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I have a discount coupon code. I also have a self-select discount for payments by check or Zelle. But I did not intend them to be stackable. Is there a setting to prevent those 2 from being applied to the same booking? Thanks
Chris,
I just had this happen to me.
The Listing Quality Analyzer does not catch this either.
Please complete this task
" We'll add a warning for the check in/out times on the Listing Quality Analyzer -- that'll give folks a heads up as they're setting up."
Your software is complex so eliminating these exceptions to the rules would help us out a lot as we use it.
I suggest getting rid of the standard completely if it is not universally adhered to as it implies that it is.
Agree with the others, when a property is disabled, there should be a possibility to be able to get the data into the reports.
I have 3 units on Airbnb Unit1, Unit2 and Unit3. Unit 3 actually consist of both units ( 1 and 2 together for a bigger party). When I exported Airbnb the calendars to Owner Rez. Under the Unit 3 I have Ical from Unit 1 and Unit2). When any day is booked in Unit 1 or unit 2 that date automatically should show unavailable under unit 3. The problem is that for some dates ( not all) The calendar shows Partially Obstructed instead of Fully Obstructed. Some dates under Unit 3 show available even thought it should show unavailable. For example Unit 1 is booked 08/18 - 08/21 and Unit2 08/20- 08/24. I would expect Unit 3 be unavailable 08/18 - 08/24 . But the calendar in Airbnb shows 08/20/22 -08/24/22. Unit 1 does show blocked dates ( under Unit3) but only if Unit 2 is not booked. When some of the same dates are booked in Unit 1 and Unit 2. Unit # only shows blocked dates from Unit 2. sorry for confusion
Can you go into each property and choose a different color? Go to property and change calendar color.
Mine is all red.... the property booking and blocked off dates
On the ribbon calendar? My houses are different colors and the blocks are gray.
Chris, I see you were really testing BDC a few years ago. What has been your final take on them?
I think I've posted more recent experiences in other threads here and in the unofficial FB group, but at least in my market, a big fat meh. I never did list more than the original two properties because the listing process is a major PITA and it's not a productive channel.
I've also settled on a 40% markup (15% to cover the commission and 25% for pain and suffering) as well as making my cancellation policy much stricter on BDC (I'm Flexible on Vrbo and Moderate on Airbnb, so that's 14 and 5 days, respectively, but I have a 30-day cancellation policy on BDC) to weed out the speculative bookers who like to cancel last-minute. (My average days-in-advance is around 20, so if someone cancels their BDC reservation, I'm still likely to rebook dates through other channels.)
This has caused my BDC reservations to dwindle from maybe half a dozen per year to a couple per year, but I'm OK with that.
It's mostly a failed experiment but as long as I don't have to do any additional work, I don't plan to actively remove those two existing properties from the platform.
If your market caters to a lot of international tourists, though, you may find BDC a more productive platform, but for those of us in markets that focus almost exclusively on domestic tourism, I wouldn't advise bothering with BDC.
Chris, I see you were really testing BDC a few years ago. What has been your final take on them?
Hi. Is anyone still having this problem? My hot tub was showing as an amenity on my vrbo listing but now it is not. I called VRBO and they are looking into it but she believes she remebers hearing it is a software issue w/ OR! This is such a big deal! There are only 3 listings in my area that have hot tubs and now none of them are showing as having hot tubs. If I do a broader search (for the whole state), there are listings that do have a hot tub as an amenity so I know it's not completely down on VRBO's site.
Added: When I talked to VRBO they could see on their end the amenity was selected but wasn't sure why it wasn't showing in the live listing.
Is there a way to color code bookings vs blocking on the calendar? We only have one property, but I'd like to see which are legit bookings and which are just blocked off for us. As it is, they are all red and I get lost in the mix when I look ahead through the months.
No, normally going to the API will not force the switch to PPB, even though it sounds like it will. But if it does, you can just call up Vrbo IPM tech support and get them to put you back, if you were using subscription previously.
I paid $499/property for Vrbo annual subscription so that I dont have to pay the 5% base commision fee per booking. When I was filling out the form to set up API integration with Vrbo, the following verbiage was stated. Is it switching me to pay-per-booking?
