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JTVRs

Joined June 2018
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Feature Requests » Additional listing source options

Thought I edited it back to Michelle, but apparently not hit save!

(Posted Jul 25, 2019 12:55 PM)

General Help and Questions » Pricing strategy

Ok, well the theory is that when you are new, you need to charge someone less to get reviews. And I have lost 40 percent of the season, and thought using several listing sites at different price poin…

(Posted Jul 25, 2019 12:51 PM)

General Help and Questions » Pricing strategy

At this point, I'm planning the following strategy. Let me know if there's any holes in my assumptions. I will set base pricing and minimum stays on pricelabs. I'm going to use OwnerReservations cha…

(Posted Jul 24, 2019 11:15 AM)

Feature Requests » Additional listing source options

Not sure if I'm missing something, but I'm not sure if you followed exactly what Chris said about.

(Posted Jul 22, 2019 10:37 PM)

General Help and Questions » Booking.com, TripAdvisor, AirBnB, VRBO

Again, both questions above are focused on what (mind is mum) needs to be done on the listing site so that owner reservation can port all information properly

(Posted Jul 22, 2019 8:59 PM)

General Help and Questions » Booking.com, TripAdvisor, AirBnB, VRBO

Same question for TripAdvisor 1) I registered that I have 5+ properties (vs. 1-4 option) now via Flipkey. [ tripadvisor.com/RentalInsights/get-started ] 2) They said automated email would be sent …

(Posted Jul 22, 2019 8:21 PM)

General Help and Questions » Booking.com, TripAdvisor, AirBnB, VRBO

OK, I am trying to do VRBO connection. I am a little baffled about ?the minimum? I need to do on VRBO to port over from OwnerRez. 1) I created an Owner VRBO account. They sent me an email to "Fini…

(Posted Jul 22, 2019 7:19 PM)

General Help and Questions » OwnerRez Text Messaging Capabilities

Good question. I responded to messages from 6 inquirers over ABB communications channel and NONE of them responded. And it seems to go to their text (at least in some form).

(Posted Jul 21, 2019 2:26 PM)

Feature Requests » template. triggers.

It would be nice to see linkage between triggers and templates directly in the template.

(Posted Jul 21, 2019 9:20 AM)

General Help and Questions » OwnerRez Text Messaging Capabilities

I agree, but i suppose you can send it over the abb, BDC, etc communications channel.

(Posted Jul 20, 2019 8:05 PM)

General Help and Questions » Pricelabs, OwnerReservations, listing sites

Okay, as an experiment, I would like to have pricelabs determine prices. I believe ownerreservation can push different prices to different listing sites such as $100 to abb, $120 to vrbo and $130 to …

(Posted Jul 20, 2019 1:41 PM)

Blog » Integration with PriceLabs

" nice results" includes not having to track and worry about pricing for 27 units. Your time is also money.

(Posted Jul 19, 2019 7:58 PM)

Blog » Integration with PriceLabs

Yes, but there Comes A Time you need to let go stop trying to get the last dollar. How much is your time and energy worth? If pricelabs cost 1% of your revenue and brings 2% additional, it was worth …

(Posted Jul 19, 2019 7:57 PM)

Blog » Integration with PriceLabs

That is sort of what pricelabs or wheelhouse do isn't it? For example pricelabs help will show you different price ranges and how many Studio through 5 bedroom units are in each along with other type…

(Posted Jul 19, 2019 2:07 PM)

Blog » Integration with PriceLabs

That may also depend on your area. The Smokies are a highly efficient place with a lot of supply and lot of demand. My town has several dozen vacation rentals in the vicinity of a small tourist town.…

(Posted Jul 18, 2019 11:01 PM)

General Help and Questions » Rental Agreement - two questions

1) I made a killer rental agreement covering every imaginable way a guest could screw/screw up a VR owner. Now I am uncomfortable chasing away prospects when I have only part of the year left. Is i…

(Posted Jul 18, 2019 7:28 PM)

General Help and Questions » Creating Trigger Email to Collect Taxes

"it is against ABB terms to collect amounts outside of ABB" A lot of people (on the forums I follow) say they collect various things outside of ABB. Some claim they never do the crippled ABB securit…

(Posted Jul 18, 2019 6:58 PM)

General Help and Questions » setting up base price

Not really an OwnerRez question Just seeing if you seasoned people have any thoughts or input. I am mostly done prepping 6-7 VRs. Getting ready to do pictures now. I am struggling with (as new VR…

(Posted Jul 16, 2019 7:45 PM)

General Help and Questions » How to regenerate a rental agreement

Speaking of rental agreements, is there a way to get back the ORIGINAL ownerrez default rental agreement?

(Posted Jul 16, 2019 7:21 PM)

General Help and Questions » HomeAway setup

I am looking at setting up HA/VRBO channel on https://app.ownerrez.com/settings/channels/edit?listingSiteType=HomeAway I admit to being a little baffled by this screen. ABB channel connect has an I…

(Posted Jul 13, 2019 1:25 PM)