Leaving Hostaway because of their booking fee?

jfulciniti

Joined October 2016
29 posts
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General Help and Questions » Adding a PDF file to an Email Template

My 2 cents: I loaded the pdf files on my website. Instead of sending them the file, I send them a link to the page the files are hosted on. example - https://jimandkelly.us/info/ That way, you ke…

(Posted Oct 8, 2019 10:44 AM)

General Help and Questions » Website options - comments please !!

@Regina H - If I can add one suggestion it would be to harvest all of your guests emails. I send out periodic newsletters to all former guests with info on our rentals and of course, a link back t…

(Posted Aug 7, 2019 11:45 AM)

General Help and Questions » AIRBNB Booking Window

[quote=Chris Hynes]One thing I have noticed is that if you set rates out farther than your booking window, Airbnb will automatically reset the booking window. Could that be the case?[/quote] They ca…

(Posted Jul 19, 2019 8:04 AM)

General Help and Questions » AIRBNB Booking Window

[quote=BlueMtnCabins]Do you receive bookings or inquiries? [/quote] One of each. I declined the inquiry. The booking was OK as it was a mid week rental for a few nights.

(Posted Jul 19, 2019 7:55 AM)

General Help and Questions » AIRBNB Booking Window

I have a booking window set at 3 months in advance but I still receive bookings 5 - 6 months in advance. Talked to an Air rep and she is clueless. I read the Air community forum and there seems to …

(Posted Jul 18, 2019 7:29 AM)

General Help and Questions » Website options - comments please !!

[quote=Paul W]@jfulciniti - Careful blocking countries and certain blocks of users. That could stop search engines from indexing your site too depending on where their servers are located and/or the…

(Posted Feb 15, 2019 12:32 PM)

General Help and Questions » Website options - comments please !!

Great thread with some really good info. Personally, I use Word Press only because I am familiar with it. I use my sites to store a lot of personal photos and other info that guests do not have acc…

(Posted Feb 15, 2019 9:13 AM)

General Chat » Providing Linens for a rustic rental

Not sure if this would even be an option for you but ...... When I had a private lady clean my condo in Myrtle Beach, I purchased 3 entire sets of linens for all the beds / baths / kitchen. She kep…

(Posted Mar 28, 2018 5:40 PM)

General Help and Questions » Long shot, but...

I know this guy. He's in my building at Snowshoe. He uses Lodgix for his condo rentals

(Posted Dec 28, 2017 11:02 AM)

General Help and Questions » Questions about rental rates

[quote=Amy B]Is there any way to add a custom rate that is date specific? For example, $300/night for April 22-27 only. When the guest picks those dates it will auto-generate their special rate durin…

(Posted Oct 26, 2017 9:36 AM)

General Help and Questions » Asking for help - Fraud listing on Craigslist - please flag

Don't you hate that. BTW - the listing is gone

(Posted Sep 27, 2017 9:09 AM)

Feature Requests » VRBO's New "Security" Feature

[quote=Glenn Moore]On a second topic, has anyone moved to the pay per booking model? Is it worth it?[/quote] As my annual subscriptions expire, I am switching to PPB. The way I see things, VRBO is…

(Posted Jul 18, 2017 7:42 AM)

General Help and Questions » VRBO walled garden is up

[quote=Marinas Edge]Hmm....does an OwnerRez quote go through their walled garden email address?[/quote] It will not - it stripped out ALL my links to the quote and my website. They are basically tu…

(Posted Jun 21, 2017 9:41 AM)

Feature Requests » Option to send text

Looking forward to this as well. Speaking for my condos, it appears people prefer to text VS call or email. Personally, I like texting because you still have a "paper trail" and it's easier than em…

(Posted Jun 14, 2017 11:13 AM)

Feature Requests » VRBO's New "Security" Feature

[quote=Tammy P]We have noticed that our link for the ownerrez quote is now also being blocked. Is there no way around this either?[/quote] I immediately reply with a request to get a valid email to…

(Posted Jun 1, 2017 10:33 AM)

General Help and Questions » Online Payments Question

[quote=Chris Hynes]There are two options you can do for this. [/quote] Thx Chris - I found it

(Posted May 23, 2017 12:38 PM)

General Help and Questions » Online Payments Question

DISREGARD ABOVE - I found the setting

(Posted May 23, 2017 12:37 PM)

General Help and Questions » Online Payments Question

I have a 2 payment system set up. 200 at booking then balance due 60 days prior to arrival. I had a guest who needed some extra time to pay and I agreed. Last night, her card was charged "automati…

(Posted May 23, 2017 12:24 PM)

Blog » Building Regional Vacation Rental Listing Websites

[quote=BlueMtnCabins]here is one more reason - dynamic fee. Even if you drop your price HA will up the fee amount to "fill in the gap" [/quote] Wow. I have an open week in June and I lowered my pri…

(Posted May 15, 2017 12:47 PM)

Blog » Building Regional Vacation Rental Listing Websites

Here's one more reason to HATE vrbo. I received a cease and desist notice from homeaway noting I am breaching their terms of service by using "vrbo" in my url while maintaining a listing on vrbo. …

(Posted May 11, 2017 8:53 AM)