This week's roundup covers Booking.com's partnership with ChatGPT, a proposed short-term rental tax in San Diego, reports on Airbnb's potential business profiles, and smart TV liability risks in vacation rentals. Let's dive in.
Booking.com has been selected as one of the first partners to launch an app inside ChatGPT, () joining a small group...
Happy Valentine's Day! Today is the perfect day to reflect on love, connection, and all the unique ways people celebrate. But beyond the red roses and chocolate-covered strawberries, there's quite a bit happening in the vacation rental world this week. So, let's take a look.
Evermore Orlando Resort and Hilton Honors just made a perfect match! Hilton Honors members can now earn and redeem points a...
From luxury brand investments, new local tax measures, and a top industry event on the horizon, this week's vacation rental headlines reflect the continued investment and growth in the vacation rental space. Let's take a look.
Exclusive Resorts has taken a minority stake in Accor's Onefinestay () , expandi...
From tax hikes and protests to new platform tools and funding rounds, this week's vacation rental news highlights how the industry is evolving under pressure ahead of peak summer travel.
Hawaii Governor Josh Green signed a bill raising hotel and vacation rental taxes by 0.75% () , effective January 2026,...
We're excited to introduce Rezzy AI, our new built-in assistant designed to transform how you manage guest messages and daily tasks, all within OwnerRez.
Rezzy AI Webinar Replay (/webinar-introducing-rezzy-ai-your-smart-messaging-and-task-management-assistant) What can Rezzy do?
Rezzy automatically reads incoming guest messages, suggests intelligent responses, and flags important tasks, so y...
Meet Nicholette Brous, CEO and Founder of BNR Concierge. () In just nine years, she's gone from renting out spare rooms in her home to running a successful management company that oversees more than 50 properties across South Florida. Can you tell us a little bit about your history?
It all started over 9 years ago when I began renting rooms in my house. At fir...
This week's Industry News highlights the Ryder Cup's impact on short-term rentals in New York, new rental regulations in Monterey and Austin, and what's driving France's record tourism season. Let's dive in.
The 2025 Ryder Cup kicks off this weekend at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, with local officials estimating $160 million in economic impact across Long Island, New York. (
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We wanted to give you a heads up about a change to how transit (a.k.a., "Getting Around") information syncs between OwnerRez and Airbnb. What changed
Airbnb's "Transit" description field has been renamed to "Getting Around," and OwnerRez now syncs this using your property's "Getting Around" description inst...
It's great when new features or updates are released, but if they are, they shouldn't break existing workflows. I'm not putting this as a Feature Request in that forum, because I'm only asking for things to be LEFT ALONE the way they were. Put another way, I want the functionality back that has been taken away from us with the introduction of the new Confirm & Pay form.
Under Custom Field Defin...
When doing a search for bookings, it would be helpful to allow for using partial names rather than needing to type either the whole first or whole last name completely (and therefore with the exact and correct spelling).
Situation #1) Because often times guests have oddly spelled names, so if you're off by a letter or two, currently nothing comes up in your search and you're kind of scre...
After some research into this topic, I'm afraid we will not be able to move forward with this request at this time. There are existing workarounds available.
A big driver for that decision is that Vrbo doesn't support percentage-based cancellation fees through their API. Your main options are to set your Cancellation Policy below 100%, or use rate adjustments to build buffer pricing into all bo...
That’s definitely better, but I think it’s important to add:
“Rate” refers to the price charged per unit of time for lodging accommodations — most commonly, this is the per-night cost for a stay in a hotel, vacation rental, cabin, or similar property.
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Standard Usage: Typically expressed as “$X per night”.
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Purpose: Reflects the base cost of the stay, before taxes, cleaning fe...
