I love this company. They are the GOLD STANDARD for professionalism in the vacation rental industry. The software is completely dependent on YOU and what you put into it. I used OR for several years just for the basics, never really taking the time to dig into the power of the platform--just using the templates and calendar basically. It works fine for that.
When we bought a new vacation rental, I knew I needed to automate things and decided to invest some effort. I am a NON-TECHIE. I used the documentation (easy to read and extensive) and went step-by-step through the process. If I didn't understand something, I watched the videos or looked for a webinar. Or posted in the "Unofficial" Facebook Group which is an awesome resource. I got really stuck a couple times and reached out to the help desk, getting exactly what I needed within a couple hours. From really nice people!
I managed to go live via API with VRBO (didn't even know what that meant), designed templates and triggers for customer communication that have revolutionized the way I do business, AND I even "built" my own website. Yeah!!
It looks intimidating and, yes, it takes time. Plan on spending a couple weekends to start. More if you're building your templates from scratch.
But seriously, if I can do it, anyone can. It's worth the effort!
5.0 stars
By Suzy Palacio, Homeowner, 1 property
– written on
Trustpilot
I love this company. They are the GOLD STANDARD for professionalism in the vacation rental industry. The software is completely dependent on YOU and what you put into it. I used OR for several years just for the basics, never really taking the time to dig into the power of the platform--just using the templates and calendar basically. It works fine for that.
When we bought a new vacation rental, I knew I needed to automate things and decided to invest some effort. I am a NON-TECHIE. I used the documentation (easy to read and extensive) and went step-by-step through the process. If I didn't understand something, I watched the videos or looked for a webinar. Or posted in the "Unofficial" Facebook Group which is an awesome resource. I got really stuck a couple times and reached out to the help desk, getting exactly what I needed within a couple hours. From really nice people!
I managed to go live via API with VRBO (didn't even know what that meant), designed templates and triggers for customer communication that have revolutionized the way I do business, AND I even "built" my own website. Yeah!!
It looks intimidating and, yes, it takes time. Plan on spending a couple weekends to start. More if you're building your templates from scratch.
But seriously, if I can do it, anyone can. It's worth the effort!
5.0 stars
By Terry Denham, Homeowner, 5 properties
– written on
Trustpilot
5.0 stars
By Bill M., Property Manager
– written on
Capterra
They are just an overall complete solution... Great Price, Great Support, Great Feature set. I wish I would have found them before I made the mistake that cost me thousands of dollars in implementation costs and improperly collected (ie not collected) taxes.
OwnerRez is full featured Property Management software. Our goal when embarking on the journey of finding a solution was to be as hands off as we could be. With OwnerRez someone can book a property, pay online, receive all communications needed for arrival, have door locks added to the appropriate home automation system and have the cleaning scheduled. (Granted there are some 3rd party integrations here but the integrations are so solid that we don't have to worry about them) OwnerRez is easy to use. The database is built in a way that it is fully relational. You can look at a guest, see all of their bookings, click on the booking and have all relevant data including communications to/from the guest right there at your finger tips. Support with OwnerRez is top notch. I've never talked with them on the phone but their email response times are exceptional and their solutions detailed and comprehensive. You do not have an "expensive" onboarding team to walk you through step by step... but with OwnerRez we didn't need it. Watched a couple of videos, followed some checklists and we were up and running in a matter of a week. We spent 5 weeks with another solution and when it came time to go live we had one OTA connected and it was not calculating tax correctly. Literally we had all OTAs connected to OwnerRez in a week and were managing our complete portfolio with virtually no hiccups.
OwnerRez is extremely feature rich. I wanted a single solution for all aspects of our business but ultimately I have decided to let the experts in Housekeeping and Guest Portals do what they do best and just integrate to OwnerRez. Perhaps someday they will add that functionality.