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Rates date ranges 7 replies

E & R Vacation R
Oct 12, 2020 2:11 PM
Joined Jan, 2020 56 posts

I am moving into the new rate system today, I think I am understanding this, but want to clarify.
I have two rates for my off season, a weekly that is quite high, and a monthly which is quite low. Anyone that books more than a week is charged the monthly rate because it is cheaper.
So, I need TWO seasons for the two different rates?
One for my weekly rate of 7 nights exactly ($1000)
One for my monthly rate which would be 8 nights or more? How do I get it to understand that it is $1600 for any nights from 8-31? That's where I'm confused???

Question about Property Field Differences when integrated with Airbnb 15 replies

Valerie R
Oct 12, 2020 12:20 PM
Joined Sep, 2019 122 posts

Any updates on this?

I tried using Chris' suggestion: " you can try changing to Limited mode on the sync in OwnerRez which will make it available for edit again. Then switch back to Everything mode when you're done with the House Manual edits."

But after switching back to Everything mode, the House manual information that I entered on the Airbnb listing was wiped out.

SMS failed to send Failure Reason: 30008 1 reply

Chris Hynes
Oct 8, 2020 7:29 PM
OR Team Member Joined Oct, 2012 1404 posts

30008 is an Unknown error. Here's the description:

"Message Delivery - Unknown error

If a message you sent is not delivered to the end device and returns a 30008 error code, this means that delivery of your message failed for unknown reasons.

When we receive a very generic error from our carrier partner that we have no further details about, we associate the message with the error code 30008, letting you know that we truly doesn’t know what caused this error from the provider."

You can try again and see if it works -- it's possible the phone is off or roaming or isn't reachable for some reason. If you know it should work, like you can text the number directly via other devices, send through a few tests from OwnerRez and send in a support ticket and we'll escalate it up to the carrier.

SMS failed to send Failure Reason: 30008 1 reply

BlueMtnCabins
Oct 8, 2020 5:35 PM
Joined Jun, 2016 1186 posts

what does that mean? Thanks

Smart Pricing Options 1 reply

Ken T
Oct 7, 2020 8:46 PM
OR Team Member Joined Aug, 2019 1704 posts

I'm afraid those are the only three we integrate with at the moment. Perhaps you know your own market best, and should just set your own pricing?

How to schedule reoccurring maid service? 3 replies

Ken T
Oct 7, 2020 4:53 PM
OR Team Member Joined Aug, 2019 1704 posts

Would using a custom field help?

https://www.ownerrez.com/support/articles/custom-fields

Or a tag maybe?

Smart Pricing Options 1 reply

Julie S
Oct 7, 2020 1:56 PM
Joined Jun, 2020 6 posts

I have a "unicorn" type property with only one similar comparable in my STR market area. As such, I'm having great difficulty getting acceptable "smart rates" from either PriceLabs or Perfect Pricing. Is there another option that integrates with OR? Beyond Pricing may be too expensive, as their percentage-based fee will be much higher than the flat-fee services.
Thanks!
Julie S.

How to schedule reoccurring maid service? 3 replies

SunrealtyBGI
Oct 7, 2020 11:42 AM
Joined Aug, 2018 13 posts

Ok, thanks :( those a bit more than I need or can afford. Even just making it a text field maybe instead of a date picker would suffice for me really as I could enter the days manually in a long string? Or if you like this the way it is for some reason maybe adding a misc. popup field we could use any way we want please?

How to schedule reoccurring maid service? 3 replies

Ken T
Oct 6, 2020 9:39 PM
OR Team Member Joined Aug, 2019 1704 posts

This is not a core functionality of OwnerRez at this time. You should look at one of our integrations with companies that specialize in housekeeping and maintenance scheduling:

https://www.ownerrez.com/support/articles/housekeeping-service-connections-overview

How to schedule reoccurring maid service? 3 replies

SunrealtyBGI
Oct 6, 2020 9:09 PM
Joined Aug, 2018 13 posts

There is a field for cleaning but only gives one date. Thanks for any help.

Any RV Rental Operators out there? 1 reply

Karen C
Oct 5, 2020 2:11 PM
Joined Nov, 2018 3 posts

Hello! We are getting into the RV rental business. We are planning to use OwnerRez to manage our RV rentals. I was wondering if there was anyone out there that I could connect with that could give me some best practices for using OwnerRez and also I just had a few questions in general about which platforms are better for RV rentals. I can be reached at 802-681-3961 thanks so much!

Add Custom Items to a calendar 3 replies

Steven C
Oct 2, 2020 12:38 PM
Joined Jul, 2020 5 posts

Pretty sure.

Guess I will open a support request so I can send you a screenshot.

Thanks Ken

Add Custom Items to a calendar 3 replies

Ken T
Oct 2, 2020 11:48 AM
OR Team Member Joined Aug, 2019 1704 posts

Are you sure you have a custom calendar export? I took a look in your account and didn't see any. If you're just exporting the default calendar, it does not contain any personal data like the guest numbers.

Add Custom Items to a calendar 3 replies

Steven C
Oct 2, 2020 11:31 AM
Joined Jul, 2020 5 posts

I share an exported calendar with my cleaner. This is her preferred method anyways as she cleans for 13 different owners and most of them share a google calendar with her. In the export for her calendar I have selected full booking details as well as notes in the description. However, the one bit of data it doesn't provide her is the number of guests. She needs this to know how big a crew to bring with her at turnover.

