option. PRO provides automatic calendar synchronization every 30 minutes for up to three external feeds per accommodation calendar.
Host Domination Booking Engine can be used alongside Airbnb, Booking.com, Vrbo and other OTA or reservation platforms that provide a compatible iCal or ICS URL. You can continue using the booking channels you already work with while adding a direct booking form to your own website.
Fast, lightweight & performance-focused WordPress booking engine
A fast and lightweight booking engine should load only the resources it needs. Host Domination Booking Engine is designed around efficient asset loading, a streamlined interface and responsive calendars for desktop and mobile visitors.
Selective JavaScript loading: Calendar-related scripts, including Flatpickr, its Italian locale and the global calendar selector, are requested only where booking calendars are rendered.
Reduced unnecessary requests: Pages without booking calendars avoid these calendar-specific JavaScript resources, helping reduce avoidable front-end overhead.
Optimized calendar styles: Flatpickr CSS is loaded selectively while preserving calendar presentation where it is needed.
Page-builder support: The calendar asset strategy is designed to support shortcodes, native Gutenberg blocks, Elementor widgets and live editor previews.
Efficient, mobile-friendly experience: A responsive availability calendar and booking request form help guests browse dates and send requests without unnecessary steps.
These improvements target unnecessary asset loading; actual page speed also depends on your WordPress theme, other plugins, hosting, caching and the content of each page.
Direct booking requests from your WordPress website
Turn your WordPress website into an additional direct booking channel.
Guests can select and submit:
Check-in and check-out dates
Number of adults
Number of children up to the maximum age configured for the selected calendar
Full name
Email address
Contact phone number
Additional notes
Mandatory Privacy Policy consent before submission
Optional acceptance of linked Terms and Conditions when configured by the website administrator
Optional WhatsApp opening with a prefilled copy of the submitted request
New requests appear in the WordPress administration area. Administrators can review, confirm, reject or delete them.
Pending requests do not become confirmed reservations automatically. Once a request is confirmed, its dates are included in the internal availability calendar and in the website iCal export feed.
Native Gutenberg Block & Elementor Widget – Add a single booking calendar or the multi-calendar booking form directly from Gutenberg or Elementor, without manually entering shortcodes. Shortcodes remain available for other WordPress page builders.
Each calendar generates its own shortcode. For example:
[hdbe_booking_calendar id=”123″]
Replace 123 with the ID shown in the Created Calendars table after saving your calendar.
Front-end availability calendar
Display a responsive booking calendar that allows guests to select arrival and departure dates directly from your website.
The calendar shows:
Available dates
Unavailable dates
Confirmed website reservations
Reservations imported from external iCal feeds
Selectable check-in and check-out boundaries
The minimum stay required
An optional base price per night
Today can be selected when it is available. Guests can select dates up to 13 months in advance.
The calendar is suitable for:
Vacation rentals
Holiday apartments
Villas
Guest houses
Bed and breakfasts
Small hotels
Rooms
Campsites
Short-term rentals
Property rental businesses
Calendar and accommodation settings
Create a calendar for your room, apartment or accommodation and configure:
Calendar or accommodation name
Maximum number of guests
Minimum number of nights
Optional base price per night
EUR or USD currency
Whether the nightly price is displayed in the public calendar
External iCal or ICS calendar URL
Required Privacy Policy URL for GDPR and personal-data information
Optional Terms and Conditions URL covering booking, cancellation, refund and reservation rules
Receive requests channels, with mandatory Email and optional WhatsApp per calendar
International WhatsApp destination number when the optional channel is enabled
Website iCal export URL
The Free version supports up to three accommodation calendars.
Host Domination Booking Engine PRO adds online payments, advanced pricing, premium add-ons and capacity options that can scale beyond the three calendars included in Free.
Minimum stay validation
Set the minimum number of nights required for the accommodation.
If a guest selects a shorter stay, the booking form displays a validation message and prevents the request from being submitted until a valid date range is selected.
Optional nightly price display
The Free version allows you to configure a base price per night and display it on available dates in the public calendar.
Host Domination Booking Engine PRO adds advanced pricing tools for day, month and yearly pricing rules, including different prices for selected dates and periods.
iCal and ICS calendar synchronization
Host Domination Booking Engine supports standard iCal and ICS calendar feeds.
You can:
Import unavailable dates from an external calendar
Import reservations from a compatible OTA calendar
Check the connected external calendar automatically approximately every 24 hours in the Free version
Run an immediate manual import through Refresh Calendars
Generate a website iCal export URL
Export confirmed website reservations
Export imported and blocked periods through the website calendar feed
Connect the website calendar to other compatible reservation systems
Compatible sources may include:
Airbnb
Booking.com
Vrbo
Google Calendar
Apple Calendar
Tripadvisor
Other vacation rental platforms
Property management systems that provide an iCal or ICS URL
Agoda or Expedia-connected properties when the platform, account or connected property management system provides a compatible iCal feed
Compatibility depends on the availability and format of the calendar feed supplied by each external service.