"We've set you up with pay-per-booking
Pay-per-booking means you'll:
When travelers book and checkout through Vrbo, we charge you a 5% commission because travelers are paying for the Vrbo service fee.
When travelers who found you through Vrbo book directly with you and don’t go through our checkout, we charge you a 10% commission on these bookings created manually in your software and attributed to Vrbo - this is due to the travelers not paying for the Vrbo service fees"
The pet fee is what Airbnb supports currently. We have suggested enhancements.
If you have a more complex pet fee, you can specify it in your house rules and collect via the resolution center.
A flat fee is not the answer. OwnerRez needs to advocate for better tools.
Thank you.
There's an extended discussion of how to do that over here:
https://www.ownerrez.com/forums/requests/template-fields-for-agreement-info-guest-needs-to-add
I would like for my renters to list the names/ages when they sign the rental agreement. I've had to do this before when renting and find it useful to see who will be staying in the home and their ages.
How do I add this requirement in the reservation process? Would I add it to the Rental Agreement? Right now they sign electronically and I do not know where they would fill in the the info or where the spaces could be added for this?
No, and this is intentional - you don't want it publicly known what dates are actually occupied by a guest, vs blocked for some other reason. That's tempting to thieves.
I had the same thing happen to me about a year ago. When they first implemted this.. i was experimenting with different channel managers doing the free 30 day thing. and BAM!! i get hit with this mandatory pay the fee thing.. i spent some time with Airbnb customer support and basically told this was what the Host wanted etc.. so i had to live with it. I terminated all the API connections and about 6 months later they suddenly and unexpectedly changed it back to Guest pay service.. no notice or explanation..
So when i got on board a couple of months ago with owner rez.. i only hooked up the iCal. and removed insta book.. seems to be working great.
There's a fix for this!! Total backdoor thing that I found on the Unofficial OwnerRez Support Group on Facebook. Here's the link to the post, solution in the comments:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/702265430182289/posts/1289626564779503/
For those that aren't on FB, here's the text of the comment from John N Leslie Davidson, this is what worked for me just a couple of days ago:
Actually the only way I could see the option [to switch back] and or see the option not greyed out was to click the link she posted from within my Facebook app on my iphone which has like a browser mode when you click a link within a Facebook post. Not sure if it was all just glitchy earlier or if they just didn’t roll out the change as well as they thought. The live chat feature on AirBnb told me it was no longer an option for api. However the posted policies don’t mention it for the US that way yet. But I agree it is probably gonna happen at some point or already is in process. Regardless I was able to change it to guests paying the fee for now.
Please write in to the Helpdesk with a specific example and we'll take a look.
I created a template email and then added a scheduled email when guests book. You can schedule it for the specific day there
How do I get my triggered emails to say 10:30? I’ve set it to 10:30a in the overall system settings.
Please send this in to the Helpdesk, along with the booking and/or inquiry number.
Hi--
I created and sent a special offer through OR as $100 total and I don't understand why it shows differently under the guest portion. It should read $100 + $xx Airbnb service fee + $18 (Mexican taxes ABB collects). It should be about $140-ish.
TIA
These support docs and videos may be helpful:
https://www.ownerrez.com/support/articles/rates-overview-video
https://www.ownerrez.com/support/articles/rates-setting-seasonal-rates-video
https://www.ownerrez.com/support/articles/rates-using-the-rate-calendar-video
Otherwise, please write in to the Helpdesk for assistance.
I had the same problem, but it's because my property is in St Lucia in the Caribbean. If you API integrate with AirBnB, you are required to use the simplified pricing (where you pay the guest fee) unless your property is in one of the the following countries: US, Canada, Mexico, Uruguay, The Bahamas, Argentina and Taiwan.
When I disabled API integration, I was taken off simplified pricing. So I'll have to settle for iCal integration for AirBnB.
Airbnb in particular only allows round hours for checkin/checkout times.
Hello new user here in Australia!
I accidentally deleted my standard default rate after using the setup wizard. Now I can't find a way to add back my default rate before I connect my OTAs.
Can someone point me to how to add default rates into my property
Thanks
Stacey
