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JTVRs

Joined June 2018
385 posts
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General Help and Questions » Govt Picture IDs -for EACH adult?

Many VR owners require a government picture ID for each adult in the booking party. (Again, I have not started yet.) But hotels do not seem to do this. And I have units that hold up to 8 Question…

(Posted Dec 19, 2018 9:07 PM)

General Help and Questions » Property Address field definitions - complex situation

Reminding that I have not started actual VR rental yet, likely March or April... In the Licensing Agreement, I have this Property Address field definition: {PADDRS} I have not tried to figure out h…

(Posted Dec 19, 2018 8:58 PM)

General Help and Questions » hourly? add-on booking?

The building I bought a couple months ago (the former bowling alley in town) has an empty space that used to be a 1000sf karate studio. It dawned on me yesterday, that it would be a great small "Eve…

(Posted Dec 19, 2018 8:16 PM)

Blog » Reporting: Analyzing your booking data, forecasting, and increasing bookings

Of course, peak - shoulder and off season is each a separate problem. Although I am not starting until early spring, 1/3 of my building is someone else's bed and breakfast (4 rooms). I watch at nig…

(Posted Dec 4, 2018 9:30 PM)

Blog » Reporting: Analyzing your booking data, forecasting, and increasing bookings

Some people just charge flat prices year round. Seasonal pricing is a theory, but anytime you vary price, it impacts demand.

(Posted Dec 3, 2018 9:31 PM)

General Help and Questions » Automated reminder prompts for legal agreements

[quote=Sloanish]Has an auto reminder been done yet for legal agreements? I have a bike and lead paint agreement. Can these be auto sent as soon as I get the signed lease? Is there a way to grab links…

(Posted Dec 3, 2018 9:28 PM)

Blog » Reporting: Analyzing your booking data, forecasting, and increasing bookings

I would like to see (unless I missed it) reporting for total profit/total revenue/total bookings per channel (my hosted website, AirBnB, flipkey, VRBNO, Expedia, craigslist, marketing, rebookings, et…

(Posted Dec 1, 2018 5:34 PM)

General Help and Questions » Secdep via CC hold + insurance vs traditional damage deposit

Not started yet as I said, but i follow b&b + VR forums. I get the sense quite a few owners prefer it that way. And that it seems like not a security deposit to guests. Coupled with the fact traditi…

(Posted Nov 25, 2018 10:30 AM)

General Help and Questions » Google getting into VRs.. any API plans?

Something I was thinking is, for the busier seasons I don't plan to use small/specialty OTAs such as BringFido/MisterBnB, as it brings more complexity. Someone in support mentioned that recently. B…

(Posted Nov 21, 2018 7:59 PM)

General Help and Questions » Pushing pricing out to listing sites???

Question, how will that work together with PriceLabs or other dynamic pricers? Part of the appeal of these to me, is to let them constantly determine all the best prices for the next few months and …

(Posted Nov 21, 2018 7:54 PM)

Blog » Ximplifi Accounting on Trust Accounting for Vacation Rentals

I had rental properties for > 15 years and I ALWAYS did my own accounting and taxes. If audited, I don't want to be represented by someone who is not really familiar with my numbers. (I'm sorry sir,…

(Posted Nov 21, 2018 7:47 PM)

General Help and Questions » "Group" availability widgets?

could you form a OR hosted website, with all properties listed?

(Posted Nov 16, 2018 8:30 PM)

General Help and Questions » Two questions: hotel tax collection, searching these forums

Not sure how up to date this is, but go down to your state (USA) and click the link. My state link shows a description and a few counties. There was also a link to the state revenue department, bu…

(Posted Nov 16, 2018 8:28 PM)

General Help and Questions » Google getting into VRs.. any API plans?

Another option is MyAllocator, which was bought by cloudbeds. Met the former owner at a conference, some bed and breakfasts used them and seemed happy with it. They also have hundreds of channels. …

(Posted Nov 16, 2018 8:17 PM)

General Help and Questions » Two questions: hotel tax collection, searching these forums

Think I tripped over some of the answer.

(Posted Nov 11, 2018 10:58 PM)

General Help and Questions » Two questions: hotel tax collection, searching these forums

Nuther tax question. Some OTAs in some jurisdictions have an agreement to collect taxes. And they may collect PART of the tax (as I said, we have 6% sales and 3% hotel tax) So, is there any way to …

(Posted Nov 11, 2018 8:57 PM)

Feature Requests » Cleaning Date

" am happy to pay the extra $5/reservation just for the great tools that exist to manage the guest (automated emails, custom fields, good reporting, etc)." Am I missing something? Don't we already…

(Posted Nov 11, 2018 4:00 PM)

Blog » Integration with PriceLabs

Wouldn't let me edit post. I added: Standard disclaimer about fake reviews. 1 and 5 star may be faked. I find most wisdom between 2-4 star reviews.

(Posted Nov 7, 2018 8:15 PM)

Blog » Integration with PriceLabs

That is why I said "practically". There are going to be hiccups like your solar eclipse. But one-off things like eclipses or one-time events are certainly not the fault of the dynamic pricer. I am …

(Posted Nov 7, 2018 8:12 PM)

Blog » Integration with PriceLabs

"But I'm not sure that these tools do substantially better than a few simple rules," I do not agree with this. There is a lot of aspects of seasonality, particular markets, events, how far out, abil…

(Posted Nov 5, 2018 6:40 PM)