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Check Payments Due 11 replies

LuxVaca -
Jun 16, 2023 12:40 PM
Joined Feb, 2022 1 post

Hi,

Just looking for a status on this topic.  Thanks!

 

Greg

book now button not working 1 reply

Ken T
Jun 15, 2023 1:58 PM
OR Team Member Joined Aug, 2019 1704 posts

The most likely reason is, that button's configuration is botched in your header menu settings, and it's not pointing at the Book Now page.  I'd suggest looking into that:

https://www.ownerrez.com/support/articles/hosted-websites-editing-headers-and-menus#site-menu 

If you can't sort it out that way, write in to the Helpdesk with specifics, and we'll take a look.

book now button not working 1 reply

Steve & Jennie T
Jun 15, 2023 1:25 PM
Joined Apr, 2022 1 post

Hello 

Ive been struggling for a little wile trying to fix this I'm assuming I probably set it up wrong some how . 

so , I have two hosted web sites ,one for each of the two property I manage. the book now feature dose not work on one of them. The button dose not do any thing when I click on it, just stays on the landing page.  I have them both hosted with go daddy with the same setting as for as I can tell .but one just do not seem to work. I checked through the forms and help but could not find anything . thank you in advance for any help or suggestions .

 

AirBNB pricing higher than what I have set 5 replies

Adria H
Jun 13, 2023 1:23 AM
OR Team Member Joined Aug, 2022 171 posts

When you say, "did what I said" do you mean you disconnected the API? Perhaps it would be helpful if you could write in to Help@OwnerReservations.com & we can check your account?

AirBNB pricing higher than what I have set 5 replies

Jenny C
Jun 12, 2023 9:06 PM
Joined Dec, 2020 2 posts

You can view this by going to your calendar (on Airbnb.com) and if you have multiple properties, you'd click into that listing & check for this option on the far right tools area:

Click into the Promotion:

 

 

 

Did you do the early opt-in to the Summer 2023 release? If so, you won't see any of the above, you'll see:
In that case, if you need to edit custom promos, you'd want to go to your Airbnb API, disconnect the property in question from the API. Make your edits on Airbnb.com & reconnect the API.

 

 

by Adria H – Jun 12, 2023 6:29 PM (UTC)

Thank you, I did the summer release and did what you said 3 hours ago and it hasn’t changed yet. Does it take time or did that not work? 

AirBNB pricing higher than what I have set 5 replies

Adria H
Jun 12, 2023 2:29 PM
OR Team Member Joined Aug, 2022 171 posts

You can view this by going to your calendar (on Airbnb.com) and if you have multiple properties, you'd click into that listing & check for this option on the far right tools area:

Click into the Promotion:

 

 

 

Did you do the early opt-in to the Summer 2023 release? If so, you won't see any of the above, you'll see:
In that case, if you need to edit custom promos, you'd want to go to your Airbnb API, disconnect the property in question from the API. Make your edits on Airbnb.com & reconnect the API.

 

 

AirBNB pricing higher than what I have set 5 replies

Jenny C
Jun 12, 2023 11:46 AM
Joined Dec, 2020 2 posts

This is happening to me using same stack as Julie. How do I turn off custom promotions with Airbnb? All my discounts say "not set" in airbnb and I don't see where to turn promotions off. I have made several attempts to fix through airbnb and they don't know.

AirBNB pricing higher than what I have set 5 replies

Adria H
Jun 9, 2023 11:02 AM
OR Team Member Joined Aug, 2022 171 posts

Hi Julie:

This is a frequent question. It's a little startling when you see it happen.

When you activate custom promos on Airbnb, that stops the rates sync from OwnerRez. As long as that custom promo is in place, the PriceLabs changes will not update. When Airbnb displays that "base rate" for your promo, they are taking the rate from the median of the prior 60 days pricing. What is slick about that is you can often take advantage of any potential algorithm bump using the Airbnb promo and be offering a rate in the range of the nightly rate PriceLabs had been recently sending.

If you click on the "some prices changed" link in your last image, you'll see this info

AirBNB pricing higher than what I have set 5 replies

Julie M
Jun 9, 2023 10:27 AM
Joined Apr, 2023 12 posts

Hey all!

I've been working on pricing today and noticed that AirBNB is displaying a higher price than I have set up.

My stack is PriceLabs > OwnerRez > AirBNB

There is NO rate adjustment set for AirBNB

There are NO surcharges that apply to this property aside from the cleaning fee, which is its own line item.  

This seems to ONLY be happening on dates where I have an AirBNB promotion set (there's other discrepancies, but not major ones).  Thoughts??

