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Is there a way to set min stay only for weekends? 6 replies

Chris Hynes
Dec 7, 2017 5:28 PM
OR Team Member Joined Oct, 2012 1403 posts

This has now been released. If you go to the property or season Rules section, there is a new Nights During Weekends rule that is triggered if the booking contains a Friday or Saturday night.

We also overhauled the arrival/departure day restrictions so you can now select multiple days instead of a single.

Is there any way NOT to prorate holiday rates on split weekly stays? 13 replies

Chris Hynes
Dec 7, 2017 5:02 PM
OR Team Member Joined Oct, 2012 1403 posts

This has been released. You can now go to a rate, choose Pro-Rate for same or more nights, and pick "only use matching seasons". That will prorate only for the period inside the season, not based on entire booking length.

Tripadvisor inquries not recognized 5 replies

Chris Hynes
Dec 7, 2017 5:00 PM
OR Team Member Joined Oct, 2012 1403 posts

This rolled out a couple of days ago. How's everything been looking now?

Potentially simple request 9 replies

Chris Hynes
Dec 7, 2017 4:59 PM
OR Team Member Joined Oct, 2012 1403 posts

Heads up: we added a import from VRBO/HA export in the tools menu that will take their reservation export to CSV and populate contact info and guest count.

Evolve email parsing 1 reply

Chris Hynes
Dec 7, 2017 4:56 PM
OR Team Member Joined Oct, 2012 1403 posts

Do you have any emails that have been received into your account? Or can you forward a copy to chris@ownerreservations.com?

I'll have a look and see what we can do.

Evolve email parsing 1 reply

Marina's Edge Re
Dec 7, 2017 12:20 AM
Joined Oct, 2012 206 posts

Curious if there is anyway to parse an evolve booking email so that I can automatically create a booking from their email? This would save lots of time and headache...

Potentially simple request 9 replies

BlueMtnCabins
Nov 30, 2017 3:06 PM
Joined Jun, 2016 1154 posts

email addr, number of guests, phone number. that is it.

Potentially simple request 9 replies

Pedro T
Nov 30, 2017 1:23 PM
Joined Nov, 2017 51 posts

Thanks. Found it in list mode.

Potentially simple request 9 replies

Chris Hynes
Nov 30, 2017 1:18 PM
OR Team Member Joined Oct, 2012 1403 posts

The filter button has moved to the next line so that the current filters are always shown inline.

Also, filtering isn't supported on calendar views -- you need to be in list mode.

Potentially simple request 9 replies

Pedro T
Nov 30, 2017 1:08 PM
Joined Nov, 2017 51 posts

Where do I find this filter now? I don't see it as in the screenshot you posted.

Any plans to add exclusions of arrivals/departures/blocked off dates to reports? 2 replies

Pedro T
Nov 30, 2017 12:43 PM
Joined Nov, 2017 51 posts

That sounds great

Any plans to add exclusions of arrivals/departures/blocked off dates to reports? 2 replies

Chris Hynes
Nov 29, 2017 10:42 PM
OR Team Member Joined Oct, 2012 1403 posts

Nope, there's not a way to do that currently. I think we need two more options on that report:
- Include blocked-off time (defaulted to no)
- Include events: Arrival, Departure, Staying

Then you could check just Departure and get what you want. Would that work?

Tripadvisor inquries not recognized 5 replies

Chris Hynes
Nov 29, 2017 10:39 PM
OR Team Member Joined Oct, 2012 1403 posts

Fix is in testing, will be rolling out shortly.

Also includes better inquiry recognition and email bodies on recognized inquiry notifications :-D

Any plans to add exclusions of arrivals/departures/blocked off dates to reports? 2 replies

Pedro T
Nov 27, 2017 1:27 PM
Joined Nov, 2017 51 posts

I'd like to exclude arrivals and blocked off dates from a Date Range report to only send a report of departures over two weeks. Am I missing how to do this? TIA.

Tripadvisor inquries not recognized 5 replies

ShenRent
Nov 24, 2017 9:00 AM
Joined Dec, 2009 59 posts

We noticed this too about a week ago. Please update for FlipKey, TripAdvisorr and VHR!

Tripadvisor inquries not recognized 5 replies

BlueMtnCabins
Nov 24, 2017 8:58 AM
Joined Jun, 2016 1154 posts

I have noticed that lately couple of TA inquiries come with "unknown property". Somehow parser stopped recognizing them. I have to edit to specify property. example ORI801085206

Email triggers inside of date-window don't send? 6 replies

BlueMtnCabins
Nov 24, 2017 8:56 AM
Joined Jun, 2016 1154 posts

Chris Hynes said:

Right now, triggers don't fire if the due date is past -- this is to keep old ones from firing inadvertently. We've thought of making a trigger option to send even if past, but need to get that right so it doesn't make it easy to send triggers on accident.

