Paul W

OwnerRez Team Member
Joined June 2009
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Blog » New Channel Rate Tester, rate table options, Channel Bridge clarity & only bookings on CanadaStays iCal

Price Consistency is an official program by VRBO and something they are requiring in the future. OwnerRez makes this simple, and does away with it as a problem completely for those on the API, but i…

(Posted Jun 9, 2020 7:40 AM)

General Chat » Streaming Content for guests?

I feel your pain. We have some HughesNet properties as well. The latest "gen 5" HughesNet is actually pretty solid, or at least much better than in the old days where satellite was terrible. It st…

(Posted Jun 8, 2020 12:48 PM)

Blog » New Channel Rate Tester, rate table options, Channel Bridge clarity & only bookings on CanadaStays iCal

@BlueMtn and Lydia: Thanks for the feedback - that makes a lot of sense. The original point of this tool (Channel Rate Tester) was to see "price consistency" between OR and the channels. To our kno…

(Posted Jun 8, 2020 12:44 PM)

General Help and Questions » Surveys don't work

Strange! What if you go the survey link directly on Google: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdc3SDGBtAySnlS2i74sbZK0jVEUklrE5nNkNd_P4AVi6TjGQ/viewform

(Posted Jun 4, 2020 4:10 PM)

General Chat » Streaming Content for guests?

[quote=Chris L]they all want to watch their Fox News[/quote] That's why I use YouTube TV as the main "live TV" app and point that out on the signage in the house. It has nearly 100 channels includi…

(Posted Jun 4, 2020 4:09 PM)

General Help and Questions » Surveys don't work

@Scott: I assume you're referring to the blog ones here? https://www.ownerrez.com/blog/coming-soon-to-a-site-near-you Loads fine for me. I can click items and input text without problem. Here's a p…

(Posted Jun 4, 2020 1:06 PM)

General Chat » Streaming Content for guests?

@Jacques: I literally just did the same thing, and almost identical to what you said. I had DirecTV, it was also almost 200/month and I also went to Disley+, Hulu and others. In my case, the big th…

(Posted Jun 3, 2020 9:40 PM)

Blog » OwnerRez is now a Preferred Partner of HomeAway

@D. Chad Q: Thanks for the kind words. We love what we do, and we like who we work with and for. The folks on the IPM side of VRBO are pretty cool and are great to interact with.

(Posted Jun 3, 2020 9:33 PM)

Blog » New Channel Rate Tester, rate table options, Channel Bridge clarity & only bookings on CanadaStays iCal

Happy Hump Day! 🐪 Although, I'm getting this out late, so it's probably already past Hump Day for our European and Asian users. Last week, we mostly worked on major updates that aren't quite fi…

(Posted Jun 3, 2020 9:27 PM)

Blog » OwnerRez is now a Preferred Partner of HomeAway

@Alex: please contact our help desk (help@ownerreservations.com) for questions about that. There are options available that we are not publicly able to advertise yet.

(Posted Jun 2, 2020 9:17 AM)

Blog » Some Friday News - Long-Term Stays, More Florida Counties Reopen, VRBO Price Consistency, Buying Vacation Houses Sight Unseen

Yes, still true! Price Consistency is built into the API side. If you're using it, you're fine. On the non-API side, it's up to the user to make sure they are price consistent.

(Posted May 30, 2020 9:46 AM)

Blog » What's the single biggest feature missing from OwnerRez?

Hey Lydia. No one really has experience with it as it's brand new. There is only one carrier that I know of offering it and only two PMS systems that currently have it integrated. There might be m…

(Posted May 27, 2020 8:54 PM)

Blog » What's the single biggest feature missing from OwnerRez?

It's around 5% of your booking total - Master Cancel. In exchange, you get an extremely flexible cancellation policy where the guest can cancel all the way up to 2 days before arrival, and the carri…

(Posted May 27, 2020 6:26 PM)

Blog » Sort properties any way you want, RA account values, longer LQA checks, status on guest activity, Ethernet

Another week, another update. Make that 22 updates. 😇 Let's run through it... * New Features * Enhancements & Tweaks * Bug Fixes New Features Ethernet is now an amenity that can be selec…

(Posted May 27, 2020 5:22 PM)

Blog » What's the single biggest feature missing from OwnerRez?

RE: cancellations... The fact that a booking is cancelled does not, inherently, change its financial information or whether it will be included or excluded on PM/owner statements. There are legitim…

(Posted May 24, 2020 10:09 PM)

Blog » Some Friday News - Love 4 Guests, The #DirectBooking Surge, What's Up with FL?

Sorry to hear that, BlueMtn. Our stats show huge surges across the board. In fact, we've had record days lately in several booking categories - with specific channels and types of bookings, not eve…

(Posted May 18, 2020 3:28 PM)

Blog » Some Friday News - Love 4 Guests, The #DirectBooking Surge, What's Up with FL?

Happy Friday everyone! In many places around the world, bookings are surging back strong and we're glad to see it. If you haven't seen it already, check out the To Guests, With Love campaign. 💓…

(Posted May 15, 2020 2:54 PM)

Blog » Integration with Perfect Price

We're happy to announce that we've partnered with Perfect Price to offer its customers the industrys first AI-based dynamic pricing solution. Perfect Price brings something unique and compelling to…

(Posted May 11, 2020 4:17 PM)

Blog » Integration with Parakeet

Hi everyone, we'd like to announce that we now support Parakeet door locks! For those of you that don't know, Parakeet has a platform that can automate door locks, thermostats, sensors, garage do…

(Posted May 6, 2020 2:52 PM)

Blog » About Travel Guard, our travel insurance provider

Hi Katy, That information is many years old. RentalGuardian is now our carrier and carries a better product line. TravelGuard was a great option at the time, but again that's many years old now. H…

(Posted May 1, 2020 3:57 PM)