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Is there a way that I can add my MailChimp or Canva newsletter templates to the "email template" section in ownerrez? Or make it so my triggers are linked to mailchimp?

Hi OR crew, With you all hiring and really growing, where in the list of priorities is the texting feature. We considering signing up to use a service called TextMagic (https://www.textmagic.com/docs/api/). Would love to have an API integration so we don't have to do it manually.

Hello,

I love the flexibility that Custom Fields allow.

What I don't like is that ALL of the custom fields show up on all properties and bookings.

When creating a custom field we have the ability to choose "All Properties" or "Specific Properties" for the field, but it seems that is only related to "Show During Quote Acceptance".

If you have multiple properties in your account (I have 10) and are using lots of Custom Fields (I have 18) it gets kind of overwhelming to see so many custom fields on every property and every booking.

I'd love it if ONLY those fields assigned to that property are shown on the bookings for that property.

Thanks for your consideration!

I think you are in unique situation. I will not hold my calendar blocked for anyone for 6 months without a deposit paid at time of booking. So taking a deposit during booking works. You can define your deposit to be a small amount as suggested.

Any update on this topic Chris?

I am in the same boat, getting guests to rebook upon departure, but I wont collect the first payment till December 1st.

Any flexibility in scheduling payments or making the first one $0, for guests who rebook right away?

Widgets are excellent!

I need a widget that I can insert on our reservations page. I want my guests to see all the photos of each and every property. Currently a guest can go to my reservation page https://sanjosecityrentals.com/furnished1bedroomapartments/ and see a list of all the property's. This pages uses Owner Rez widgets. However when the click "Details"...they don't see all the pictures of each property.

Any timeline on when this feature might be available?

I'd love to see an option of "Pass Thru Fees" on the Surchages & Discounts section. Taxes and cleaning are "pass thru" charges for us. While we collect them, we dont keep them so technically not revenue (in our pocket). Ultimately, I'd like to run a report showing: rent, pass thrus, surcharges (pet fee, additional guests, etc), discounts. This would give me a more accurate picture of my actual "in pocket revenue".

A "like" button on feature requests would be awesome. There are several feature requests I'd love to see but dont feel the need to respond "yep, I'd like that too". A "like" button would help developers understand how many of us really would like to see that feature.

I think you already can

Is the Xero integration still on the development plan for this year? If so, anytime timeline you are able to share?

Sometimes we have people call and leave a message without last name or property information. It would be helpful to be able to search with phone number so we can pull up the booking details when calling them back so we can provide better service.

Basically that. It'd be nice to just have that info in a quick snapshot from that report.

Can't add tabs to property pages. If there is a way I can't find it. Thanks for the clarification on the search!

You can make your own tab called "Floor Plan" if you want - just go to Hosted Website Settings and choose "Create Page". Include it in the top menu, or as part of a drop-down list. I have portrait photos on pages I've created and they work great.

To search the forum you just go to the Support tab and type in your search words. It'll return everything, including Forum posts.

1) It would be really helpful to have a 'Floor plan' option on the hosted website along with photos, location, etc. We have PDF floor plans for our homes and no good way to display them - they are in portrait format so even if we saved them as a jpeg they still don't display fully.
2) Smaller areas need portrait photos like small bathrooms. There's no good way to showcase some areas without them being in portrait format
3) Been requested before....really need a way to search the forum. Feel like you guys answer the same question several times.
Thank you!

I HATE the process in place for the channel bridge...yes, it's probably just me...we go to the extension ( since chrome upgrade those are hidden, btw, and cannot figure out how to get them on my small tablet). Why can't we put all channel bridge "stuff" on one page instead of the extension...then the download...then go to another page to upload...awful.

Thanks for that, Ken. Appreciate it.

We're working on what amounts to tag-cloud functionality. It's available to us internally for some entities (like client accounts, which you can't see). When we've tested and wrung it out a bit, it will be rolled out over time to the various entities visible to you, like owners (and bookings, and guests, and other things too).

I know it was me that answered you before, but I'm a little confused by my own answer. Maybe I'm just getting old. :-)

There is still no way to add random notes to the calendar.

