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Hey everyone, you can already use Breezeway with OwnerRez.
Breezeway has a custom iCal thing they can use to pickup booking dates. Our custom iCal export engine allows you to customize a special iCal feed with any kind of title/body content you want to meet what they need.
There are active OwnerRez users who do this right now with Breezeway already. Reach out to them and ask them to use the iCal method.
In terms of a direct API connection, a number of our users have asked Breezeway to write an app for the OwnerRez API which they can do at any time. From our side, it's unlikely that we will write something custom for them because our open OAuth/API process is so easy to use and we have hundreds of app creators that have successfully used it. We also have a number of existing housekeeping integrations already as official parnterships. Given the custom iCal method that Breezeway already supports, and the bigger partners/plans on our current roadmap, it just isn't likely to happen right now.
However, again, Breezeway can use our OAuth/API model to write a direct connection at any time.
Just had a look at this and it works great! Thanks for the tip.
Has anyone used Persona? Looks like their free plan would work for most of us little guys.
Thanks for this tip @Anne! I didn't realize that we could upload files there too!
Veriff looks like an interesting option as well. I’m with everyone…. Even just a way to ask for and save a photo in OR would be my first choice…. API integration with one of these services would be my close second (all we would really need is a verification approval from the services). And third would be what everyone seems to be doing now which is passively collecting and crossing fingers.
Looking forward to hearing about the booking flow update that they mentioned last year which would include this request!
We also use HelloWorks. You can send up to 50 forms per month with a free account and after that would have to upgrade. We include a request for ID with a link to the form in the Archived renter agreement message. Over the ID is submitted we download the files and manually add into OR. Works well for us. BUT would be way better to have something seamless within OR. How about an API with HelloWorks that can pull the documents in if OR can’t build this out?
Currently, HelloWorks is one of the only secure and legal method in accordance with privacy laws of collecting guest ID. It provides the host with an audit trail, copy of ID and authentication document validating the ID is not a fake and has not been altered. A link is provided to the guest and it’s very user-friendly. HelloWorks is used by governments, landlords, employers and more. Until OR has an internal solution, I highly recommend HelloWorks,
We follow the Jot Form recommendations above and began collecting them ourselves just last week. It's a good temporary stop gap.
The last update we have gotten from OR folks on this by-far most requested feature was 7 months ago.
What is the status now?
Completely agree. This feature is very important. OR already provides owners with the ability to store a signed RA, but having the matching photo ID is extremely important for fighting cc disputes
The last update we have gotten from OR folks on this by-far most requested feature was 7 months ago.
What is the status now?
The last update we have gotten from OR folks on this by-far most requested feature was 7 months ago.
What is the status now?
I figured a temporary work around by creating tags.
Late Check and Early Check in tags. If these tags are not present on the booking emails will be sent. So if I sell a late check out I can manually tag and the upsell emails won't be sent. It saves a bit of time rather than manually skipping all the emails.
The original request remains as it would avoid manual tagging.
[Another topic was closed as a duplicate of this topic (https://www.ownerrez.com/forums/requests/whatsapp)]
That works for "checkouts" but not for inquiry/quotes. I like that though, at least for the ones that book, you would get the information. Would prefer that to be on the inquiry page though. Thanks for the tip!
Hello all,
I would like to see a new feature added to the conversation tab to include Whatsapp. Here in USA we use SMS to cummunicate cell to cell but the rest of the world uses Whatsapp as a way of texting. So far, we have not been able to communicate with our Mexican guests outside the Airbnb platform. Airbnb limits our communication with our guests. We should not have to be dictated by Airbnb. I hope you all agree. Thank you, Rosa
you can create a custom field type "booking" and it will be shown on check out. Here is mine:
Feature Request: Customizable source/Referral tracking, "How did you hear about us", that is a drop down list as part of a an inquiry. Knowing how a person was directed to your site and fills out an inquiry for a quote is VERY valuable information for a rental owner. It helps track advertising dollars. When I have asked about this in the past, I was told Google Analytics should be used for this. Raise your hand if you think Google Analytics is easy. As all of you know Google Analytics is not user friendly, its made for programers, not vacation rental owners. How easy would it be to just put a drop down list of customizable "How did you hear about us" field on the inquiry page. This is a very common field on almost all websites, except Ownerez? Please consider this as an added feature, even if its a paid one. There would also need to be some sort of reporting feature to aggregate the information. Thanks, Ownerez' biggest fan!!!
So you write out a new message for each response? Or do you somehow have templates that you use?
Me too! Now I am just figuring out all of this information. I had no issues with Hospitable, I just wanted to get everything in one place and be able to offer direct bookings. Loos like that is not happening.
Well, there are plans to add inquiry triggers. Not sure how useful a trigger for "email sent" would be.
I was trying to create a follow up trigger for an inquiry after sending a quote but not receiving a booking. But triggers only work for booking event items, not for emails sent, inquiries received, etc.
A current example is that we are discounting our Vrbo listings to try to build more business from them. We have all the discounts and such setup and it is working fine. I would REALLY like to add it to the title, like "ALL MAY STAYS 20% OFF - Secluded Cabin, Hot Tub, Fire Pit, King bed". But if I put that in, it will show up on AirBNB and the website too. Obviously we don't want that.
Just found that you and I went back-n-forth on this a year ago. I had forgotten I had previously suggested it. Still no solution?
https://www.ownerrez.com/forums/requests/different-titles#65992
Chuck
PS: sorry for duplicating my feature request
In the case of Airbnb, you already can, because, as you note, it has very different requirements.
https://www.ownerrez.com/support/articles/channel-management-api-integrations-property-field-differences
Actual mobile apps Are really needed. As a retired technical professional I can respect the attempt to use a PWA, but with the new security measures that Apple and android are taking as well as the design of the site presenting text very small even on a large phone screen, It’s just not practical anymore.
I recently found myself with nothing but an iPhone and an android phone, no computer or tablet. And it was hard and onerous to get anything done. Navigation wasn’t working properly on either device, moving between sections was difficult, and it was also very difficult to read the screen Because of it cramming so much on the one display. And Trying to drag and re-order photos on a phone is next to impossible.
Given that each OTA has its own specifications for titles, as well as different audiences, it would be great to add the ability for us to use a different title free service.
For Instants, I total for AirBNB and a different title for Vrbo and you had another title for booking.com.
instants, I total for AirBNB and a different title for Vrbo and yet another title for booking.com.
Unless I’m missing something it seems like this could easily be accomplished in the description section.
It's not hard to code some rules around this to handle this.
-If guest enters all lowercase, convert to title case
-If guest enters all uppercase, convert to title case
-If guest enters a mix, make no changes
In my thank you for booking template, I have this line
If you booked direct with us, Vrbo or HomeToGo, here is payment link if you wish to make interim payments.
Oh, good idea. Thanks!
You can simply have them pay a deposit, send them payment link and they can make payments at their own pace as long as they are paid by due date. Works for advance bookings.
