This week's Industry News highlights a key zoning decision in Maui, Airbnb's latest global Community Fund recipients, Faraday Future's robotics deployment in vacation rentals, AirDNA's 2026 investor outlook, and a new STR ordinance in Evanston, Illinois. Let's dive in.
In continued coverage of Maui County's vacation rental phase-out, previously reported in Industry News on June 6th (/blog/global...
This week's roundup covers Airbnb.org's new disaster response partnership, Hilton's latest apartment-style brand aimed at vacation rentals, social media-driven travel trends, Airbnb's continued push into AI, and a major milestone for Lake.com. Let's dive in.
Airbnb.org announced a new disaster response partnership this week with 211 LA, (
Episode six of Walk 'n Talk: The Business Behind Vacation Rentals () is now available!
Hosted by OwnerRez co-founders Paul Waldschmidt and Chris Hynes, the podcast features honest, behind-the-scenes conversations about growth and what it really looks like to build and scale a software company. Inspired by years of candid discussions, each episode offers a raw look at how...
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You're Already on PMv2. Here's What's Coming Next! Body
Hey [first name]!
Since you're already using PMv2 (the upgraded version of our Property Management module), you're ahead of the curve, and we're excited to officially kick off the full public rollout of PMv2 to all OwnerRez users.
Over the next several weeks, PMv2 will transition from private beta into full general availability...
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Still using Converge for payments in OwnerRez? It's time to move on. Body
Hey [first name]!
We are reaching out because you currently use Converge (aka. Elavon, aka. Costco) as your payment processor inside of OwnerRez.
Over time, Converge has become an older, increasingly limited platform that has caused ongoing challenges for both our users and our team. As the payments landscape...
OwnerRez makes beautifully fast and flexible vacation rental software that covers guest and booking workflows, accounting and financial details, reporting, channel integration, website hosting, and much more.
This video provides a high-level walk-through of how OwnerRez looks across all its menus and features. It doesn't dive deep into each area - that would take hours of video - but this will gi...
New field codes were recently created that can be inserted in the body of a template of a message to a guest that show the rate for each night of a quote or booking.
But that still leaves me unable to view and change each night's rate in Charges of a quote or booking.
This is such a basic fundamental need, it's not really even a feature. Why is it still not provided? The rate for each night...
We'll walk through:
* How Rezzy works
* How to train it with FAQs and Directives
* How Tasks and Sentiment Analysis fit into your workflow
* Real-world examples from live accounts
* What's coming later
We'll also have a live Q&A to help answer any questions you have. Register now!
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Right now Tax report shows taxes you collect and normally it is the same as "taxes owed", but:
* sometimes you have to charge renters smth extra -- it goes to "taxable money" column and for everything to tie out nicely you have to manually calculate related taxes and add them manually to related charges (which is already a pain). In certain scenarios (Airbnb integration) you can't...
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. (
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...
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...
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...
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...
