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Hi Kimberly,

Thank you for writing in. There looks to be a difference in how Airbnb calculates the total beds when the crib is added from OwnerRez versus added on Airbnb. We've reached out to them and will work with them to see if we can get the behavior working the same.

For now, you should be able to get the bed count showing correctly by removing the crib on Airbnb, saving, adding the room back in, and then saving again. This should reset the bed count while keeping the underlying room data the same so OwnerRez won't force another update.

Hi Esther,

Not yet! When this gets picked up for development, you'll see the status of the Feature Request change. 

In the meantime, the workarounds mentioned still apply.

And keep sharing this with others who might also benefit from it!

I would like to request a Back button feature for the phone version. I am still learning the software (new user) and cannot tell you how many times i click on something that leads me to an unintended place (or even by accident with my finger). It can be pretty frustrating because then I have to find some way to click something else to get back to the previous screen or where i want to go. I realize that most apps don't have a 'back' button but this app has so much functionality and so many pages, it just would make a lot of sense.

I do think this app could use some work (or at least another tutorial on how to find everything in it) because it took me FOREVER to figure out that the Rates Calendar is in Tools. Still having trouble figuring out all the different communication avenues and where to read each one. For example, Inbox in the side bar takes me to all channel messages. However, it seems the system (and now MY system) are all geared towards sending email messages. But in order to view those, i have to go into each person's account individually. But what do you do if you cannot remember the person's name? Then it's a bit more cumbersome.  Right now, I'm in the app and want to see if a renter actually opened the email I sent them but for the life of me I cannot find that. Again, just a suggestion that it would be nice to have all email messages in one place. 

It would be great if the rates calendar were a main option in the sidebar menu OR even better, allow for the main booking calendar to BE the rates calendar, like Airbnb and VRBO (and on the web version as well). It could show the rates for each date on top of the bookings, and if I wanted to quickly change a minimum night requirement or rate, then I could do that right there. I change my rate settings pretty frequently based on how the calendar fills out so at the least, this shouldn't be deep within Tools as it's a feature used a lot more than say the gap report. I realize this may not fit everyone who has many properties, but perhaps there could be a way to filter by property to show the rates and bookings all in one?

I believe I recall something about you guys working on integrating email messages? I'd like to know the progress on that.

Hi, hasthis feature been added?

This is an important feature enhancement. The change from jpg to webp will reduce file sizes significantly. An example I just did was having to convert my webp image that was 85KB to a jpg that came to 210KB since webp is not supported.

I would like to set up a gap night offer trigger where if the arrival gap OR departure gap are 'less than or equal to 2 nights' then I can send the renter an email with a field code similar to {BADJOPEN}. However, currently the only way to set this up requires that if either arrival or departure gap meet the requirements, then both dates are sent to the renter even if one of the gaps is more than 2 nights and that is not good. 

This means that I cannot use this automatic trigger right now as is and instead have to manually run a gap report and send email templates to guests, modifying the dates for each before sending. 

I would like to request that either a unique kind of trigger be allowed for this scenario or a separate field code be designed to reflect the trigger itself, not just for both leading and trailing gap nights. 

You can also take a deposit (down payment) and send the guest the payment link - they can make as many payments as they want, or schedule multiple payments on a booking (for advance reservations). In my business, I am wary of guests who need a loan to pay for a vacation. 

When you select crib in OwnerRez, it pushes to Airbnb top line sleeping summarization as a regular bed. For example, we have  2 king beds, 1 queen, 2 doubles and 1 crib. It feeds the information to Airbnb as such:

10 guest · 3 bedroom · 6 beds · 3 baths

Before we were API connected, in directly selecting this same bed count ( 2 king beds, 1 queen, 2 doubles and 1 crib) in Airbnb, Airbnb would summarize in this fashion:

10 guest · 3 bedroom · 5 beds · 3 baths

I believe the later summarization is the way it should feed into Airbnb as the crib is not suitable for all guests. The suggested work around was to select a pack n play instead of a crib. This would be a big determent to our listing amenities as we have many families that search for us and click on that 'crib' amenity.

Can this be looked into to have Owner Rez feed to Airbnb the way it would feed if you entered this same information directly into Airbnb?

Around 60% of Coachella's Ticket Buyers Used a Buy-Now-Pay-Later Payment Method

Affirm is already in Stripe!  Please activate it!  We are missing out on a HUGE opportunity.

Around 60% of Coachella's Ticket Buyers Used a Buy-Now-Pay-Later Payment Method

Affirm is already in Stripe!  Please activate it!  We are missing out on a HUGE opportunity.  @Ken, I do not see the cost to OR or owners...

I would like to change the text in the POC form. I do not need custom fields, I just want to edit the text of the POC form.

There are several new Airbnb "off platform" terms of service, and it may be that Airbnb will find that the OR POC form is not compliant. We will likely see how this language is interpreted in the near future, and I hope OR is proactive in addressing potential issues.

The new Airbnb off platform terms seem to say that hosts need to ask if guests would prefer to be contacted off platform before collecting email or phone numbers. I would like to explain why receiving information via text and email is useful (cellular data is often unavailable). This would clarify that guests are entering this information by choice to receive communications off platform. It would be preferred to keep the standard POC template for direct booking guests where there is no other channel.

As a related additional feature: new Airbnb terms prohibit collecting guest information for purposes of signing up guests to a mailing list for marketing purposes. While this may not require any changes if hosts do not send marketing communications, it could be useful to include an opt in field where guests are signing themselves up for marketing communications on the POC form.

