channel booking rental agreement landing page

Andrew H
Apr 4, 2024 7:37 PM
Joined Jan, 2024 2 posts

Hi!  I was wondering if it was possible to change the landing page after a guest clicks the link in the email that requests signing of a rental agreement when the guest has booked via VRBO.  Right now, the guest is seeing a note about paying a security deposit and then payment information after clicking the link in the "Sign the Rental Agreement" email, which is confusing because they have already paid via VRBO and the security deposit is covered there. I was hoping to streamline that landing page so that my channel guests do not see information that does not apply to them.

Ken T
Apr 4, 2024 8:44 PM
Joined Aug, 2019 1706 posts

the guest is seeing a note about paying a security deposit and then payment information after clicking the link in the "Sign the Rental Agreement" email, which is confusing because they have already paid via VRBO and the security deposit is covered there.

by Andrew H – Apr 4, 2024 11:37 PM (UTC)

Something is off here - Vrbo guests should not be being asked for a security deposit credit card.  If this is a platform booking where Vrbo is collecting payments, you are not allowed to take the guest's card yourself for a security deposit.  If you are using the Vrbo API and doing your own payment processing, then Vrbo passes the guest's card information to OwnerRez automatically, so it is available for payments as well as security deposits and there is no need for the guest to provide it again.

Can you write in to the Helpdesk with the specific booking where this occurred, so we can investigate?

Andrew H
Apr 4, 2024 10:42 PM
Joined Jan, 2024 2 posts

Thank you. It is not API integrated, but rather ical and pulling contact info via Channel Bridge.

Ken T
Apr 5, 2024 11:55 AM
Joined Aug, 2019 1706 posts

In that case, collecting payments directly from the guest would be a violation of Vrbo TOS - you'd need to work through Vrbo to handle that.