ETA: I just deleted the promotion and it actually went to the $149 that PriceLabs shows. It must be some glitch with AirBNB... it makes the base price HIGHER when I turn on a promotion?? Absolutely bizarre. I can assign a 22% discount to get the displayed price back to $149.  But only on some listings, apparently; I encounter this issue on some listings but not all of them.  

Commission on taxes setting? 0 replies

Staci L
Jun 5, 2023 1:03 PM
Joined May, 2021 5 posts

Is there a way to set a commission rate for taxes collected for PM client accounts? 

Require Friday + Saturday booking? 2 replies

Hiwassee River R
Jun 5, 2023 12:09 PM
Joined Jun, 2022 5 posts

I was definitely over thinking that! Thank you! 

How can I add "Last 4 of Contact's Phone Number" as a custom field in a template for check in instructions? 1 reply

Ken T
Jun 5, 2023 11:53 AM
OR Team Member Joined Aug, 2019 1704 posts

I tried to do the Manual Lock option where it generates the last 4 digits of the number and then its the DOOR CODE field but that is not populating within the template.

That ought to work.  Please write in to the Helpdesk with a specific example where it did not, so we can investigate.

Require Friday + Saturday booking? 2 replies

Ken T
Jun 5, 2023 11:50 AM
OR Team Member Joined Aug, 2019 1704 posts

In your Property Rules, or a particular Season, use the checkin/checkout checkboxes to disallow checking in or out on a Saturday.

This way, since guests cannot leave or arrive on Saturday, if they are staying Friday night, they'll have to stay other through Sunday as that's the next available opportunity to check out.

Schedule more than 2 payments for checks 11 replies

Maxwell W
Jun 4, 2023 11:56 PM
Joined May, 2023 3 posts

Is there any update on being able to offer more than 2 payments?

cleaner notifications 3 replies

Adria H
Jun 4, 2023 11:53 PM
OR Team Member Joined Aug, 2022 171 posts

If you have SMS enabled, simply setup an SMS template and trigger. Hard code the cleaner's phone number in the template. You could put something like this:

New Booking:
{PDISPNAME}

{BARRDAY} {BARR} to {BDEPDAY} {BDEP} for {BNNGHTS} nights

{CFULL}

{CEMAILPRIME}

{CPHONEPR}

{BNGUEST} guests, {BNADULT} adults and {BNCHILD} children, plus {BNPET} pets

Booked via {BSOURCE}

cleaner notifications 3 replies

Stay Awhile P
Jun 4, 2023 11:47 PM
Joined Jun, 2023 2 posts

How can I make it so the cleaner gets a text alert of a new booking? 

How can I add "Last 4 of Contact's Phone Number" as a custom field in a template for check in instructions? 1 reply

Stay Awhile P
Jun 4, 2023 11:40 PM
Joined Jun, 2023 2 posts

Hi,

I've used Guesty for Hosts and Hospitable which have less features yet I can't figure out how to do this on Owner Rez. I have a check in instructions template that is to be sent to the guest before arrival. In the template I include the smart lock code. To clarify, I enter the codes in the smart lock on my own and am not looking for anything to integrate with my lock. I simply want a field to insert in the check in template that populates the contact's last four digits of their phone number. 

 

I tried to do the Manual Lock option where it generates the last 4 digits of the number and then its the DOOR CODE field but that is not populating within the template.

 

If anyone could point me in the right direction, that would be great! Thanks!

Require Friday + Saturday booking? 2 replies

Hiwassee River R
Jun 4, 2023 7:17 PM
Joined Jun, 2022 5 posts

I have Fri/Sat/Sun set up as 2 night minimums, but I end up with a lot of Saturday check out or in’s, and I’d rather book Fri/Sat together. How can I set that up?

Google Analytics G4 and multiple hosted websites with OwnerRez 0 replies

Carole H
Jun 4, 2023 10:56 AM
Joined Feb, 2023 22 posts

Question about Google Analytics G4 and multiple hosted websites with OwnerRez:I have two hosted websites. I am trying to migrate to G4 Analytics.I have been able to migrate one domain. Since I have entered the Google tag for that domain into my Owner Rez account, will it track both domains?

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Airbnb Rule-Sets 4 replies

Moona S
Jun 2, 2023 7:24 PM
Joined May, 2023 2 posts

Thanks, Adria.

Airbnb Rule-Sets 4 replies

Adria H
Jun 2, 2023 12:07 AM
OR Team Member Joined Aug, 2022 171 posts

Welcome to OwnerRez, Moona!