Automatic calendar synchronization in the Free version
The Free version supports:
One external iCal or ICS URL
An immediate calendar import when the external URL is saved
Automatic checks approximately every 24 hours through WordPress scheduled tasks
Manual updates at any time through the Refresh Calendars button
One website iCal export URL for the accommodation calendar
The automatic interval is approximate. WordPress scheduled tasks are normally triggered when the website receives traffic, and their execution may also depend on the hosting environment and server configuration.
The external OTA or booking platform independently controls how frequently it publishes calendar changes and how often it reads the Website iCal Feed URL generated by the plugin. Some platforms refresh imported calendars automatically at their own intervals, while others may provide or require a manual refresh option.
For this reason, iCal synchronization is not guaranteed to be instantaneous or real time. You can force an immediate import from the connected external feed at any time by clicking the Refresh Calendars button.
Two-way iCal calendar workflow
A typical synchronization workflow is:
Export the iCal or ICS URL from Airbnb, Booking.com, Vrbo or another compatible platform.
Paste the external URL into Host Domination Booking Engine.
Save the calendar. The plugin performs the initial import immediately.
Copy the Website iCal Feed URL generated by the plugin.
Import the generated URL into the external booking platform.
Confirm direct booking requests received from your website so that their dates are included in the exported feed.
The Free plugin checks the connected external calendar once a day. You can also use Refresh Calendars at any time to run an immediate manual import. PRO provides automatic calendar synchronization every 30 minutes.
The plugin imports and exports availability through standard calendar feeds. It does not use the private APIs of the listed booking platforms.
Reduce the risk of double bookings
Calendar synchronization helps keep availability consistent between your WordPress website and compatible external booking channels.
Imported reservations are displayed as unavailable dates in the booking calendar. Confirmed direct reservations are included in the website iCal feed and can be imported by compatible OTA platforms.
Because iCal updates are periodic rather than instantaneous, no iCal-based system can guarantee real-time synchronization or completely eliminate the possibility of overlapping reservations.
Always verify the calendar refresh settings used by every connected OTA or reservation platform.
Reservation management in WordPress
Manage direct requests from the WordPress dashboard.
Administrators can:
Confirm a request
Reject a request
Delete a booking or request
Review synchronized external reservations
View a monthly availability overview
Responsive and mobile-friendly booking form
The front-end booking calendar is designed for desktop computers, tablets and smartphones.
The streamlined booking interface prioritizes clarity, efficiency and a fast-feeling user experience across screen sizes.
Guests can browse availability, choose their dates and submit the direct booking request without leaving the accommodation website.
Built for hosts and property managers
Host Domination Booking Engine can be used by:
Individual hosts
Vacation rental owners
Airbnb hosts
Property managers
Bed and breakfast owners
Apartment managers
Villa rental businesses
Small hotels
Guest houses
Short-term rental agencies
WordPress developers
Web agencies creating accommodation websites
The plugin is not limited to Host Domination customers and can be installed on any compatible WordPress website.
Interested in Host Domination Booking Engine PRO?
Curious about the PRO version?
Take a look at the live demo website and see for yourself what you can build and manage with Host Domination Booking Engine PRO.
Front-end Demo Website
Host Domination Booking Engine PRO
Host Domination Booking Engine PRO extends the booking system with online payments, multiple calendar sources, flexible prices, advanced availability controls and premium add-ons.
PRO features include:
Three or more accommodation, room or property calendars with compatible expansion options
Multiple-room or property selector on the front end
Up to three external iCal or ICS URLs for each calendar
Automatic synchronization of up to three external iCal or ICS feeds for each accommodation calendar
Unified iCal calendar generation
iCal calendar merger and calendar unifier
One consolidated website iCal URL generated from multiple connected feeds for the same accommodation calendar
Advanced day, month and yearly pricing
Different prices for specific dates and periods
Advanced date availability controls
Blocking of selected dates or entire months
Stripe online payments
Payment status management
Expanded reservation management
Technical support
Multiple external calendars with PRO
The PRO version allows up to three external iCal or ICS feeds to be connected to each accommodation calendar.
For example, the same property calendar can import unavailable dates from:
Airbnb
Booking.com
Vrbo
The plugin combines the imported events in the WordPress availability calendar so that dates already occupied through one connected channel are unavailable on the direct booking website.
Unified iCal calendar and calendar merger
Host Domination Booking Engine PRO can work as an iCal calendar unifier for each accommodation calendar.
Multiple connected iCal or ICS feeds are imported into one property calendar. The plugin then generates one Website iCal Feed URL containing the combined confirmed and unavailable periods.
This unified URL can be imported into another compatible:
OTA or booking platform
Property management system
Calendar application
Reservation tool
WordPress website
Availability system that accepts only one iCal URL
Host Domination Bookign Engine is not a channel manager/PSM.
