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Send Email or text to current guests 13 replies

Ken T
Mar 4, 2024 10:09 PM
OR Team Member Joined Aug, 2019 1704 posts

That kind of bulk marketing opens some other more complex issues, which at present are best left to specialist systems designed for that purpose like MailChimp or Constant Contact.  We may add that capability at some point in the future, but not the immediate term.

Support for Invoice (Co-Host) Business Model within Property Management (PM) Module 11 replies

Trianglebnb
Mar 4, 2024 9:17 PM
Joined Nov, 2023 9 posts

Needing this as well!!

Send Email or text to current guests 13 replies

Matthew S
Mar 4, 2024 9:06 PM
Joined Nov, 2022 1 post

Hey Paul!  It would be cool to bulk-send to past guests as well.  That way you can send specials, new amenities etc.  

Built-in AI (similar to ChatGPT) 38 replies

Cody
Mar 4, 2024 6:05 PM
Joined Jul, 2023 13 posts

Thank you for the quick response.

Booking Changes ordered randomly. Request consistancy. 1 reply

Caleb M
Mar 4, 2024 5:27 PM
OR Team Member Joined Mar, 2022 174 posts

Hi Ed,

The System uses the "Position" Field for each individual surcharge found in their configurations to determine where to place surcharges. If you'd like the cleaning fee to be first and the management fee 2nd, then you'll want to ensure those fields have a value. This applies to Taxes as well.

Taking a quick glance through your account it looks like you have positions setup correctly for taxes, and the right side from your screenshot matches that order. However it appears for that property the cleaning fee specifically is missing a position value. Entering that value should correct this for future bookings.

~Caleb

Built-in AI (similar to ChatGPT) 38 replies

Ruslan K
Mar 4, 2024 1:26 PM
Joined Oct, 2017 5 posts

Thank you that’s critical for many users with a few properties 

Built-in AI (similar to ChatGPT) 38 replies

Ruslan K
Mar 4, 2024 1:25 PM
Joined Oct, 2017 5 posts

I discovered company named Besty, that’s what they do. They said it will take 6-7 months till OR api would be ready for integration, but it’s in process. It’s huge for my business and would simplify and unload my work a lot 

Built-in AI (similar to ChatGPT) 38 replies

Ken T
Mar 4, 2024 1:24 PM
OR Team Member Joined Aug, 2019 1704 posts

We are actively at work extending our existing open API, to support integration for communications.  Among many, many other useful things, this will allow you to make use of the wide variety of AI tools out there in the OwnerRez ecosystem.

Built-in AI (similar to ChatGPT) 38 replies

Paul C
Mar 4, 2024 12:59 PM
Joined Mar, 2023 9 posts

Agreed and this would be huge for my 1 man business!

I am open to any of the vendors like Yada.AI or Guest Guru. Guest Guru has mentioned wanting to work with OwnerRez, but they did not receive the same type of interest from OR.

Built-in AI (similar to ChatGPT) 38 replies

Cody
Mar 4, 2024 12:48 PM
Joined Jul, 2023 13 posts

Hey All,

 

As we are almost 8 months + from the original post, I wanted to bump the request with some additional context since the technology has changed a bit.

 

With "CustomGPT" models available for creation now to allow users to create a custom knowledge base, this functionality could be incredible for those dedicated to providing 24/7 support but without the resources to hire multiple virtual assistants.

 

Are there any thoughts on integrating ChatGPT or Yada.AI?

 

Thanks!

Send only Display Names on Reviews to Vrbo 5 replies

Scott J
Mar 4, 2024 11:14 AM
Joined Mar, 2019 233 posts

Great, thanks Joel!

Send only Display Names on Reviews to Vrbo 5 replies

Joel P
Mar 4, 2024 8:20 AM
OR Team Member Joined Oct, 2009 163 posts

Hi Scott,

Thanks for bringing this to our attention. We'll get a patch in place as soon as possible to correct.

Unfortunately, Vrbo only pulls each review from OwnerRez once. So reviews they have already collected from us will not be updated with the display name specified by the guest. If you are concerned about a particular review, you will need to contact their IPM support and request they remove or re-pull that specific review. 

As a partial mitigation, I do know that Vrbo only displays first name and last initial. So even though they aren't using the specified Display Name, there is no danger that they will use the full name.

Send only Display Names on Reviews to Vrbo 5 replies

Scott J
Mar 3, 2024 11:12 PM
Joined Mar, 2019 233 posts

I just discovered that when a guest chooses to use a display name instead of their real name on their review of their direct-booked stay, Vrbo displays their real name instead when that review gets sent to it by OwnerRez.

To respect the wishes and privacy of guests, this needs to get fixed ASAP so that Vrbo gets and publishes only guests' display names on their reviews. 

Automated Messages That Serve as Autoresponders to Guest Messages 6 replies

Keith B
Mar 3, 2024 10:28 PM
Joined Jun, 2023 2 posts

Thank you for the information. From what I understand though is that the trigger applies to inquiries primarily. I still don't see a way how I can apply it to where the trigger is for messages from guests who are booked already. 

 

Is there a way to have this feature added? I don't need an automated response for inquiries , but from channel messages from booked guests.

Automated Messages That Serve as Autoresponders to Guest Messages 6 replies

Ken T
Mar 3, 2024 7:08 PM
OR Team Member Joined Aug, 2019 1704 posts

Automated Messages That Serve as Autoresponders to Guest Messages 6 replies

Keith B
Mar 3, 2024 1:54 PM
Joined Jun, 2023 2 posts

Can you please create a feature that allows hosts to have an automated message response that occurs during a specific timeframe? Idealistically it can work for a specific time like from 10PM to 5AM for example. 

