While soaking up the sun and enjoying those last sweet days of summer, the OwnerRez team pushed out four solid releases in August, including two new lock integrations, QuickBooks Deposits, updated notifications, and more design changes.
* New Features (#new)
* QuickBooks Deposits (#quickbooks)
* Hubitat and igloohome Door Lock Integrations (#hubitat-igloohome)
* Hubitat (#hubitat)
*...
May 2025 brought powerful new automation capabilities, including six new Trigger and Tag automations, Google Ads and Tag Manager support, two new Gap Night field codes, and more exciting updates.
* New Features (#new-features)
* Trigger & Tag Conditions Expanded for New Automations (#new-conditions)
* Google Ads and Tag Manager (#google-ads-tags)
* Gap Night Field Codes (#gap-night)...
Happy Friday! The vacation rental landscape continues to shift, with new regulations, legal battles, and evolving guest expectations shaping the market. From policy changes and community pushback to booking trends and rebranding efforts, here's a look at the major developments making headlines this week.
As of April 21, 2025, Airbnb has implemented a global update to display the total price of l...
June's Product Update features the addition of same-day booking support and a handful of Unified Inbox updates, including Drafts and various event indicators. There are also lots of design changes around the app to review, and much more, including some welcomed enhancements around PM and channel integrations, all to enhance your short-term vacation rental business workflows.
* New Features (#new...
This week's roundup covers Airbnb's new cancellation policy changes, emergency housing efforts in central Texas, and the latest attempts to regulate short-term rentals in Beverly Hills and Summit County. Plus, a fun new Smurfs-themed experience in Belgium. Let's dive in.
Airbnb announced changes to its cancellation policies that will take effect on October 1st, 2025. (
10 Board Games Perfect For Your Short-Term Rental
Discover popular board games that make your Airbnb vacation rental stand out! Enhance your guests' stay with our selection of games perfect for game nights.
Board games have become an essential part of the guest experience for many Airbnb vacation rentals. They offer...
Guide To Optimizing Your Vacation Rental with Blackout Dates
Discover the art of balancing blackout dates with high-demand periods to maximize your vacation rental's earnings and maintain high standards.
Venturing into vacation rental properties as an investment can open a world of opportunities. These properties not only offer a potential for significant returns but also present unique challen...
Are you enjoying the daily barrage of update posts as much as I am? 😀 Of course you are! Here we go on Part 7 of the Midsummer Updates series. This one covers 25 updates from the week of August 16th.
* New Features
* Enhancements & Tweaks
* Bug Fixes New Features
Have you heard about the "new listing discount" that some channels provide? Basically, you add a new property (ie. listing) an...
We've recently noticed that quite a few owners have configured their security deposits so that they are reserved far in advance of the guest's arrival. In addition, many release reminders are configured to go out long after the guest has departed.
For instance, it's not uncommon for many owners to set the reserve to 10 or 15 days before arrival. A few even set it at 20.
This means that the gues...
Hi, everyone! We're back with a fresh batch of product update! This past week, we released 17 updates that enhanced and fixed some existing features.
By the way - over this final quarter of 2021, you'll notice that most of our updates are "maintenance debt" focused, meaning that we're looking back at areas that need to be cleaned up, redesigned and streamlined instead of putting out new features....
My experience with Boostly was not good. It was so bad that I switched back to my OwnerRez hosted website. If you are thinking of going with Boostly there are a few things you need to be aware of.
(1) Cost: $4,000 for onboarding + $800 per year for the subscription fee. If you choose to pay the subscription fee monthly, then it’s going to be $97/month. Heads up — you will be press...
A large update went out yesterday afternoon, and I wanted to drop a quick note about some of the major changes that were part of that release.
Security Deposits now automatically release in [x] days
For many years, users have been asking for this and we finally got around to it. Instead of being emailed every day endlessly, the system will now automatically release security deposits based on y...
Happy Friday, everyone! Here's another belated product update that covers the July 12th release with 20 updates () . Give it a quick read before you cruise on into your weekend!
* New Features (#new) (#deposits)
* getawayGoGo (#getawaygogo)
* Deposits (#deposits)
* Enhancements & Tweaks (#updates)
* Google Analytics...
Hey everyone, we're back with another belated product update. This update covers our July 1st release with 17 juicy updates (/support/articles/update-2022-07-01) , including a couple of new features and enhancements. Give this a quick read before you head off to your weekend! ☕️
* New Features (#new)
* Vendor Name on Expenses (#vendor-name)
* Set Tags/Fields via API (#tags-api)
*...
Hi Bransley
Here's the one I use for cottages with a hottub/pool and Pet waiver
{MYLOGOIMGURL}
This contract signed
by Jennifer Whaling CottageStays Inc.
{MYEMAIL} {MYPHONE}(the “Agent)
and (Cottage Renter - hereafter Cottage Guest) {CFULL}
Cottage guest's contact information: {CADDRPRIMES}
(email) {CEMAILPRIME} (cell Phone) {CPHONE}
* Cottag...
Ours:
Hot Tub Addendum for {PDISPNAME} in Sevier County, Tennessee.
This Rental Agreement Addendum is incorporated into and made part of the Rental Agreement executed by the owner and the Guest, referring to and incorporating the rented Cabin.
There are health risks associated with the use of hot tubs. Guest agrees to use the hot tub at their own risk. The Owner(s) will not be res...
Actually, it's not possible, because of the way Vrbo integration works (which is very different than Airbnb integration).
When you integrate with Vrbo, you effectively turn into a hotel that runs its own front-desk software, and Vrbo becomes just another OTA booking channel (just like someone booking a hotel room at a Hampton Inn via Expedia). Expedia takes and confirms the booking but the hote...