In the meantime, the best way is to create a trigger to send the details a second time a day before arrival. That's good because it covers the last minute bookings as well as reminding guests of the check-in details -- no more calls with "I can't find the email" when it's right at the top of their inbox.

To alleviate this, i set up 2 triggers: one 14 days out and one 3 days out for the same email. That way 3 day one catches the one that does not fall under 14 day rule.

Email triggers inside of date-window don't send? 6 replies

Pedro T
Nov 22, 2017 4:07 PM
Joined Nov, 2017 51 posts

Not a lot but consistently enough that I'll need to keep an eye on it.

Thanks,

Email triggers inside of date-window don't send? 6 replies

Chris Hynes
Nov 22, 2017 3:15 PM
OR Team Member Joined Oct, 2012 1403 posts

Best thing for those is to go to the Email tab on the booking and trigger a send for that email manually. Do you do a lot of same day bookings? Usually those take a bit of attention to make sure cleaning and communication go out for the last minute items.

Email triggers inside of date-window don't send? 6 replies

Pedro T
Nov 22, 2017 2:44 PM
Joined Nov, 2017 51 posts

Yet a "1-day before booking trigger" still won't fire for a same-day reservation, correct?

Email triggers inside of date-window don't send? 6 replies

Pedro T
Nov 22, 2017 2:40 PM
Joined Nov, 2017 51 posts

Ok, thanks!

Email triggers inside of date-window don't send? 6 replies

Chris Hynes
Nov 22, 2017 2:27 PM
OR Team Member Joined Oct, 2012 1403 posts

Right now, triggers don't fire if the due date is past -- this is to keep old ones from firing inadvertently. We've thought of making a trigger option to send even if past, but need to get that right so it doesn't make it easy to send triggers on accident.

In the meantime, the best way is to create a trigger to send the details a second time a day before arrival. That's good because it covers the last minute bookings as well as reminding guests of the check-in details -- no more calls with "I can't find the email" when it's right at the top of their inbox.

Email triggers inside of date-window don't send? 6 replies

Pedro T
Nov 22, 2017 2:14 PM
Joined Nov, 2017 51 posts

I have a check-in message trigger set up that will send an email 7 days before a guest's check-in.
Last-minute check-ins that occur within that 7 day window don't seem to fire. Is there a way to still trigger these?

HTML writer 2 replies

Randy Juneau
Nov 21, 2017 1:06 AM
Joined May, 2012 37 posts

We don't know all the html commands and were looking at a few programs available that we can use to more easily create html rich content, then copy and paste to OR emails.

Standard Pricing and Seasonal Pricing 1 reply

Chris Hynes
Nov 20, 2017 7:23 PM
OR Team Member Joined Oct, 2012 1403 posts

The easiest way to do this is to create a recurring dates season from 1/1 to 12/31 and call it "Standard". Then whatever rates you set up for that season will be used when no other seasons apply.

HTML writer 2 replies

Chris Hynes
Nov 20, 2017 7:22 PM
OR Team Member Joined Oct, 2012 1403 posts

What sort of software are you looking for? Most should work in terms of pasting HTML into OR, just as long as there isn't any extra stuff like <script> tags. Are you running into an issue?

Is there any way NOT to prorate holiday rates on split weekly stays? 13 replies

Chris Hynes
Nov 20, 2017 7:20 PM
OR Team Member Joined Oct, 2012 1403 posts

Should be in the next week or two, depending on holidays.

Standard Pricing and Seasonal Pricing 1 reply

Cathy Gou
Nov 20, 2017 12:45 PM
Joined Nov, 2017 5 posts

I have seasonal pricing for a few different times in the year and on the dates, I don't have marked it's just a standard price like AIRBNB & VRBO does on their rates. Is there any way I can do this on OwnerRez?

Thanks again
Cathy


HTML writer 2 replies

Randy Juneau
Nov 17, 2017 12:18 AM
Joined May, 2012 37 posts

Can you recommend an html software to easily write emails that's compatible with OR. I want to make the emails prettier.

Is there any way NOT to prorate holiday rates on split weekly stays? 13 replies

Brent's Beach
Nov 16, 2017 8:33 AM
Joined Feb, 2016 3 posts

Any update on when this code fix will be added ?