 

Example: I go to bed at 10PM, but a guest (who's already booked & confirmed, regardless if it's before their reservation date or during) messages me at 10:15PM for a random question that's not urgent. An automated message that is active between 10PM and 6AM is automatically triggered & sent to the confirmed guest stating "Good evening, I am unable to respond right now because of the late hours. I will read all my messages as soon as I wake up tomorrow at 0600 to address any non-urgent issues. For any urgent matters, please text my cell phone directly or call me directly. My number is listed in the rental agreement."

 

 

Giving cleaners information about number of people in a given reservation 7 replies

Ken T
Mar 2, 2024 7:28 PM
OR Team Member Joined Aug, 2019 1704 posts

Here are a number of relevant videos and support docs:

https://www.ownerrez.com/support/articles/email-templates-and-triggers

https://www.ownerrez.com/support/articles/pre-arrival-email-templates-triggers-custom-fields

And, yes, messages can be sent via SMS as well as email:

https://www.ownerrez.com/support/articles/sms-messaging-overview

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

Unfortunately, I do not believe "day of cleaning" is an available trigger, you might want to post that as a separate suggestion.  But you could certainly use "day of departure" as a triggering event, which in most cases should be close enough.

Giving cleaners information about number of people in a given reservation 7 replies

BlueSky Getwaway
Mar 2, 2024 6:52 PM
Joined Mar, 2022 45 posts

Oh thats great! I didn't know that!  Can it be day of cleaning? So they know next expected guest total?

Giving cleaners information about number of people in a given reservation 7 replies

Parrot Head
Mar 2, 2024 5:28 PM
Joined Oct, 2023 7 posts

That's awesome.  Is there a video to show how to set this up?  Is there a way to submit a notice via SMS to the cleaner also?

Legal Agreement signing 2 replies

ATA
Mar 1, 2024 4:11 PM
Joined Feb, 2023 29 posts

Ken,

I will email the info to you from one of the ladies that had the issue.

Legal Agreement signing 2 replies

Ken T
Mar 1, 2024 4:02 PM
OR Team Member Joined Aug, 2019 1704 posts

I'm not sure I understand this request?  Guests are required to type their names in.  Can you explain the problem in more detail, perhaps with a specific example emailed in to our Helpdesk for examination?

Legal Agreement signing 2 replies

ATA
Mar 1, 2024 3:40 PM
Joined Feb, 2023 29 posts

We have a lot of older clients and they sometimes send up to 6 rental agreements because of the e-sign, is there a way to add doc-u-sign, or something that would require them to type their names in? This is something we have a huge issue with. We have enabled the archived copy to get sent as well, but this is still an issue that has been popping up. Thank you! 

Giving cleaners information about number of people in a given reservation 7 replies

Ken T
Mar 1, 2024 1:45 PM
OR Team Member Joined Aug, 2019 1704 posts

No problem - you can set up a separate template and trigger to send them a reminder, say, 3 days before arrival, much as you would send directions and an access code to a guest a couple days prior.

Add a Setting to Remember Your Filter Settings in the Bookings Area 2 replies

Joel P
Mar 1, 2024 9:12 AM
OR Team Member Joined Oct, 2009 163 posts

[This topic has been closed as a duplicate of another topic (Saved Filters in List View)]

Saved Filters in List View 11 replies

Joel P
Mar 1, 2024 9:11 AM
OR Team Member Joined Oct, 2009 163 posts

[Another topic was closed as a duplicate of this topic (Add a Setting to Remember Your Filter Settings in the Bookings Area)]

Add a Setting to Remember Your Filter Settings in the Bookings Area 2 replies

Katherine E
Mar 1, 2024 8:30 AM
Joined Sep, 2017 3 posts

 

Yes, please, at least add as a default showing only confirmed bookings in the bookings list (not cancelled bookings).  With the push to use moderate cancellation policies by VRBO and Airbnb, the number of cancellations is increasing, effectively burying the confirmed bookings on the Ownerrez list of bookings.  Right now I am being told by Ownerrez support the best option to show only confirmed  is to use the filter function.  This adds 3 or 4 steps to get to my bookings list of confirmed bookings.  It makes much more sense for users to use the filter function to add in cancelled bookings or show just cancelled bookings.  Thank you.

Ability to send guests billing statement with breakdown of charges without having to create a quote first 3 replies

Scott J
Mar 1, 2024 12:51 AM
Joined Mar, 2019 233 posts

This is great - thank you very much!

Giving cleaners information about number of people in a given reservation 7 replies

BlueSky Getwaway
Feb 29, 2024 9:06 PM
Joined Mar, 2022 45 posts

This doesn't work for us, if a new booking is 3 months out, how is the cleaner supposed to remember the details?

Ability to send guests billing statement with breakdown of charges without having to create a quote first 3 replies

ATA
Feb 29, 2024 7:37 PM
Joined Feb, 2023 29 posts

Thank you! You have just solved a problem we have had for months.

 

Square 0 replies

ATA
Feb 29, 2024 5:13 PM
Joined Feb, 2023 29 posts

I would like to humbly request that owner-rez add square to it's credit card processors, I have found square to be the most user friendly and the easiest for my book keeper as well. Please vote for this feature thank you.