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Thank you.The only thing I managed to do is to code overflow-y: auto on some widget containers (like the Smokies owners one); it creates a scroll bar but better than having endless empty space on the page to accommodate yo-yoing widget content.

<div style="height: 1010px; overflow-y : auto;padding:5px;">

Our widgets have auto-resize code in them and they'll resize to fit the available space if you place them directly on the page.

Problem is, a lot of modern site builders wrap the OwnerRez widget with their own extra <iframe> wrapper for security. It does increase security if you're running untrusted code or letting random people paste scripts on your page. But the security also keeps the OwnerRez widget from being able to access the page and resize itself. See screenshot below.

Really the only way to fix this is to use a site builder that lets you embed the OwnerRez widget code directly on the page instead of inside a sandboxed iframe. Do that and our resize code will work.

If not, it's up to whatever code the site builder you're working with uses to resize, which ave you've seen is usually quite limited. And since there's that security sandboxing around the widget code, there's no way we can do anything about it :-/

Without going through hours of tutorials.

I use website builder that offers Html Embed object (iframe) that I use to embed the inquiry/.book widget.
Here is my dilemma:
The defaults supplied Html embed object does not stretch/expand based on embedded widget stretshing when dates, number of people etc are entered/ So I have to make container much longer so that when people enter their data and clisk "see detal", the Book button is not hidden from view.

I do have some control of the Html Head and code area of the container (that is where I add my widget code).
Is there some property that I can specify to make container auto resize, either in OR widget CSS or in the container code itself?
yes I plowed =google etc.
No, host support is not help, they do not appear to know what exact properties their drag and drop objects have. But I would think any sitebuilder canned object should be resizable based on content, just do not know how to invoke it.

TIA.

That depends on the type of booking. If it's a direct booking, the Overview page of the Booking in OwnerRez will have a link to the Quote it came from, and you can look at the emails that were sent.

If it's a channel booking, there isn't a way to see the original quote, because it was displayed by the channel on their site.

upcoming guest says she never saw info regarding security deposit hold when she originally booked last year. How to I show her the original quote that shows it was there and she just missed it.

Thanks!

Great idea... I'll try that!

Eazy Peazy Thank you! -Lisa

Look at the Inquiries tab. At the top there's a "how do I get inquiries to show up here?" link that will show you the list of emails.

I want to use the auto responder email feature and cant remember how to create the unique email for a new listing I am setting up usually its something that looks like this orp5b26bb3x@inquiryspot.com where do I go to create this?

I found a workaround for this.

I created an email template that I call Owner Statement and in the "To" field and inserted both email addresses.

We've been discussing this and trying to see if there's a fairly easy way to add this ability, so we could just get it done and out there.

No, no update on this yet, but I don't think they would generally see a % increase for a season.

Hi Beth,

You're misunderstanding the message. Requesting the guest's credit card this way, will do exactly what you want - it'll store their information for future use, and then when the scheduled transaction time arrives, it'll use it to make the payment. Not before.

The details button will go to the Property Url you have set on the General Info tab of each property. Sounds like you don't have one set yet -- populate that and the button will start working.

I'm not seeing a way to control what the Details button does with this widget. Clicking on it does nothing.

I'm using webflow for hosting.

Wanting to revive this to see if there's any possibility of OwnerRez adding in the option of more than one contact for an owner. I manage multiple properties that have more than one owner and would love to streamline this setup/access in the Owner Settings rather than customizing email templates with multiple email address if at all possible. Perhaps we could simply add more email addresses in the current email field, just with a comma separating them?

Thanks for your time and consideration, Chris!

Resurrecting the topic.
I want to hear from members how use sec dep (CC hold) on the following:

1. Have you ever had to charge from sec dep? If so, was it difficult?
2. If you had traditional damage deposit and switched to sec dep, did you have increase in damages/mess created by renters?
3. If you use sec dep, AND if you take payments by venmo/check/zelle, how do you handle it? Do you male people who paid by check, foe example, send you a check for sec dep or make them use card to do a sec dep hold? What about those who pay by venmo/zelle?
4. If renter paid by paypal, how do u handle sec dep?

