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iCal Feed and Third Party Notifications 6 replies

Bruce I
May 24, 2022 11:37 AM
Joined Apr, 2017 9 posts

I know this is a recent thread, but have there been any changes? My cleaner's google calendar is NOT updating with new bookings.

Owner Statement Enhancements 2 replies

Shawn H
May 23, 2022 9:43 PM
OR Team Member Joined Aug, 2021 288 posts

Rent Only, Rent Only (In Period) and the latest adds, Rent + Show-As-Rent, and Rent + Show-As-Rent (In Period) are available!

There are other new columns available too, so continue review your statement view builds to see what other adds you'd like to make.

Number of nights column for Owner statements 3 replies

Shawn H
May 23, 2022 9:28 PM
OR Team Member Joined Aug, 2021 288 posts

[Another topic was closed as a duplicate of this topic (https://www.ownerrez.com/forums/requests/number-of-nights-column-for-owner-statements-2)]

Number of nights column for Owner statements 3 replies

Shawn H
May 23, 2022 9:24 PM
OR Team Member Joined Aug, 2021 288 posts

Nights and Nights (In Period) are now available as column options for Statement Views.

Integration with Mailchimp 50 replies

Vicki K
May 22, 2022 3:25 PM
Joined Apr, 2022 2 posts

Were you able to copy the pop-up form within OR headers? If so, where do we do that?

Add ability to Import and Export season descriptions 0 replies

Randy H
May 20, 2022 5:04 PM
Joined Jun, 2019 51 posts

Are there any plans to add the ability to export and import season definitions.

We have 32 properties and while some of the seasons pertain to most some do not.

Sometimes there are just exceptions.

It would make the process of defining seasons much easier if they could be exported, tweaked, and imported back with the tweaks to create new variations.

 

 

 

Hosted Website Only Descriptions and Headlines 2 replies

Shawn H
May 20, 2022 1:38 PM
OR Team Member Joined Aug, 2021 288 posts

[Another topic was closed as a duplicate of this topic (https://www.ownerrez.com/forums/requests/different-property-description-for-vrbo-and-or-hosted-website)]

Different Property Description for VRBO and OR hosted website 7 replies

Shawn H
May 20, 2022 1:38 PM
OR Team Member Joined Aug, 2021 288 posts

This is a duplicate of another topic so merging them together.

Hosted Website Only Descriptions and Headlines 2 replies

Shawn H
May 20, 2022 1:27 PM
OR Team Member Joined Aug, 2021 288 posts

Hello Randy! This is planned. Should be out this year in the 3rd quarter at the latest.

-Shawn

REI Hub Accounting platform Integration 0 replies

Kim E
May 20, 2022 12:45 PM
Joined Feb, 2022 7 posts

I think it would be great for OwnerRez to team up with REI Hub... this Accounting platform aligns more with OwnerRez in the way it's a feature-rich product at an affordable rate, and built specifically for rental property accounting. REI Hub is also built on a progressive web app platform and is a double-entry accounting platform that is intuitive enough for even the non-accountant to use. They are growing in popularity, just became integrated with RentRedi.com

I find that Qucikbooks is so expensive, and isn't created for the rental property manager. It's a general small business accounting platform that we need to force our rental property management into.

 

Booking list filter for "card on file" and "no card on file" 0 replies

beachsandsun
May 20, 2022 10:25 AM
Joined Jan, 2021 7 posts

The bookings list view has a lot of useful filters including showing bookings where the rental agreement has not yet been signed. However one filter that is missing is "card on file" or "no card on file". Many owners require both a signed legal agreement and a card on file for secdep. Currently we can filter for the former but not the latter. So this request is to add a filter for "card on file" or "no card on file". Thanks! 

Cut 'bad review' buffer from 20 to 5 minutes. 5 replies

Miapartamentos
May 20, 2022 9:57 AM
Joined Nov, 2020 21 posts

5 minutes is much better than 20, indeed. If a guest is going to leave a nasty review, they usually write a lot, so that's at least 2 min, meaning they have 3 minutes to see the email, open it, type everything, plug the stars and send.. probs 1% would make it.

 

Please do it ASAP since I have a guest that will get a bad review soon lol

 

Thank you guys!

Cut 'bad review' buffer from 20 to 5 minutes. 5 replies

Paul W
May 20, 2022 9:52 AM
OR Team Member Joined Jun, 2009 861 posts

Coincidentally, we discussed this the other day, and are planning to lower it to 5 minutes (for everyone).  Our research shows that that's a very good balance between "when the fastest guest would respond" and making sure it gets in before Airbnb slams the gate shut.

Cut 'bad review' buffer from 20 to 5 minutes. 5 replies

Chris L
May 20, 2022 2:16 AM
Joined May, 2017 208 posts

Yep. Just had the guest from hell and I'll be posting the review manually a few minutes before the review period expires instead of trusting OR, because the guest is very responsive to Airbnb messages and will likely see that I've reviewed her and review me back well within 20 minutes. 20 minutes is too long and too much of a risk for retaliatory reviews. I'm not comfortable with anything over 5 minutes (and preferably fewer--2 is great).

Thermostat Integration 40 replies

Chris L
May 20, 2022 2:11 AM
Joined May, 2017 208 posts

I attended the VRM Intel conference in Branson this week and met the guys from BeHome247. They claim to have an OR integration and also sync up with most smart home devices out there, so it would do what this feature request asks.

If their product works as advertised, it would also replace Breezeway (or EZCare/Turnoverbnb/ResortClean) and my RemoteLock and TouchStay subscriptions, as they claim to have native door lock/code management and guest guidebook offerings (unlike TouchStay, BeHome247's guest portal/PWA app lets guests control smart thermostats, click to check out (proactively notifying housekeepers, etc.).