But - if you have approved an unusual checkin or checkout time, that will be displayed by a colored stripe on your main bookings screen. You can see that under the Ribbon View on this support doc:

https://www.ownerrez.com/support/articles/main-bookings-display

So you aren't totally blind - you can see the early-checkin bar, and if you see another booking butting up against it, you'll know there's an issue you need to address.

Can we get an additional "Notes" box under Owner to enter in specific information like if the owner purchased their our smart lock or is they are using ours, or if they have a home warranty policy we need to use before calling our own vendor?

Any update on early check-in/late check-out flags?

Got it! Thanks!

If you go to your Trigger settings, the second line, labeled "time" gives you the option of choosing "after" or "before" - and then you can choose "booking has departed".

So, I was trying to set up a trigger for an email to go out one day before they are due to check out. Is that not possible?

Yes, this is a great idea, and something we're hoping to add in future work.

It would be really nice to be able to see a preview of what the new charges would be if I click "recalculate charges" after making a change to a reservation (e.g. changing dates, etc.).

Sometimes a guest just wants to know how much a change will cost before confirming the change. Sometimes they want to change and I want to charge them more if the price goes up but I don't want to charge them less if the price goes down.

My current workaround is to open the original charges in a new tab and then manually adjust them back to the original amount if I don't like the new charges, but that's sort of clunky. Just being able to see a preview of the new charges before I accept the recalculation would be much easier. Even better if I could sort of "price out" a change before even saving the new dates.

It would be wonderful to be able to trigger the lockbox code a few hours before checkin.

Rich: Do you send a trigger email to guests right after they book reminding them of your cancellation policy and encouraging them to purchase Travel Insurance with CFAR? Some of us have started doing that with links to the OR insurance as well as other options. It's just one more thing you can pull out to prove the guest knew the policy and you gave them options.

Chuck,

I think it will be a very rare situation where an OTA will allow anything in our RA to override/affect cancellation policy as established in their platform. I agree it would be nice to have more tracking and evidence, but I think it's inherently complex. Changing a single punctuation can affect a legal document, and it would be unlikely for VRBO for example to get legal advice on interpreting anything in your RA. Only in the most extreme situations involving legal action.

I think of the RA for use in a different manner - if I am every severely impacted and cannot be made financially whole by the platform, I can always choose to pursue court action using my RA. I expect to never do that, it's just a safety net.

In any case, in my RA I say the following:

Guest is advised to purchase travel insurance. Guest agrees that Owner is not in a position to refund any payments except as covered by the cancellation policy.  Absolutely no refunds will be made after Guest checks into the Property for any reason. No refunds shall be made for inclement weather conditions, health issues, pandemics or any other reason. Guest acknowledges that weather is inherently unpredictable and Owner has no control over accessibility of public or private roads leading to the Property. At times during inclement weather, mountain roads may be temporarily closed to traffic.

Notwithstanding anything in this provision to the contrary, in the event that Guest is entitled to any refund due to cancellation, retention of service fees shall be governed by the terms of the rental website or other booking provider, if applicable. Owner does not directly charge and will not retain any service fees.

Cancellation policy:
Cancellation policy for bookings paid using VRBO, Homeaway, Airbnb, Expedia and similar online travel agencies will be as determined at booking time on those electronic platforms.

Cancellation policy for bookings with initial and/or full payments directly between Owner and Guest  shall be as follows
If Guest cancels this Agreement and
• If the notice of cancellation is provided more than 60 days before the Arrival Date, all amounts paid by Guest shall be refunded to Guest;
• If the notice of cancellation is provided 31 - 60 days before the Arrival Date, 50% of the total booking amount amounts paid by Guest shall be refunded to Guest; provided however that at a minimum, Owner shall be entitled to retain the entire Initial Payment; and
• If the notice of cancellation is provided less than 31 days before the Arrival Date, no amount shall be refunded and Owner shall be entitled to retain all amounts tendered.

Thanks Paul, I eluded to that and have been relying on it. My issues have not been with the guests, but with AirBNB and VRBO who have said the policy THEY have is different that what has been in the RA. So I am just looking for a way to provide more tracking and "evidence".