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I would advise against this as well. I use VPNs extensively and have them automatically activate whenever I'm not on my home network. As former Info Sec, I also strongly advise their use on any public network, like those in airports, hotels, B&Bs, company networks, etc.
Is anyone else seeing this? I sent in a support request to OR already, just curious if it's me or if ABB made some change that's messing it up. It looks like ABB split out some fees on their site, so it's possible they made some backend field name change.
Ryan
Unfortunately, your analysis of the situation is correct - Airbnb considers that they (or their algorithm anyway) know better than you do as to which should be your first front-page photo. So they do what they want to do, and it is not possible to override it.
Not sure exactly what you're referring to, can you write in to the Helpdesk with additional details, including links and screenshots?
I'm thinking there might have been an update that is causing a glitch as this has been fine since set up(18 months or so).
I just got an airbnb booking this morning and when sending messages to them I got a pop up saying 'Your scheduled message cannot be sent'. When I click on this I get told to resolve the issues. It then says that I should add check in instructions (I already do).
The final click takes me to my listing at the check-in details section. Where it says Lockbox and has the little clock symbol saying it is updated from OR.
I have added more details to the Airbnb section but the OR section overwrites it. I then added more details to the OR section but only the one word 'lockbox' gets ported over.
Can anyone help with this?
Thanks
James
Hello!
I'm really a newbie and am trying to bring in my VRBO bookings using the Channel Bridge. I was able to bring in my Airbnb booking successfully, but when I try to export from VRBO I receive an error message for all of the bookings:
The only booking that exports is a canceled reservation which looks like it came from Expedia.
I'm wondering if the problem is that I am currently integrated with another PMS. I was planning to get all of my bookings into OR and then disconnect that integration. Could this be the problem?
Thanks for any help or suggestions.
Carole
I'm having trouble deciphering the different owner columns and options on owner statement views. Is there a page that explains each column? ie Owner Revenue vs Owner vs Owner Net?
A huge percentage of my guests report my emails to them going into their spam. Including important post booking and check-in information.
Is there anything we can do to avoid this?
We double-checked with RentalGuardian and the email does come from them (noreply@rentalguardian.com). They could tell though that the email failed to the guest due to no valid email. I'll send you more details from our Helpdesk for your reference.
Glad you were able to send them the info from the Insurance tab of the booking.
We're also looking into adding a System Message that can be configured to send to the guest from the Owner/PM in a future release.
Cannot get my email verified after getting my e-mail domain verified. Ready to go live the last step.
Are there any plans to offer some intro to or overview of how to use this? And/or maybe a new forum section where the Zaps can be shared, etc?
No they did not. I received the email and then sent the info w/ link to my guest. They received nothing and I had them check their spam, etc.
No they did not. I received the email and then sent the info w/ link to my guest. They received nothing and I had them check their spam, etc.
Your guest should have received their travel insurance policy information via email from our insurance provider, RentalGuardian. We recently removed an email message that was sent to the guest as it was confusing to some users and their guests because it's really a contract between the purchasing guest and RentalGuardian.
Did your guest not receive the info from RentalGuardian?
The travel insurance email confirming purchase AND the policy details is NOT going to my guests, it is only coming to my email. There must be something I haven't checked, but I've looked and nothing seems to address this issue. PLEASE HELP. I've contacted CS and its been over 24 hours and NOTHING.
Very frustrated...
Hi Alison - please write in to the Helpdesk with more specifics and we can take a look - www.ownerrez.com/contact/us
I have been setting up the account for someone under my email address.
I gave the client access on his email address, but have given portal access instead of full access.
I want to upgrade his access to full access, but it is not allowing me - it says invalid, he already has an account,
When I try to change the account to his email address it comes up with an error saying he is already on the account and cannot be amended.
We cannot connect to stripe etc currently as it is under his email address and stripe won't connect as OR account is in my email address
Can anyone help on next steps to resolve?
Thanks!
Not really - there are many perfectly legitimate people who use VPNs for many valid reasons, and, the best VPNs change IP addresses all the time so it is difficult to detect them.
I considered that. I would prefer that under the properties tab the property be Highlighted and the owner of that property underneath as a back up. Thanks for the response.
Is anyone else using Firefox as their browser? Viewing filtered list are extremely slow due to high memory usage. Just wondering if I have some option wrong or one of my security settings is causing this problem. Maybe just a browser bug? MS Edge doesn't exhibit this behavior but I don't have all the security extensions on it either.
This was released a few months back:
https://www.ownerrez.com/forums/requests/collect-photo-id-option-in-rental-agreement
Where do I find the MAX_SLEEPS_MISSING?
My Max and min # of adults children is set and I updated bedrooms bed configurations so that matches?
@ken thanks for the response. I spoke with RemoteLock and they told me they don’t support the nest x yale lock (yes, the same one you linked). I also don’t see the nest x yale lock on jervis’ list of supported devices. I have a lead with Brivo, but I am waiting for one of their reseller partners to call me with more info.
What specific hardware are you referring to? Is it the the Yale x Google lock ?
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/nest-x-yale-smart-lock-wi-fi-replacement-deadbolt-with-app-keypad-voice-assistant-access-oil-rubbed-bronze/6197556.p?skuId=6197556&ref=212&loc=1&ref=212&loc=1&gclid=CjwKCAiA3KefBhByEiwAi2LDHGp10Um8m2Lb2szowvUZkgyiq8IxemNN3AoCTHaqtIjf96R68cAo1BoCzdQQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
If so, then, we have a number of door lock partners that support Yale locks, so they may well also support this variant, but you'd need to ask them.
https://www.ownerrez.com/support/articles/integration-remotelock-door-locks#compatibility
https://www.ownerrez.com/support/articles/integration-jervis-systems#list-of-supported-devices
How?
Has anyone noticed that AirBnb switches the default lead photo to a picture of the front of your home? If you have a picture of a Mountain/Beach View as your first picture, they default it to the front of the home. I have a more appealing aerial photo of the side of my cabin as my lead photo and they switched it to the less appealing front of my cabin. It’s unreal they won’t let us run our own listing!! Obviously, the second picture is better. I don't know how to switch it back without erasing the other photo, but I don't want to do that. I am API connected to AirBnb.
Thanks for the reply, Jake. This is basically what I did to solve the issue.
Craig,
After doing more research, I found the path to solve this!
In another post Ken mentioned that we CAN adjust the pricing for AirBnB and VRBO through the API settings... so, in my case, instead of raising the Direct site price, I will do the following. Let's assume that I currently charge $200/night on AirBnB and VRBO and would like to charge 6.7% higher on the Direct site, or $213.40.
1) Raise the Pricelabs price by 6.7%, so the $200/night rate is now $213.40.
2) Pricelabs will pass this price to OwnerRez and to the direct booking site, $213.40/night.
3) Then I adjust the AirBnB and VRBO prices down by 6.28%. The math is (($200 desired rate / $213.40 Pricelabs rate) -1)*100), which gets me the original rate of $200/night.. same as current.
The Rate Adjustments for API channels are made within the Settings > API Integrations > (Channel Name) page options.
Thanks to Ken for this prior post where I found the answer! https://www.ownerrez.com/forums/general-help/rate-adjustments#68513
Best,
Jake
That would truly be a wonderful option! I asked this EXACT question nearly a year ago and was told the direct website and widget pricing was not adjustable like the OTR channels. I told them they should be but I'm guessing they don't agree.