Once you are API connected, you'd want to view OwnerRez as your command center. The API will overwrite most things on Airbnb & Vrbo, like rule sets. There are a few places where the channels seem to Beta test. For example, the cards that pop up on your listing at Airbnb "tell us about your backyard" "tell us about your stove" etc., those metadata boxes do 'stick' when you complete them on Airbnb, but most listing content will sync from OwnerRez.


Airbnb Rule-Sets 4 replies

Moona S
Jun 1, 2023 9:59 PM
Joined May, 2023 2 posts

Hi, 

Newbie here and we've just integrated our Airbnb accounts to OR. However, we are encountering problems such as rule-sets/pricing set on Airbnb gets removed and we'd have to re-do it. What do you think is the problem here and where should we apply this kind of pricing in OR?

Would appreciate any help you guys can extend.

Thanks much,

MS

AirBnb Quiet Hours 1 reply

Caleb M
May 25, 2023 2:18 PM
OR Team Member Joined Mar, 2022 174 posts

Generally we recommend defining specific property rules not found else where within House Rules via the API configuration Settings > API Integrations > Airbnb > Change > House rules field.


I wanted to clarify as well, are you saying the setting completely disappears from Airbnb? Or does it just grey out and become unmodifiable? If the latter is the case you can also try setting your sync mode to "Limited" and see if you can change it in Airbnb then.

 

We have a walkthrough of this process here:

https://www.ownerrez.com/support/articles/channel-management-api-integrations-airbnb-common-issues-questions#changes

 

Let us know if you have any other questions or concerns!

~Caleb

AirBNB Summer 23 Release 12 replies

Ken T
May 25, 2023 12:33 PM
OR Team Member Joined Aug, 2019 1704 posts

Per a discussion today with Airbnb, we have confirmed that if you accept the summer update early release, you will in fact not be able to do custom promotions in your calendar.  This is a known gap and they do plan a near-term fix, but no ETA at present.  So, if custom promotions is important to you, we recommend not moving forward with implementing the summer update early release at this time.

We have also confirmed that, despite some mixed messaging and confusion, custom promotions is in fact not supported by Airbnb's API, and so cannot be implemented by OwnerRez (or any other channel manager).  While this may change in the future, that is yet to be determined and would be a good bit further down the road in any case.

When we receive further updates from Airbnb on this topic, we'll post them here.

Location set to exact 1 reply

Ken T
May 25, 2023 10:47 AM
OR Team Member Joined Aug, 2019 1704 posts

I see you've filed a ticket on this issue with the Helpdesk, and it's being worked over there, which is better as there may be sensitive information that shouldn't be on a public forum.

Location set to exact 1 reply

Josie F
May 25, 2023 9:17 AM
Joined Apr, 2022 1 post

Hello! 

I have two listings that are set to exact location on OR but are not on VRBO. I called VRBO and they sent screenshots showing the location setting they receive is "false" so it not showing the exact location and in fact shows a terrible representation next to railroad tracks! 

I have sent a support email and see there is no phone support so how in the world do I fix this? No one is responding to my request. 

I also have another property that does not show up any longer and I cannot tell why for the life of me. 

How do we handle these issues that VRBO clearly proved are on OR? 

Thanks, 

Shannon

Notification Alert for inquiry 24 replies

Ken T
May 23, 2023 8:11 PM
OR Team Member Joined Aug, 2019 1704 posts

Later this year, we expect to add inquiry triggers.  This will allow you to configure automatic messages to be sent when inquiries occur, including via SMS, and anywhere else triggers can be used.

AirBnb Quiet Hours 1 reply

Chris O
May 23, 2023 10:30 AM
Joined Mar, 2023 22 posts

What setting in ownerrez maps to the defined Quiet hours in AirBnb? I have been setting up ownerrez and lost quiet hour settings in the listings.

Hosting Fees default commission... 6 replies

Caleb M
May 22, 2023 10:31 AM
OR Team Member Joined Mar, 2022 174 posts

Hi John, to change those settings Chris shows in his screenshot you'll want to navigate via PM > Owners > Owner In Question > Change > Settings. Once you've changed that default for the owner, then you can update it for any bookings from that owner you'd like via a batch tool found via PM > Batch Updates > Batch Update Bookings for Commission > Ensure Recalculate commission and expenses option is selected. Since you mentioned multiple properties are affected you may need to modify multiple owner settings.

PS: Changing this default will generally have future bookings come in with this setting as well.

~Caleb

AirBNB Summer 23 Release 12 replies

Adria H
May 21, 2023 7:27 PM
OR Team Member Joined Aug, 2022 171 posts

As with all those "cards" that show up on the top of your listing page, asking for more info about things like your appliances and your yard, the check out instructions are not yet synced via API. Per our testing, you can create those check out instructions on Airbnb and they should remain in place.