Is there a way to add this information to the exported calendar? I mean I know I can type it into the notes field but don't want to do this manually for each guest. Is there anyway to automatically add this? I tried adding {BNGUEST} to the notes field but doesn't seem to recognize the booking fields.

Thanks for any help

Tennessee /Sevier county - Airbnb taxes - now Airbnb collects State + county sales even on API integrated? 5 replies

BlueMtnCabins
Oct 1, 2020 12:42 PM
Joined Jun, 2016 1186 posts

Thanks, Something is still off.
I removed TN Sales 7% and County Sale 2.75%.
Only left 3% county lodging. Updated settting on Airbnb to only keep 3%.

Tax is overstated. Total tax should be $329, I see $364.

$471 x 5 nights = $2,353

Cleaning fee = $225

Service fee = $364

Occupancy taxes and fees = $364
Total
$3,306

Tennessee /Sevier county - Airbnb taxes - now Airbnb collects State + county sales even on API integrated? 5 replies

Ken T
Oct 1, 2020 12:20 PM
OR Team Member Joined Aug, 2019 1704 posts

Ah, right.

What you're going to want to do is to modify your Sales taxes to, as of October 1, be "Everything But Airbnb."

This is a major reason why we recommend having each separate tax entered individually, rather than in one big lump. Airbnb is force-collecting the sales taxes, but any other taxes that might be due still need to be collected and remitted by you.

Tennessee /Sevier county - Airbnb taxes - now Airbnb collects State + county sales even on API integrated? 5 replies

BlueMtnCabins
Oct 1, 2020 12:12 PM
Joined Jun, 2016 1186 posts

Ken T said:

In your particular case, since you are using our HA/VRBO API connection, there will be no changes - taxes will continue to be collected via your credit card payment processor, and remitted by you. If they've been working correctly up until now, they will continue to do so.

Ken, thanks, question was about Airbnb, not VRBO.

Tennessee /Sevier county - Airbnb taxes - now Airbnb collects State + county sales even on API integrated? 5 replies

Ken T
Oct 1, 2020 12:08 PM
OR Team Member Joined Aug, 2019 1704 posts

In your particular case, since you are using our HA/VRBO API connection, there will be no changes - taxes will continue to be collected via your credit card payment processor, and remitted by you. If they've been working correctly up until now, they will continue to do so.

Tennessee /Sevier county - Airbnb taxes - now Airbnb collects State + county sales even on API integrated? 5 replies

BlueMtnCabins
Oct 1, 2020 9:16 AM
Joined Jun, 2016 1186 posts

But still not county lodging?
How do we adjust tax settings?

How to set up annual festival events? 4 replies

Dori123
Sep 30, 2020 12:55 PM
Joined Sep, 2020 90 posts

That's what I was afraid of. There are just sooooo many.

I may play around with seasons anyway; I want these in my calendar on a yearly basis so I don't forget to give them prime rates.

Anyone have a clever work-around?

How to set up annual festival events? 4 replies

Ken T
Sep 30, 2020 11:21 AM
OR Team Member Joined Aug, 2019 1704 posts

Because the event changes dates yearly, you can't really set up a recurring Season, as those are based on dates that do not change. Spot Rates is the correct way to deal with this, because you can specifically select whatever the dates are in any given year.

How to set up annual festival events? 4 replies

Dori123
Sep 30, 2020 11:05 AM
Joined Sep, 2020 90 posts

Newbie here.

I have set up my "seasons," which recur annually and start/end on specific dates.

One of my properties is in an area with many recurring events that draw people in. These events have floating dates (the first weekend of March, for example). I don't think I want to use Spot Dates because I want these items to recur yearly, but I will need to go change the exact dates yearly.

Should I set each event up as a "season"?

Thanks.

Emails going to spam 10 replies

Misty T
Sep 28, 2020 12:30 PM
Joined Jan, 2018 9 posts

I have had the same problem here recently. It seems to be with gmail accounts for me.

Update language in {BBINFO} 8 replies

Chris Hynes
Sep 26, 2020 9:56 AM
OR Team Member Joined Oct, 2012 1404 posts

Yes, we have a fix for this in testing, will go out sometime next week.

Update language in {BBINFO} 8 replies

Lori & Matt
Sep 25, 2020 1:23 PM
Joined Jul, 2016 2 posts

Can you add the wording for the CFAR insurance as well then?

Update language in {BBINFO} 8 replies

Ken T
Sep 25, 2020 12:43 PM
OR Team Member Joined Aug, 2019 1704 posts

No, that is automatically generated by the system.

Update language in {BBINFO} 8 replies

Jerry O
Sep 25, 2020 11:25 AM
Joined Jul, 2020 12 posts

Is there anywhere to modify this information ourselves?

VRBO API/ Tennessee / Tax question 1 reply

Ken T
Sep 24, 2020 2:44 PM
OR Team Member Joined Aug, 2019 1704 posts

We have reached out to our engineering contacts at VRBO, and they have confirmed that this *will not* have any effect on API clients.

Just another reason why using our HA/VRBO API is the way to go!

Update language in {BBINFO} 8 replies

Lori & Matt
Sep 24, 2020 11:02 AM
Joined Jul, 2016 2 posts

I still don't see the update in the wording for CFAR. Not sure if I'm missing something.

OwnerRez question about Extra days between bookings 4 replies

Ken T
Sep 24, 2020 9:18 AM
OR Team Member Joined Aug, 2019 1704 posts

That's something you'd need to set in the Google Calendar options - we are pushing the information out via the iCal feed, but we don't control how Google displays it.