Calendar subscription - iCal format

Hallhmik replied on 15/12/2021 20:30

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Posted on 15/12/2021 20:30

it would be good if I could get a published calendar in ical format for all my future (and possibly past months) bookings. I should be able to generate a personal calendar url that has a security token that identifies me (and possibly includes options of what I want included for each event).

By subscribing to that calendar my bookings would appear in my calendar on my smartphone, tablet and pc.

For each event the location could be filled in with the site address making it easy to navigate to. As well as having site contact details, arrival/departure times etc all readily available.

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ChocolateTrees replied on 17/12/2021 08:27

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Posted on 17/12/2021 08:27

Sounds like a simple and useful enhancement to me. I have a similar capability on the app for my gym. Make a booking and the app/website offer to allow you to subscribe to a calendar for all your bookings. Doing so generates a link that when followed installs a calendar in your chosen app (cross platform) that has all your booking included. It’s one way - you can’t make changes via the calendar, but reflects changes to bookings made, so you know they are up to date.

GTP replied on 17/12/2021 09:05

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Posted on 16/12/2021 22:47 by

I keep quite detailed records of our trips but its recorded on paper by my co-pilot and the spreadsheet can be updated In about 2 hours at a later date. This electronic management of a few club site bookings seems like a 'sledgehammer. ...."

Posted on 17/12/2021 09:05

For some AD...not just 'a few'....As SteveL says earlier in this thread...he has 18 bookings to date.

I do agree with CT that this iCal would be an enhancement to the booking system...and whilst some members may prefer other, shall we say 'more traditional' methods...Many of my IT savvy silver surfer friends would certainly use the 'enhancement'...

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Posted on 17/12/2021 09:05 by GTP

For some AD...not just 'a few'....As SteveL says earlier in this thread...he has 18 bookings to date.

I do agree with CT that this iCal would be an enhancement to the booking system...and whilst some members may prefer other, shall we say 'more traditional' methods...Many of my IT savvy silver surfer friends would certainly use the 'enhancement'...

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Cornersteady replied on 17/12/2021 12:25

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Posted on 17/12/2021 12:25

I like to think I'm pretty good on using technology and IT and next year we have 14 bookings which is (or hopefully is) getting back to previous years, but I've never felt the need to have them in any device and I hadn't heard of iCAL till this thread. Mrs C puts them on the kitchen calendar but I may have a strange mind (rhetorical) but I can now give you the approximate dates for all of those bookings.

Having said that if there is a need and it can be easily done then perhaps the club will look at it.

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Posted on 15/12/2021 22:26 by Simon100

My Club bookings are automatically entered into my Google Calendar, with relevant information, such as address. This appears to be generated from the email booking confirmation. You can then add to that information and print as you require.

Your calendar is then synched across all your devices with Google Calendar installed.

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Tammygirl replied on 17/12/2021 13:18

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Posted on 17/12/2021 13:18

I've been using the calendar on my tablet to record our trips since we retired in 2011.

New tablet bought awhile ago and all info was synced across to new tablet, great.

Not so great that the new tablet now deletes the older info as I add new details.

Thankfully I still had the old tablet. I have now transfered all the info onto my laptop.

I don't trust these systems so will continue to record it on the laptop and do regular back ups.

JVB66 replied on 17/12/2021 13:18

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Posted on 17/12/2021 12:27 by

Likewise. My Google Calendar "reads" my incoming mails, in this case booking confirmation from CC Ltd, and adds the info to my G Calendar for me to accept or reject at my leisure . It makes it very simple to see and retain past, present, and future booking with all relevant info. It's just a case of settings in Google Calendar and GMail.

Posted on 17/12/2021 13:18

I tend to find the sheet of my bookings is so easy to check when needed rather than having to look at them separately on any other device

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SteveL replied on 17/12/2021 14:05

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Posted on 17/12/2021 14:05

If something like what the OP suggests can be provide easily I don’t see an issue. Nobody is forced to use it. However, it would have to reliable. Not a word that is often used about the CAMC IT system.😂

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