Any update on this feature? I don't want guests to see what increase % I might have for a season

I manually enter a booking. I'm taking care of it offline. THen I get these random emails from RemoteLock (My lock integration provider) and it says that this booking has ".....yet to be confirmed". Does anybody know what this is about? Is there an official way in OwnerRez to "Confirm" a booking? Currently I create a booking...and that's it.

Toni, are you a property manager using the PM features?

Those are different selection modes for the calendar.

With Toggle, you pick one day at a time and clicking adds or removes to your selection.

Range is click and drag to select. You can also Ctrl+Click new ranges to add to your selection.

Columns is click and drag to select like Range but it goes by columns (i.e. day of week) vs a date range like Range does.

I am using the Rate Calendar to set some spot rates and I notice on the right hand corner of the calendar these options:

Toggle
Range
Columns

If I click on any of them, nothing happens.

I'm curious what the purpose of these options are?

I've read the "Spot Rates" article below, but it does not mention these options.

https://www.ownerrez.com/support/articles/spot-rates

Does anyone know?

For the bookings accepted through Vrbo, my rental contract requires the guest to make their second payment through my OwenrRez/Strip account rather than on the Vrbo platform. When requesting the guest submit a credit card the only option I can find is the one to submit a "new" card. The header reads "This page will help you update your billing information so that future payments and security deposits use a new credit card instead of the one on file. Use the fields below to enter a new credit card and select what types of transactions it should be used for." Is it possible to change this heading or am I missing an option to request CC info without requesting payment? The guest does not have a CC on file as they made the initial payment through Vrbo.

Thanks,
Beth

That setting is on the settings for each owner -- the Channel Fees section. By default the channel fees are set to be prededucted from owner earnings and also for commission not to be calculated on them.

You can do this because there's some magic for nightly surcharges that goes on in the background depending on the channel:

- For VRBO it will be sent as a separate fee because they do support nightly fees
- For booking.com, you configure fees on the booking.com (we send nightly rate and are not able to send fees other than guest fee)... then whatever charges booking.com sends back based on that we will use
- For Airbnb, any nightly surcharges will be added to the nightly rate pushed

So if you create the nightly surcharge, it should work -- of course, make sure to test on each site and review that you get the expected result.

Yes, Airbnb doesn't have a long description like others -- they use the short description and then several other fields.

Accommodations Detail is the one that syncs with The Space on Airbnb. Here's an article that breaks it all down: https://www.ownerrez.com/support/articles/channel-management-api-integrations-property-field-differences

Hi
I have recently created a vacation rental website www.rentalhomescabo.com on ownerreservations and integrated it with Airbnb and VRBO. However I am noticing on Airbnb that my description area, sentences are being cut off. Where is the field that syncs with about your space field in Airbnb? Is that the long description or short description?
Thanks

Where is your website. Looking for two units for snowbirds next winter. Centurydrive@hotmail.com

Check the community.homeaway.com and community.withairbnb.com forums. Lots of posts there about noise, parties, rules/restrictions, and solutions like NoiseAware and others.

My impression is that NoiseAware is fairly pricy but is kind of the gold standard in the "noise awareness" industry. There's another option, Roomonitor, that Airbnb is currently partnering with for a huge discount (https://www.airbnb.com/d/partyprevention).

Fortunately, the target demographic here in Branson doesn't really lend itself to parties (and implementing a 2-night minimum tends to screen out even the very few whose goal that is), so I haven't found value in noise monitoring solutions and haven't implemented them myself. I have a much bigger problem with *my* guests complaining about noise from neighbors (feet tromping around all day and night upstairs, the couple next door getting in arguments, etc., and one 1-star review I got for construction noise after a hailstorm shot holes in our building's siding. If I could install a noise detector that would alert the HOA or cops to noise from neighbors, now that I might find value in! :P

and remember to tell your team to turn the phone to landscape. On mine it switches to showing a full month so much easier to read.