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Ventura County V

Joined March 2022
119 posts
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Feature Requests » Lynx

I've had nothing but the best of interactions with their support.  Sometime last summer when I switched to OR I asked Lynx support if and how they worked with OR, which at that time was an iCal link.…

(Posted Apr 29, 2023 2:54 AM)

General Chat » Example Websites Having OwnerRez Integrated

https://venturacountyvacationrentals.com/ Designed and built in-house.  I currently have six properties and utilize OR's various widgets (Booking/Inquiry form, availability calendar, reviews) and…

(Posted Apr 28, 2023 9:27 PM)

General Chat » Streaming box or TV for vacation rental?

I have a smart tv with all the major streaming apps I can think of on it.  Guests can login there and stay in sync with their queue back home.  No roku/etc. device to unplug and no HDMI issues to wor…

(Posted Apr 28, 2023 9:24 PM)

Feature Requests » Video's on Property page.

Can you paste into a code block the embed code from Vimeo/etc.?

(Posted Apr 28, 2023 9:17 PM)

General Help and Questions » How can I determine whether a rental agreement was signed for all bookings?

Right now, I have a reminder message get sent out after 4 days (I require signing within 72 hours of booking) and it CCs me.  When I get that, I know a booking hasn't signed the agreement.  It's the …

(Posted Apr 28, 2023 9:10 PM)

Blog » Airbnb Transaction Sync, New API for Third-Party Website Designers, Dismissed Alerts, and Hosted Website Header/Menu Options!

Thank you for implementing this!  I have enabled the feature and see my most recent Air B&B booking showing as paid.  This saves me a good amount of headache when I do my monthly invoicing, having to…

(Posted Apr 27, 2023 9:42 PM)

Feature Requests » Add a 3rd guest type for Infants (beyond Adult/Child)

Yes, this would be good.  It should also be a tag in the message system.  Right now if a guest books with an infant, the infant does not show on any confirmation emails, which has lead to some confus…

(Posted Apr 25, 2023 2:13 AM)

Feature Requests » Allow Block-off periods to be named

Does the title not show on the calendar?  Personally, I don't see the difference between it showing as booked versus blocked for the season.  Either way, the end result is the same, the guest can't b…

(Posted Apr 25, 2023 2:10 AM)

Feature Requests » ChatGPt integration

I agree with Paul.  The technology isn't very helpful yet and there are already chatbots for real estate for several years now that you can put on your site that will answer questions that the guest …

(Posted Apr 25, 2023 2:08 AM)

General Help and Questions » Wordpress plugin not activating

Update: Support helped get it resolved.  it was a conflict with another plugin.

(Posted Apr 25, 2023 2:04 AM)

Feature Requests » Management Dashboard

That is a slick dashboard!

(Posted Apr 23, 2023 10:48 PM)

Feature Requests » Lynx

Ben, you also get a branded guest portal where they can remotely control the locks and other connected devices like thermostats and garage door openers from their phones.  There is also automated mes…

(Posted Apr 13, 2023 11:04 PM)

Feature Requests » Lynx

@Jake I FYI if you want to use the Lynx door code in a message, you need to use the code BXLYNXACCESSCODE The "BDOORCODE" field will not work.  OR creates a custom field BXLYNXACCESSCODE to s…

(Posted Mar 27, 2023 7:33 PM)

Feature Requests » Lynx

Thank you Jake!  I'm setting up my properties now!

(Posted Mar 27, 2023 4:40 PM)

Feature Requests » Lynx

There already is an open source option that was around $100 per unit per year when I found them a few years ago, but Lynx does provide value for what they charge.  I have them on 6 properties and rec…

(Posted Mar 27, 2023 4:35 PM)

Feature Requests » VRBO Native Messaging in OwnerRez via API integration

Terrific update!  Looking forward to when this gets completed.

(Posted Mar 27, 2023 4:30 PM)

Feature Requests » Samsung Smartthings Integration

This would be nice.  I was just telling someone on a FB group that the ability to automatically shutoff thermostats when a booking ends (per the OR booking) didn't exist anywhere, as far as I know.  …

(Posted Mar 17, 2023 3:29 PM)

Feature Requests » Make the Inbox feature similar to other messaging apps and inboxes

As someone who left Lodgify about a year ago, you won't regret it!  Better support, US based servers and event triggers that happen in your timezone, NOT Lodgify's UTC timezone.  Plus I'm paying less…

(Posted Mar 17, 2023 3:25 PM)

General Help and Questions » RSS feed for OR update blog?

Thank you!  I was able to subscribe via email.  Looking forward to the more granular subscriptions.

(Posted Mar 14, 2023 6:59 PM)

General Help and Questions » RSS feed for OR update blog?

Is there a way to subscribe to the product update blog?  Like an RSS feed I can subscribe to through IFTTT and have emailed to me?   Thanks, Ryan

(Posted Mar 13, 2023 2:47 AM)