Leaving Hostaway because of the 2% booking fee?

JTVRs

Joined June 2018
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General Help and Questions » Ideas for offseason in a good tourist town

I managed to close on a large property with 4-5 apartments and 2 commercial spaces two weeks ago. Unfortunately, it is now offseason and although a Poconos property, 30 minutes from the nearest ski …

(Posted Nov 2, 2018 9:16 PM)

Blog » Integration with PriceLabs

In your market definitely is probably the main differentiator The 30-40% is a nice claim, but another factor is time savings. I am not sold on the concept of simple rules X days out charge this amo…

(Posted Nov 2, 2018 9:03 PM)

Blog » Integration with PriceLabs

I looked at wheelhouse, they say 1% per booking up to 10 properties. The claim for using these dynamic prices is a yield mgmt. As hotels do. The claim is perhaps 30-40% more revenue. Of course, I di…

(Posted Nov 1, 2018 11:00 PM)

Blog » Integration with PriceLabs

Depending on your monthly revenue, pricelabs can be cheaper or more expensive than wheelhouse. If you are seasonal, you can turn them off part of the year I think? It is fixed monthly. 3 properties …

(Posted Oct 31, 2018 8:39 PM)

General Help and Questions » Anyone here with Ownerrez hosted site for multiple properties

Question - Is it possible to have a subtitle for these listings? For example on the property listings on https://www.mtshastavacationrentals.com/ Franke's Retreat 225-265…

(Posted Oct 30, 2018 7:05 PM)

General Help and Questions » Calendar control

How/Is it possible to have OR control calendar availability over time, on all ROSs and hosted website as follows? 1) as I am new to VRs, i did long-term rental over winter and want to allow bookings …

(Posted Oct 26, 2018 6:41 AM)

Blog » Integration with PriceLabs

You're welcome *smile* Don't forget to ask then to add OwnerReservations to their page. https://www.pricelabs.co/ It is a valuable Back link for you! Or any other dynamic pricer you use, usually…

(Posted Oct 24, 2018 8:32 PM)

General Help and Questions » Trying to get clear on Channel Bridge, Direct Integrations, iCal setup on OR.

I still have not started yet, so I am trying to get REALLY clear on Channel Bridges, Direct Integration, etc. I have poked around, but am not really getting it to a fine level of detail. I will eve…

(Posted Oct 24, 2018 4:13 PM)

Blog » Introducing OwnerRez Channels

By "TripAdvisor", does that include Flipkey , etc?

(Posted Oct 16, 2018 10:17 AM)

Blog » Introducing OwnerRez Channels

>>>> The promise of being on "hundreds" of channels rings hollow. The key is to be on the big 5 or 10 channels in your area and the rest are a distraction. More channels means more work and more thi…

(Posted Oct 13, 2018 6:19 PM)

General Help and Questions » Thank You Email/Template?

I looked around a little, can't seem to find the following... Is there (where is it?) a Thank You email template? As in thanking them for staying, mentioning our website, nice request for review, ma…

(Posted Oct 13, 2018 5:55 PM)

Introduce Yourself! » Hello, doing an intro

I have posted some, but never officially introduced myself. I have about 15 total years of being a landlord, although I work in IT. She and I had spend a few years studying about opening a B&B. Wen…

(Posted Oct 5, 2018 6:55 PM)

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

1) I am hoping to go live in several more weeks, and have been studying the requirement northeast Pennsylvania to collect 9% tax, which is 6% sales tax and 3% a Pocono area hotel tax. I was looking a…

(Posted Sep 25, 2018 9:24 PM)

General Help and Questions » Integrations, OTA

Thanks. I was meaning that the only issue with direct integration is the calendar looking kind of stuff. All the other Communications and functionality work on all the OTAs?

(Posted Sep 14, 2018 2:01 PM)

General Help and Questions » Integrations, OTA

How close are full integrations with Airbnb, HomeAway family, Flipkey? Not hear for awhile on progress. I am hoping to be doing my first bookings within about 3 weeks... Does lack of integrations h…

(Posted Sep 13, 2018 8:52 PM)

General Help and Questions » Add-ons/Packages

Okay, I did a little digging This might be a cool new feature for you, perhaps wired to your own functionality. I certainly would be interested. I didn't check the others, but in AirBnB, it basica…

(Posted Sep 11, 2018 5:46 PM)

General Help and Questions » Self-Defense - Adding Fees to AirBnB, Booking.com & Others

Question - you say "Don't show the guest the damage protection" cost. In other words, I should pay it and they don't? I am assuming you are telling me if I WANT to charge them, don't let them know…

(Posted Sep 9, 2018 12:06 PM)

General Help and Questions » Self-Defense - Adding Fees to AirBnB, Booking.com & Others

Thanks for the reply, Paul My first two VRs (townhomes) will be hard to tell about popularity and how to price. Historically, they are off the charts, as they are 2/3 of a mansion that belonged to o…

(Posted Sep 9, 2018 11:55 AM)

General Help and Questions » Self-Defense - Adding Fees to AirBnB, Booking.com & Others

Hi I am several weeks away from making my first VR available (taking 6 months to get my 2 townhomes VR-ready) The cavalier attitude of the OTAs is one of my biggest concerns in the future. So I am …

(Posted Sep 8, 2018 11:23 AM)

General Help and Questions » Add-ons/Packages

Is this outside of OTA functionality, ie your own website, or does it work on Airbnb, etc

(Posted Sep 3, 2018 9:40 PM)