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Notes Quick Short Cut 2 replies

Jason B
Jul 26, 2023 3:37 PM
Member for 5 years 63 posts

We use notes to document all calls with guest, how our welcome call goes, and any special needs (grocery, ski instructor, etc).

It would be great if there was a HTML link/short cut next to all the other links.

VRBO automated messages and API without card processing 4 replies

Ken T
Jul 26, 2023 10:09 AM
OR Alum Member for 6 years 1704 posts

Yes!  OwnerRez now integrates with the Vrbo internal messaging system:

https://www.ownerrez.com/support/articles/vrbo-messaging

So you can schedule message templates using triggers, much as with email messaging.

https://www.ownerrez.com/support/articles/channel-templates 

VRBO automated messages and API without card processing 4 replies

Phillip G
Jul 26, 2023 10:06 AM
Member for 3 years 1 post

Hi- Have they come up with a way to send scheduled messages from OR to VRBO guests yet?  I feel like I was able to receive messages from VRBO geusts for a short time and now it's gone.

Deposit tool - mark transaction processed 4 replies

Michael D
Jul 25, 2023 9:34 PM
Member for 6 years 55 posts

It would be good to be able to mark a deposit as processed in the list of deposits generated.

I don't process the deposits daily or even weekly. It would be good to know where I left off.

Schlage Encode 108 replies

Vinh N
Jul 25, 2023 7:44 PM
Member for 2 years 3 posts

Thanks for the update...very very excited! If not suggested already having ability to sync multiple locks at same property to same generated code (for those with more than one at each property) would be icing on the cake.! Thank you all for your hard work!

CRM - put forward and backward arrows for conversations 2 replies

Bri
Jul 25, 2023 12:25 PM
OR Team Member Member for 4 years 729 posts

Hi!

You can jump to the Feature Request forum every time by using this link - https://www.ownerrez.com/forums/requests 

CRM - put forward and backward arrows for conversations 2 replies

Sloanish
Jul 25, 2023 10:23 AM
Member for 7 years 168 posts

CRM - put forward and backward arrows so that you can easily navigate from one conversation to the next. This is standard on all mail systems.

 

It would also be nice to have a link directly to the suggestion forum. It is a bit hard to find, or is that by design. ;)

Sifely Lock Integration 1 reply

Paul H
Jul 24, 2023 8:00 PM
OR Team Member Member for 6 years 377 posts

After discussing with Sifely, they currently have no plans to integrate directly with our system as our users can already access their locks through Jervis Systems. To learn more about using Jervis Systems, please refer to our support document available here.

API Rate Adjustment per Property 1 reply

Ken T
Jul 24, 2023 7:01 PM
OR Alum Member for 6 years 1704 posts

[This topic has been closed as a duplicate of another topic (Make a rate adjustment per property on our Airbnb API)]

Make a rate adjustment per property on an API 3 replies

Ken T
Jul 24, 2023 7:01 PM
OR Alum Member for 6 years 1704 posts

[Another topic was closed as a duplicate of this topic (API Rate Adjustment per Property)]

Control of channel Rate Adjustment at the property level 1 reply

Ken T
Jul 24, 2023 7:01 PM
OR Alum Member for 6 years 1704 posts

[This topic has been closed as a duplicate of another topic (Make a rate adjustment per property on our Airbnb API)]

Make a rate adjustment per property on an API 3 replies

Ken T
Jul 24, 2023 7:01 PM
OR Alum Member for 6 years 1704 posts

[Another topic was closed as a duplicate of this topic (Control of channel Rate Adjustment at the property level)]

Make the Inbox feature similar to other messaging apps and inboxes 60 replies

Ken T
Jul 24, 2023 4:21 PM
OR Alum Member for 6 years 1704 posts

Yes, hopefully later this year, although it may get pushed into early next year.

Make the Inbox feature similar to other messaging apps and inboxes 60 replies

Plus Vacation Ho
Jul 24, 2023 4:18 PM
Member for 4 years 3 posts

is there any plan to add booking.com to the unified inbox?

 

Triggers based on duration of stay 1 reply

Ken T
Jul 24, 2023 1:24 PM
OR Alum Member for 6 years 1704 posts

Sure, you can already do that, in Criteria in the Trigger:

Triggers based on duration of stay 1 reply

GLAM Destin
Jul 24, 2023 1:19 PM
Member for 3 years 6 posts

Hello!

I have encountered a handful of bookings that are shorter stays (2-3 days), therefore it does not make sense to send them all of my scheduled 6 messages. In some instances, it makes more sense to combine the "check-in text", sent 2 days after their check-in and the "departure reminder text" sent 1 day before their checkout. Would it be possible to create triggers / templates that are based on duration of stay?

Break up conversation threads by booking 2 replies

Joel P
Jul 24, 2023 10:15 AM
OR Team Member Member for 16 years 169 posts

Great suggestion, and one we've discussed a lot and have plans to improve upon. 

In the future, we plan to build the inbox as a threaded inbox instead of a guest inbox. This may not exactly match one-to-one with your suggestion here, but it will be similar and will allow us to clearly link the related booking, quote, or inquiry to each thread. It will also keep old conversations from mixing with new ones. 

There's a lot of enhancements planned for the new inbox! You can show your interest in that by voting for that feature too.

Forward OwnerRez CRM SMS message to a cell phone 14 replies

Mid-Cities Oasis
Jul 23, 2023 5:33 PM
Member for 2 years 1 post

I am having the same issue and was reading through this thread that is two years old.  wondering if there has been any advancements made in this area?   I would really like to receive my guests SMS replies to my cell otherwise I am getting them very untimely and it makes me look bad responding so late.  

