BlueMtnCabins

Joined June 2016
1133 posts
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General Help and Questions » PriceLabs Algorithms

JTVR, you seems almost hostile to someone who is trying to answer your question by sharing their experience with Price Labs by just trying to "shoot the messenger". Seems like you already know all t…

(Posted Jun 17, 2019 7:46 AM)

General Help and Questions » Booking.com, TripAdvisor, AirBnB, VRBO

[quote=Chris Hynes]so my recommendation is to set TA to full payment required up front. [/quote] Guess what. TA no longer allows 100% upfront payment. I had that and they unilaterally overrode it 10…

(Posted Jun 17, 2019 7:41 AM)

General Help and Questions » PriceLabs Algorithms

I have not tried price labs, but I did try extensively (1.5 years) Beyondpricing and Wheelhouse. In my market I found Wheelhouse to be more realistic. Unfortunately Wheelhouse works only with airbnb …

(Posted Jun 14, 2019 3:53 PM)

General Help and Questions » Lynnbrook?

What he means is that OR/ Lynnbrook can authorize card transactions virtually instantly - you will know right away whether it approved or declined. By contrast, ACH may take days to finally clear or…

(Posted Jun 12, 2019 1:48 PM)

General Help and Questions » Lynnbrook?

They say they can as a separate service

(Posted Jun 11, 2019 2:57 PM)

General Help and Questions » PayPal

It happens a few times a year but not an overwhelming number of people use it. .

(Posted Jun 10, 2019 8:32 PM)

General Help and Questions » PayPal

yes. Using regular paypal account.

(Posted Jun 10, 2019 3:48 PM)

General Help and Questions » Listing Quality Analyzer

seasonal rate for what season? if you are testing for the season that neither the given season covers nor the spot rates, you will be rate-less. Suggest setting a default (standard , whatever you wa…

(Posted Jun 9, 2019 8:44 PM)

General Help and Questions » Cleaning/surcharge

I would suggest KISS method. cleaning fee should be flat because if you plant to use OTAs, they only support flat cleaning fee. What you can do is change max cleaning fee, and create a discount based…

(Posted Jun 8, 2019 8:30 PM)

General Help and Questions » amenities

[quote=Chris Hynes]There's a difference between what people look for in a purchase vs. a vacation.[/quote] exactly. Some suggestions are not very VR-related. Such amenities can be in property descrip…

(Posted Jun 8, 2019 8:26 PM)

General Help and Questions » direct bookings

I will not watch youtube, sorry. If you mean mutual ical syncs, that is there but not instant either. You can use it in a pinch but why. It is redundant if you use OR as master calendar.

(Posted Jun 8, 2019 8:25 PM)

General Help and Questions » What's on the OwnerRez roadmap?

[quote=JTVRs]Just looking at it. Amazing price for 3rd gen, on amazon. $229 for example. But not sure if it can handle check-in and check out times. There is smart lock and then there is a vacati…

(Posted Jun 8, 2019 8:24 PM)

General Help and Questions » security deposit

[quote=JTVRs]Soooo. they cannot give deposit and I keep their money? There is so many people running around maxing out their cards, that I am trying to grasp likely scenarios. They show up at my do…

(Posted Jun 8, 2019 8:20 PM)

General Help and Questions » direct bookings

I would not worry about Tripadvisor. If you get a booking once in a blue moon, it will be a minor miracle. There isn't "mutual" IB function between ABB and HA. I dunno where did you get that idea. ea…

(Posted Jun 8, 2019 8:17 PM)

General Help and Questions » direct bookings

will you have API interface with vrbo? because if no, then you need to know there is a sync delay. I do not see much difference between booking and airbnb , with vrbo I have to run channel bridge aft…

(Posted Jun 8, 2019 5:26 PM)

General Help and Questions » security deposit

software cannot do anything if the card they provided is bad / overlimit. It will send them and you email saying that deposit could not be collected.

(Posted Jun 8, 2019 5:23 PM)

General Help and Questions » What's on the OwnerRez roadmap?

when we talk multi lock, will that also mean multi e-rentallock?

(Posted Jun 7, 2019 12:58 PM)

General Help and Questions » What's on the OwnerRez roadmap?

Well how far one can take this... remind oneself to water grass, pay electric bill too?

(Posted Jun 7, 2019 12:54 PM)

General Help and Questions » What's on the OwnerRez roadmap?

[quote=Rich S]Can we get an update to these roadmap items? It's been a few months ... I'm also curious about: - is a task/reminder system is in the queue? Something to allow scheduling or specific…

(Posted Jun 6, 2019 2:09 PM)

General Help and Questions » Any regular AirBnB user

Yes airbnb . They are just difficult. Do not follow directions, do not read anything, assume everything, hard to please. I have my rates on airbnb about 10% higher and on b.com 15% higher.

(Posted Jun 6, 2019 2:07 PM)