It is not preferred to explain this in the template that includes the BUFIXUP link because this creates a disincentive to click on the link and potential confusion that clicking the link to complete the renter agreement is optional when it is not.

Thank you for the reply. We have been waiting for awhile and are very excited for this feature!

Thanks for the update, Bri! This feature will be very valuable for us, and we can't wait for it to roll out!

Hey, everyone!

Vrbo does support seasonal cancellation policies via a new API they're rolling out. We're working in the direction of making that possible when syncing from OwnerRez, and that's a bigger effort that includes writing to an entirely new API.

I have no ETA to provide at this time, but we know it's of high priority to many of our users.

We will keep you posted here as updates become available.

manual but quick workaround: Quote > copy (copy to another property the traveler may be interested in) > Send 

Nothing is more damaging to our business than the lack of seasonal cancellation.  VRBO says they support it,  and that it is a OR limitation.   Imagine having a guest book three weeks in your peak season and then cancel 14 days out.  We MUST optimize revenues during our peak season to cover the high taxes and insurance that have eaten all our profits.  OR needs to fix this.  THIS IS A MUST HAVE!!!

So how did you handle it b4 vrbo ever introduced seasonal policies? 

Agreed, this 100% needs to be implemented. Our area in FL is very snowbird heavy, and the majority of our rentals during Jan-Mid April are 30 day minimum and some 60 or 90 rentals. Being able to have a much more flexible cancellation policy during our off months but still protect our high season rentals would be a huge benefit to our rental bookings. 

Nothing is more damaging to our business than the lack of seasonal cancellation.  VRBO says they support it,  and that it is a OR limitation.   Imagine having a guest book three weeks in your peak season and then cancel 14 days out.  We MUST optimize revenues during our peak season to cover the high taxes and insurance that have eaten all our profits.  OR needs to fix this.  THIS IS A MUST HAVE!!!

Just like the Schlage integration.

Having damage protection billed to one account jeopardizes piercing the corporate veil for those who have multiple properties using different LLC's. Can we have a feature where it can be billed to separate bank accounts on a property level?

Hello, all!

I have changed the name of this request to reflect the work that is currently in development.

The first iteration of this feature will be internal and visible to our support teams. We'll be able to track booked rates by night within bookings. Once the internal facing nightly rates are available, we'll have the data there to make it a smoother transition to getting that out in a user facing design.

If you search for minimum nights, you will see that a lot of people have trouble with this setting.

Inside OR you need to set them up in several places

Property -> Rules

Settings -> Seasons -> Create Seasons (overwrites above)

Settings -> Rates -> Spot Rate (overwrites above)

These can all be overwritten by settings in PriceLabs 

PRICELABS

From highest (#1) to lowest priority (#8), the rules are as follows:

1. Lowest Minimum Stay Allowed
2. Orphan Day Minimum Stay
3. Date-Specific Override Minimum Stay
4. Adjacent Day (After Booking) Minimum Stay
5. Adjacent Day (Before Booking) Minimum Stay
6. Far-Out Minimum Stay
7. Last-Minute Minimum Stay
8. Default Minimum Stay

BOTTOM LINE

It would be very nice to have this simplified and have a message showing what rule will be applied.

We currently have over 10 properties set up in our OwnerRez account, and we're facing a significant challenge when it comes to quoting multiple properties to a single guest. As it stands, the system does not allow us to include several property options within one quote, which limits our ability to provide flexible options and seamless communication to potential guests.

Many of our clients request alternative properties in case their first choice is unavailable, and creating separate quotes for each property is both time-consuming and can be confusing for the guest.

Could you kindly advise if there is a workaround for this, or if there are any upcoming features that would support quoting multiple properties in a single quote? We’d really appreciate any guidance or suggestions you can offer to help streamline our quoting process.

With recent announcements of upcoming changes for AirBnB, clear definitions of what are required versus incidental charges will be needed as ABB will not allow for any off platform of required charges... We are currently placing a notice in our house rules not only about needing to complete the POC but also about the possibility for incidental charges like parking, early checkin and the like being available and NOT required for the guest.

This would be a fantastic Feature! It would give our guests the option to select all the extra options that can purchase from us directly without having to deal with the platforms. 

This "create quote" pop up / widget would be more useful if it allowed us to set a "default listing site" rather than just showing surcharges that apply to ALL listing sites.

For example - for direct bookings only - we add a credit card processing fee, which is NOT included in rent, and ONLY applies for our direct booking channel.  This widget, which we really only ever use to quote direct bookings, does not pick up that charge, until I go into the actual quote screen and set the listing site.

Could we add a dropdown here on the pop-up / widget for the "listing site", or even better, allow users to set a default listing site/booking channel for this widget?

This feature is currently in development. There's no ETA I can provide at this time, but we will keep everyone posted here as updates become available.

Hello all!

We released the new level of Tiered Access for Team Access Staff users, which centers around adding "Limited Access" permissions by property. This will help accounts with staff who need access to some or all Properties' bookings and messaging, but not all account functions. The main menu is limited to Bookings and the Inbox.

Here is the permissions setting screen for a Staff user:

Here's how the Limited Access staff user's main menu looks:

Other levels of Tiered Access are still desired, but this allows for further development.

Read more about Staff Member access functionality in the support article.

-Shawn

Is this feature available yet? 

Shelley 

Yes!! 💯 true for our business as well. We currently manually tag every surcharge, which means our team has to go into every booking, look at the charges, go back to overview, add the appropriate tags and then close the booking and go to the next one. It’s insane.