The pricing is actually not that much more than Breezeway+RemoteLock+TouchStay, so I'd basically be getting thermostat management for about $5/month/property. I have a demo booked for next week, so we'll see how it actually looks and works in practice.

Actual mobile apps 8 replies

Chris L
May 20, 2022 1:55 AM
Joined May, 2017 208 posts

Agree wholeheartedly. I basically never leave the house without bringing my laptop, and it's primarily because I never know when something will pop up that is simply too difficult to do in the PWA.

Here are a few issues with the PWA (as it presents on my iPhone) that come to mind, among others:

  • No support for push notifications (I want to support guest communication by SMS, but I will not subscribe to OR's implementation of that until this is a reality, and I basically never use OR for interactive channel messaging because the lack of notifications means it's just easier to use the native Airbnb app)
  • Overall poor UI for ribbon/calendar view (admittedly, the whole OR mobile site needs a significant update, but a native app can be made much more fluid
  • No proper "back" button (dragging left works sometimes but not always, so frankly, just using OR in the browser is easier than the PWA)
  • Inability to copy hyperlinks within the app (I have to switch to the browser so I can long-tap on a link to copy it)
  • Failed page loads and unable to force quit app on bad connection (this happened to me on Wednesday--I was at a conference with bad wifi and when I opened the OR PWA, it got stuck on a partial page load and refused to update for the rest of the day, since iOS doesn't support force-quitting PWAs or force-reloading PWA "pages")

I know it's not cheap to develop apps, but OR is now a mature product and most of OR's competitors have a functional solution, so this is something OR lags significantly on.

Actual mobile apps 8 replies

Ken T
May 19, 2022 1:27 PM
OR Team Member Joined Aug, 2019 1705 posts

[Another topic was closed as a duplicate of this topic (https://www.ownerrez.com/forums/requests/appleiphone-app)]

Automatic capitalisation of guest names 5 replies

Alece
May 18, 2022 5:17 PM
Joined Jan, 2020 220 posts

Chris L -- This would be AMAZING! 

Gap night manual override 2 replies

Amy & Yee N
May 18, 2022 9:09 AM
Joined Mar, 2022 1 post

 

We have a 1 night gap between bookings. We recently had a midweek booking checking out Friday morning. This blocks a Friday check in.  So that might deter a weekend booking for that weekend. Would like the ability to manually override a gap night for specific dates such as the example I've listed.  thank you.

 

Custom macros 0 replies

Michelle D
May 17, 2022 3:23 PM
Joined May, 2018 1 post

It would be useful to have the ability to create custom macros to use in our templates. 

That way if we need to share information about specific surcharge, for example, a required gratuity for a chef, we would have the ability to {BUGratuity} the fee into an email.

 

 

 

Wait List Functionality 4 replies

Ken T
May 17, 2022 10:14 AM
OR Team Member Joined Aug, 2019 1705 posts

[Another topic was closed as a duplicate of this topic (https://www.ownerrez.com/forums/requests/cancellation-waitlist)]

Limited time discount codes 2 replies

Richard and Dallas C
May 17, 2022 5:06 AM
Joined Aug, 2020 10 posts

Hi,

When guests have stayed with us, we would like to send them a promotional code for a discount, provided they book within a week of leaving our property. It would be nice if we could send a discount code which applies to each guest, but which has a time limited. The code would need to self generate for each guest and then have an expiry period of the Ownerrez users choosing.

Trigger For Exact Day of Week Trash Reminders 59 replies

David K
May 16, 2022 5:13 PM
Joined Aug, 2021 5 posts

Hi Ben the guest does not need  to do anything. Providing OR has the mobile number stored as the main number, then I use the OR schedule email feature to send it a SMS the day before the rubbish is to be collected.  The collection alternates between general rubbish one week and recycle the next so it is important they put out the right bin. In the UK it is possible to use the option in clicksend to make it appears the SMS comes from my mobile so they can reply to you. This feature may not work in all countries. I also use clicksend to send SMS messages just before the guest arrives and just before they leave, using the OR triggers.

Trigger For Exact Day of Week Trash Reminders 59 replies

Miles T
May 16, 2022 2:51 PM
Joined May, 2022 19 posts

I see. Did you try using clicksend and it's still a headache?

Trigger For Exact Day of Week Trash Reminders 59 replies

Hostably
May 16, 2022 2:47 PM
Joined Apr, 2022 17 posts

Trigger For Exact Day of Week Trash Reminders 59 replies

Hostably
May 16, 2022 2:45 PM
Joined Apr, 2022 17 posts

Ability to include Field Codes in Property Desciption 1 reply

Ken T
May 16, 2022 2:38 PM
OR Team Member Joined Aug, 2019 1705 posts

This functionality is planned, most likely later this year.

Automatic capitalisation of guest names 5 replies

Ben
May 16, 2022 2:23 PM
Joined Jan, 2020 46 posts

Agreed, and it could be something you enable on your account, therefore accepting that there may be some inconsistencies.

Thermostat Integration 40 replies

Dori123
May 16, 2022 12:45 PM
Joined Sep, 2020 90 posts

FYI, here's one that you can plug in:

https://thermograte.webflow.io/

Doesn't seem worth $10/month to me (especially when IFTTT does it for free), but some of you may be interested. 

Cancellation Waitlist 0 replies

Kim E
May 16, 2022 11:09 AM
Joined Feb, 2022 7 posts

Please merge with already created feature request... https://www.ownerrez.com/forums/requests/wait-list-functionality

It would be really great if we had a way to put a contact on a waitlist for a week that might open up in our peak season. We get lots of people wanting me to reach out if particular weeks open up. And there are always multiple weeks that do open up, but I have no way of recalling who wanted which week.