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  • Updates & Archives » Email Blast Archive » 2025

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    Historical bookings may re-appear on new PM statements. Here's why… Body

    Hi [first name],

    Thank you for using the PM module. We're writing to inform you of a small change coming to PM Statements.

    Beginning October 20, PM Statements will prorate booking expenses by the guest paid percentage and the number of nights booked before the statement date. This change affects only PM Stateme...

  • Blog

    February brought some big updates to streamline your hosting. 🚀 We've redesigned the Booking Overview tab and header, overhauled Airbnb channel onboarding, added channel exclusions for property photos, and added the ability to have more than one custom payment method per property. Plus, powerful new messaging tools, including: Broadcast, the ability for Scheduled Triggers to fire at 15-minute inte...
  • Blog

    Meet Betsy Modglin, the force behind Pine Manor Estates. () After launching her first short-term rental in Gulfport, Mississippi, Betsy organically grew her business into a full-service property management company rooted in hospitality. With OwnerRez as the backbone of her operations, she combines her background in hospitality, guest experience, and marketing to create me...
  • Blog

    This week's roundup covers Airbnb's global rollout of Reserve Now, Pay Later, a new World Cup host incentive, Vrbo's new optional weather guarantee, Airbnb's strong Q4 performance, and an Arizona bill that could expand local authority over short-term rentals. Let's dive in.

    Airbnb announced that its Reserve Now, Pay Later option is now available worldwide for eligible listings. (

  • Blog

    We're officially a month into the new year, which makes February a great time to pause, take a step back, and make sure you have everything in place to support your goals for 2026. ❄️

    This month's webinar schedule includes live demos, Q&A sessions, and Focus Sessions covering the PM module. You'll hear from industry partners such as Happy Guest, Boostly, and American Snowbird, who will share prac...

  • Blog

    We're excited to share some great news for OwnerRez users listing on Hopper. Listings that are live on Hopper may now also appear on Capital One Travel, giving your properties access to even more travelers and added visibility through one of the largest travel platforms available today. What does this mean?

    Capital One Travel is powered by Hopper's underlying booking technology. With this recent...

  • Channel Management » Channel Integrations » Vrbo

    This article provides a list of common questions and answers for the Vrbo () channel integration that are not covered elsewhere. This article assumes you have already connected the Vrbo channel integration ()...
  • Channel Management » Channel Integrations » Airbnb

    This article provides a list of common questions and answers for the Airbnb channel () integration that are not covered elsewhere. This article assumes you have already connected the Airbnb channel integration ()...
  • Core Concepts » Bookings, Quotes, Inquiries » Bookings

    If a guest checks out of the booking process without making an immediate payment (via credit card or PayPal), the booking will be created in a pending status. This means the time is blocked, but there is a deadline for receiving the payment. Also, see the How can I ensure that door codes will not be sent to guests for last-minute pending bookings? (
  • Messaging » Template and Trigger Library

    OwnerRez's templates and triggers automate communication in your vacation rental business, reducing errors and improving efficiency. Personalize guest messages or notify third parties effortlessly!

    Understanding how to set up triggers can be challenging. To help you get started, we've created a library of template and trigger examples for common scenarios during each booking stage.

    Each support...

  • Integrations » Accounting

    Although OwnerRez offers a wide range of financial features - from payment collection to tax tracking - OwnerRez does not handle any of your tax responsibilities on your behalf, such as remitting taxes, opening accounts with tax agencies, or filing taxes. Our Avalara MyLodgeTax integration enables you to verify your tax report, synced f...

  • Channel Management » Channel Integrations » Airbnb

    This article provides a step-by-step walk-through of connecting your Airbnb listing to the OwnerRez Airbnb channel integration () . If you want to learn about the Airbnb channel integration, first read our Airbnb Overview () arti...
  • Rezzy AI

    Rezzy AI automatically reads your incoming guest messages, suggests intelligent responses () , and flags important tasks () , so you stay one step ahead without lifting a finger. Rezzy AI is designed to be the one and only AI tool you need for messaging within OwnerRez....
  • Getting Started » Setting Up Your Account

    OwnerRez offers many options and settings to help automate your short-term rental business. However, before you can do that, you need to set up your properties, settings, and business rules.

    Complete the following steps before initiating any listing channel integration connections (e.g., Airbnb, Vrbo). The fastest and most effective way to set up your account is to follow the steps below systemat...

  • Core Concepts » Rates » Nightly Rates

    Even when you have default seasonal rates configured, you'll still use the Rates Calendar to review and adjust nightly rates and set changeover rules. This support article explains how to navigate the Rates Calendar.

    Read our Setup & Configure Nightly Rates () support article for additional information.

    * Nightly Rates Calendar (#calen...

  • Core Concepts » Bookings, Quotes, Inquiries

    We all want bookings - but how does a guest get there?

    * Inquiry (#Inquiry)

    * Mark as Spam (#inquiry-spam)
    * Unavailable Dates (#inquiry-unavailable)
    * Quote (#Quote)

    * Filter Quotes (#filter-quotes)
    * Booking (#Booking)
    * Instant Bookings (#instant-bookings)
    * Booking Information (#booking-information)
    * Listing Sites and Masked Inquiries (#listing-sites-masked-i...

  • Forums

    OR tracks the Guest Listing Site Fee (what Airbnb/Vrbo charge the guest) and shows it in the booking UI under Guest Balance -- but it's not available via the API.

    Request: Add a read-only field like total_guest_listing_fee to the GET /v2/bookings/{id} response.

    Why it's useful: Any integration doing booking analytics, revenue reporting, or direct-vs-OTA comparisons needs this number. Right...

  • Forums

    OR tracks the Guest Listing Site Fee (what Airbnb/Vrbo charge the guest) and shows it in the booking UI under Guest Balance -- but it's not available via the API.

    Request: Add a read-only field like total_guest_listing_fee to the GET /v2/bookings/{id} response.

    Why it's useful: Any integration doing booking analytics, revenue reporting, or direct-vs-OTA comparisons needs this number. Right...

  • Forums

    Just took a look at the New Booking Overview Page.

    You asked for comments/suggestions...

    You really need to focus on reducing clicking around OwnerRez screens everywhere, and this layout, while improved, doesn't do that.

    An example to make the point:

    You have a 'Change/Move' button over on the top right side of the screen. Why?

    If I want to change the check-in time, I should be...

  • Forums

    We are experiencing guest frustration with this as well. We would like the OwnerRez website availability to only show available dates for each property and also only highlight the dates available for arrival and departure. For example, we often restrict arrival and departure dates in our high season but since OR website is not dynamic like Airbnb's, guest's click around and receive the alert "arriv...