 

Thanks!

 

Shawn

Google Vacation Rentals Connectivity Partner 326 replies

churchstreet
Jul 22, 2023 6:11 PM
Member for 6 years 6 posts

Hi all,

I'm late to the party here, but recently learned of Google Vacation Rentals... my question is, is it best to apply to become part of GVR now, or do we wait until OR has finished the integration and then connect via OwnerRez?  I apologize if I'm way off or if this has been answered already.  

Ability to have a separate (from share owner) GA tag/analytics for property shares 4 replies

BlueMtnCabins
Jul 22, 2023 3:16 PM
Member for 9 years 1198 posts

Those of us who started property shares notice that the traffic generated via shared sites/shared properties reflects on the GA of the property share owners. That is skewing the statistics of the share owner's personal site. All traffic for share participants is visible/attributed to the share owner's GA tag. 

Any way to be able to add a separate GA tag to a share or override attributing the share's traffic to the owner's website? 

Thanks

 

 

Break up conversation threads by booking 2 replies

Ozark Stays
Jul 20, 2023 6:24 PM
Member for 5 years 31 posts

Something confusing I have noticed is how when you have a repeat guest across multiple properties in your portfolio, OwnerRez just lumps all the conversations into one giant thread without any sort of label to delineate what reservation the conversation was related to.

For example:

I have a customer we'll call David. In the past year he has booked 3 different properties in my account's combined portfolio. Each of these properties were tied to a different AirBNB api tied to our OR account (we have 3 AirBNB APIs connected). So when you look at the Conversation for client David, you see this one giant blob of conversation all run together. But this conversation is actually spread across 3 different bookings. What makes it look even more weird is that the conversation reflects the name on the account that the respective API is connected to. So in one part of the conversation the label is "Justus says", a few lines later "Ozark Stays says" and then the most recent one is "Eileen says".

Is there some kind of way a repeat guest conversation can have a line or something to show which actual reservations that portion of the conversation was related to?

Does it technically work right now as is? Yes.

Is it confusing to look at and may cause confusion for hosts? Also yes.

Schlage Encode 108 replies

Bearly Behavin
Jul 19, 2023 3:19 PM
Member for 6 years 2 posts

I also have a Schlage lock at my STR with Remote Lock integration. Looking forward to the release as well! 

Schlage Encode 108 replies

Ozark Stays
Jul 19, 2023 3:15 PM
Member for 5 years 31 posts

Wow! We use Schlage Encode locks across all properties and currently rely on RemoteLocks, but a direct integration will be amazing. Thank you for developing this new feature. We look forward to its release!

—Eileen 

Schlage Encode 108 replies

Paul W
Jul 19, 2023 2:54 PM
OR Team Member Member for 16 years 885 posts

gettting this integration with schlage will cement OR as one of the best as I'm hating the Remotelock pricing and sub par options with others! Please bring this to a reality!

by Vinh N – Jul 16, 2023 7:10 PM (UTC)

Vinh, I couldn't help but drop a screenshot here for you:

Look carefully. 🧐

This is a screenshot from a dev environment, but I thought you and others might be interested in seeing progress!  It's through dev and into dev review and QA now.  No ETA yet, but it's a real thing.

Integration with guest guru 10 replies

Chandler S
Jul 19, 2023 10:46 AM
Member for 6 years 30 posts

That's great to know! My info must be outdated - thanks for keeping us posted. I agree that incorporating AI into OR would be a hugely beneficial feature!

Redesign the Inbox! 3 replies

Chris L
Jul 18, 2023 7:38 PM
Member for 8 years 211 posts

OMG, YES YES YES. Great, well-written write-up.

I know this was closed already as a duplicate of an existing feature request, but the way you've written up the issue and the suggestions you've incorporated deserve to be seen and promoted. So, OR--please see my reply here as an enthusiastic upvote on Tim's comment/request!

Same Day Bookings with Time Cut Off 44 replies

Chris L
Jul 18, 2023 7:35 PM
Member for 8 years 211 posts

Vrbo historically has not allowed same-day bookings at all.

by Ken T – Jul 16, 2023 1:41 AM (UTC)

Indeed. It's understandable as same-day bookings have higher risk (higher rates of fraud, higher risk of parties, higher risk of owner not realizing a booking came in and not having the property ready or sending access info, etc.), but interestingly, Vrbo does not have a way to get around this even internally--if a guest calls Vrbo with a problem and Vrbo needs to relocate them same-day, even a senior Vrbo customer service agent cannot rebook them at another listing same-day. The only option is to relocate the guest to a hotel (Vrbo does have access to Expedia hotel inventory, which they use when relocating guests).

(Not really on-topic for this thread, but it's an interesting observation.)

Integration with guest guru 10 replies

Andrew and Brittney G
Jul 18, 2023 5:11 PM
Member for 4 years 16 posts

It is, it's live with zeevou, and they are working on integrations with other PMS software.  So I would think now would be a good time to approach them. 

Integration with guest guru 10 replies

Chandler S
Jul 18, 2023 4:47 PM
Member for 6 years 30 posts

Guest Guru is no longer active in its current form. It's rumored to have been purchased by another PMS and is being reworked to be compliant with Airbnb's latest update. Rumor mill has it making its debut back to the market later this year.

rental agreement only to guests with reviews and good ratings 0 replies

brandon b
Jul 18, 2023 3:40 PM
Member for 3 years 2 posts

Be able to only send rental agreements to specific channels or  certain criteria.  Ie:  Only send RA to airbnb guests or vrbo guest with no reviews or bad ratings.