This week's roundup covers Airbnb's new host safety training, Ireland easing proposed short-term rental restrictions in small towns, shifting regulatory conversations in U.S. cities, and a look at how unique vacation rentals are scaling into successful businesses. Let's dive in.
Airbnb announced a new global host training initiative focused on helping prevent and identify human trafficking on it...
By default, your Hosted Website will automatically display a summary of your general rates for each property.
It's not possible to display your detailed rates because OwnerRez allows a very complex hierarchy of rate controls that people would find confusing. Don't worry; when guests request a quote for specific dates, the correct rates will be calculated and displayed based on all your Seasons, R...
You've spent a lot of time and money buying your properties and getting them set up to rent. You've then spent more time in front of a computer getting your properties listed, and setting things up in OwnerRez to keep track of your bookings. Now we're telling you that you need to spend even more time playing around on the computer instead of running the business?
Yes - because computers are stu...
Storing your reviews in OwnerRez is very important. Learn why by reading our Reviews Overview article () .
You can store reviews in OwnerRez by either manually entering them one by one or by importing them in bulk via Excel () spreadsheet. Thi...
Many travel vendors offer their guests the opportunity to purchase travel insurance, which will cover specified costs in case of a travel mishap or cancellation. You can provide this offer, too!
Although travel insurance does not provide any direct benefit to you, it still can be helpful. For example, if a guest goes down with the flu the day before they're supposed to fly out to stay at your p...
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New OwnerRez setting will increase your Vrbo bookings! Body
Hi [first name]!
We're reaching out with an important update regarding your Vrbo channel settings that could significantly boost your bookings.
What's changing?
Vrbo recently provided data showing that listings using Map Pin—a setting that displays your proper...
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New OwnerRez setting will increase your Airbnb bookings! Body
Hi [first name]!
We're reaching out with an important update regarding your Airbnb channel settings that could significantly boost your bookings.
What's changing?
Airbnb recently provided data showing that listings using Map Pin—a setting that displays your...
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Webinar With HostBuddy AI Next Week! Body
Hi [first name]!
Join us live with HostBuddy AI (
Our Property Management () feature allows you to track and calculate commission for yourself (as a PM) and earnings for the owners that you manage on behalf of. Read about it in our Property Management Overview () article.
When you create owner statements and PM statements, it is...
Did you become a Property Management (Premium Feature) user on or after October 23, 2024? If so, your account version is PMv2 and must reference the PMv2 support documentation. In other words, you're in the correct spot!
If you were using Property Management before October 23rd, you must reference the PMv1 (Legacy) support documentation.
Do you manage bookings on behalf of other owners? Do you...
Most vacation rental professionals are often on the move and want to receive OwnerRez Notifications () on their personal devices without digging through their email inboxes. As of June 19, 2024, now you can!
Subscribing to push notifications via the OwnerRez Progressive Web App (PWA) (
Glamping Hub () - List your property with the world's leading luxury and experiential accommodations booking platform. Glamping Hub is the leading booking platform for unique accommodations in nature, listing a variety of cabins, domes, tiny houses, tree houses, safari tents, and more. Glamping Hub was the orig...
Partner with TechTape () to drive up your revenue performance!
TechTape is a tech-enabled service, not software. They develop revenue strategies tailored to align with your goals, implement and adjust the strategies based on ever-shifting market conditions, to help you achieve top revenue performance! The...
OwnerRez has a direct integration with igloohome. Users must create a free igloohome account, and download and use the igloohome phone app to set up the locks/devices. You can then go into OwnerRez and set up the lock integration.
igloohome products are designed to work offline, using their "algoPIN" (
The OwnerRez Status page (i.e., Service Status) serves as a place where users can go at any time (and/or subscribe to) to know if OwnerRez is experiencing any sort of outage, service interruption, or planned maintenance window. The URL to get to the OwnerRez Status page is status.ownerrez.com () - we encourage everyone to bookmark it.
The key thing to note is the pa...
