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I also have a hosted site and would be interested.
How do we get added to the Beta list?
I also have a hosted site and would like to enter beta, how do I do so?
What are you basing your assumptions on?
Personal 1st hand experience. Is that good enough?
Yep. TY!
So you are on the beta? or on Google VR on another platform?
How can we get in on the Beta Test?
Thanks
Paul Brooks
What are you basing your assumptions on?
Personal 1st hand experience. Is that good enough?
Other platforms have their properties listed, currently I wonder how much we are leaving on the table by not being listed on Google Vr.
Comparing it to booking is irrelevant. Booking are just horrendous to deal with as a company - my experience there.
You assume that Goog is better to deal with than BDC? You can already see that price display is screwy on traveler facing side and usually shows for only 2 people which is a hotel room default. But that aside... how much we are leaving on the table? I would say - not that much currently, if anything at all. This whole GVR thing became a great marketing theme for many channel management software providers. But whether it actually lived up to their end users' expectations is an open question. Only you can decide what's best for you.
Big assumptions to make when we do not have access to this facility to be able to measure. What are you basing your assumptions on? Booking.com keep bookings on their platform, pay when they feel like it or force you to take payment on arrival like a hotel and make it a nightmare to get listed - that IS based on my experience! Google will seemingly pass the booking on to the owners website and the booking will apparently become a direct booking. isn't that the (partial) wish of everyone with a direct booking website!
I have so many autoforward rules setup and still misses some :(
Other platforms have their properties listed, currently I wonder how much we are leaving on the table by not being listed on Google Vr.
Comparing it to booking is irrelevant. Booking are just horrendous to deal with as a company - my experience there.
You assume that Goog is better to deal with than BDC? You can already see that price display is screwy on traveler facing side and usually shows for only 2 people which is a hotel room default. But that aside... how much we are leaving on the table? I would say - not that much currently, if anything at all. This whole GVR thing became a great marketing theme for many channel management software providers. But whether it actually lived up to their end users' expectations is an open question. Only you can decide what's best for you.
Any updates? Team members getting notification emails would be extremely useful.
Same I have been inquiring about Google VR and I have my own house design through OR. How do I get in the beta?
Hi. How do I get added to the beta testing as I have a OR hosted site.
It is difficult to understand how this was not laid out / understood at the outset of this nearly 10 months ago! Yes it stings somewhat.
We have a hosted website, with OR, willing to do anything needed to help get this past the post.
We are all falling way behind the other sites that are already integrated with Google vr. With bookings down seemingly across the board it would be good to see this avenue taken advange of ASAP.It may make no difference, but we really do need the opportunity to find out.
Before hanging too many hopes on GVR, I'd suggest going to GVR as a traveler, and try to find anything. You may see how unfriendly the interface is (it is definitely geared toward hotels) and how difficult it is to use. Plus, the "paid" channel listings(such as booking . com or vrbo/aka blue pillow) are prioritized in results. To me it seems like Booking. com, only more outdated. And it is widely known that Booking .com interface is not a very good fit for most VRs.
Yes, I have been there and seen some of the issues as a guest looking.
As with some owners, some guests are looking for a different platform to book their vacation accommodation through. It may not make the world of difference, but it is there for a reason and OR is integrating to it for a reason. It doesn't need to make a world of difference but an improvement would be welcome.
Other platforms have their properties listed, currently I wonder how much we are leaving on the table by not being listed on Google Vr.
Comparing it to booking is irrelevant. Booking are just horrendous to deal with as a company - my experience there.
Is there a way to unsubscribe from this forum? Do I have to remove my upvote to do so?
At the top of every forum topic, there's a "Watch/Stop Watching this Topic" button. Looks like this:
It might be a little buried on this one because we have a large pinned reply showing above that.
There is also a "My Profile" button on the forum home page that will take you to a page showing your posts, votes, and the topics you are watching:
Seriously, so annoying. This is blowing up our inbox while we are trying to run a business that is not even reliant on GVR. Is there a way to unsubscribe from this forum? Do I have to remove my upvote to do so?
What's with all the people talking about being in the beta? I thought that was the first rule of beta, you don't talk about the beta. 🤔
Edit: I see the box to keep following, you have to comment and uncheck it I guess.
Personally, I don’t feel that Google VR is the answer to decreasing bookings. If people are counting on a significant increase in bookings, that would be a disappointment.
Bingo! As I stated in my comment above, peoples' hopes of GVR being bookings panacea may be largely misplaced, whether it is via OR or not.
It's been fun, but not that fun Team OR. We are exploring better solutions that are vetted and enabled.
Us too!
Curious if you think that harassing/badgering the OR team to go faster will endear you enough to them and make them add you to the beta group?
I’m sure they are trying to do this as efficiently as they can.
Personally, I don’t feel that Google VR is the answer to decreasing bookings. If people are counting on a significant increase in bookings, that would be a disappointment.
It is difficult to understand how this was not laid out / understood at the outset of this nearly 10 months ago! Yes it stings somewhat.
We have a hosted website, with OR, willing to do anything needed to help get this past the post.
We are all falling way behind the other sites that are already integrated with Google vr. With bookings down seemingly across the board it would be good to see this avenue taken advange of ASAP.It may make no difference, but we really do need the opportunity to find out.
Before hanging too many hopes on GVR, I'd suggest going to GVR as a traveler, and try to find anything. You may see how unfriendly the interface is (it is definitely geared toward hotels) and how difficult it is to use. Plus, the "paid" channel listings(such as booking . com or vrbo/aka blue pillow) are prioritized in results. To me it seems like Booking. com, only more outdated. And it is widely known that Booking .com interface is not a very good fit for most VRs.
I’d like to be included in the beta group as well with our hosted website. Be happy to help with pricing accuracy!
Joe
Every person that is following this topic receives an email notification for every response here. Please email OR directly if you want to be included in beta or whatever or possibly create a different forum but can we please keep this for official updates? I’ve received 19 emails from this in 3 minutes.
Hi Paul, We have a hosted website. How do we get set up with Google Vacations?
It's been fun, but not that fun Team OR. We are exploring better solutions that are vetted and enabled.
Us too!
Hi Paul,
Thank you for the update. To clarify, do those with an OR hosted website experience delays with the Google VR platform?
If beta is now accepting new members with hosted websites we are definitely interested.
Thanks!
Hello Paul,
I have a hosted website and would like to be included in the beta please. Thank you.
Adam
It's been fun, but not that fun Team OR. We are exploring better solutions that are vetted and enabled.
It is difficult to understand how this was not laid out / understood at the outset of this nearly 10 months ago! Yes it stings somewhat.
We have a hosted website, with OR, willing to do anything needed to help get this past the post.
We are all falling way behind the other sites that are already integrated with Google vr. With bookings down seemingly across the board it would be good to see this avenue taken advange of ASAP.
It may make no difference, but we really do need the opportunity to find out.
If we switch to an OwnerRez hosted website will we still be eligible?
Yes, any hosted website will do. You could even keep your current website for everything else but create a hosted website in OwnerRez that is only used for the Google VR traffic. The hosted website just needs to:
Hi Paul - I am still interested in participating in the beta using my OR hosted site.
Repeated below as it stalled on submitting.
I’d like to try the beta as well. I have a hosted website with you.
