Chris L

Joined May 2017
207 posts
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General Help and Questions » How do you send a message on a certain day of the week?

This is a commonly requested feature and I believe not possible at this time--however, there is an active feature request in the Feature Requests forums, so if this is important to you, you might wan…

(Posted Apr 2, 2022 11:06 PM)

Feature Requests » Ability to Send Quote for Extended Stay

For direct bookings (including Vrbo bookings, which as an integrated partner are effectively the same as direct), I just confirm with the guest that "the extra night will be $X, shall I go ahead and …

(Posted Mar 30, 2022 2:59 PM)

Feature Requests » Thermostat Integration

I have Ecobee in several properties and Nest in a couple others. This would be fantastic. Nest is a pretty closed system, but Ecobee seems amenable to open access of various types. If OR isn't able t…

(Posted Mar 30, 2022 2:57 PM)

General Help and Questions » Guest wants to extend his stay

Yes, this is possible. There are two main ways to do so: * Create a quote and send it to the customer so they can complete the booking workflow. I generally prefer this as it fully sets up the au…

(Posted Mar 24, 2022 1:09 PM)

General Help and Questions » How many OR users are integrated with QuickBooks?

So...7 months later--how are we looking? I'm working with a professional bookkeeper now (doing books myself was too overwhelming!) and we'd like to explore the ability to sync OR (so she doesn't have…

(Posted Mar 7, 2022 2:18 PM)

General Help and Questions » run reports to see historical payment info from disabled properties

A few months ago, we sold off some of our properties, and now I'm understanding why this is an issue people are complaining about. I keep running reports to analyze last year's performance of all…

(Posted Mar 7, 2022 2:16 PM)

Feature Requests » Instead of Legal Agreement, Online Check in

I actually think this is kind of ingenious. It's still a legal agreement that they have to read and sign, but by calling it "Online Check-In," it makes it seem far less scary and more like a benefit …

(Posted Mar 7, 2022 2:11 PM)

Feature Requests » VRBO Native Messaging in OwnerRez via API integration

No, they don't appear to have any interest in this.  We've done some research into ways to get it, perhaps using Channel Bridge, but haven't come up with a solution fit for general use as of yet. by …

(Posted Mar 3, 2022 10:44 PM)

Feature Requests » Put the blocked-off time *title* in the third-party alert email

When I create a block on my calendar, my cleaner gets an email alert. However, there are no details in the alert about what the blocked off time is for. If I make the title of the blocked-off time so…

(Posted Jan 16, 2022 1:52 PM)

General Help and Questions » Emoji in property headline

FWIW, https://www.airbnb.com/help/article/546/what-is-airbnb-s-content-policy emojis in a listing title are a violation of Airbnb's content policy, despite the fact that thousands of listings seem t…

(Posted Jan 9, 2022 4:30 PM)

General Help and Questions » Reports Improvements: How to see Net Total minus taxes and host fees?

Great list. One thing I can't figure out is why there's no summary report that shows the same info as the Line Item Pivot report. I run the Line Item Pivot report when I want to see how much tota…

(Posted Jan 8, 2022 4:03 PM)

General Help and Questions » Security Deposits (CC holds) outside of Airbnb - Airbnb telling guest they are not allowed

> the latest one we have is Airbnb says we are not allowed a rental agreement that has more rules than on there website and getting to sign or communicate about rental agreement and deposit is not al…

(Posted Jan 6, 2022 1:21 PM)

General Help and Questions » Security Deposits (CC holds) outside of Airbnb - Airbnb telling guest they are not allowed

They have thousands of employees (and likely thousands more subcontracted call center reps). Disseminating policy updates on a large-scale company-wide basis like that is bound to take time and get m…

(Posted Jan 3, 2022 10:40 PM)

Blog » Happy Holidays from OwnerRez! Some end of year presents - Automatic 5-Star Reviews, New Forums, SMS Brands, New Airbnb Fee Types

I have a smaller pet fee ($40/stay) that applies to the shoulder/off season and a higher pet fee ($100/stay) that applies to peak season. It appears that OR is pushing the higher fee to Airbnb for al…

(Posted Jan 2, 2022 9:26 PM)

Feature Requests » Number of nights column for Owner statements

One of my clients wants the same. She can back into it using the check-in/check-out dates, but that's unnecessary work.

(Posted Jan 2, 2022 3:01 PM)

Feature Requests » Full API sync with Breezeway

> They also have an automation where a guest can use a special door code when they lock up for the final time which will trigger the "check out" process which includes letting management know or the …

(Posted Jan 2, 2022 2:59 PM)

Blog » Happy Holidays from OwnerRez! Some end of year presents - Automatic 5-Star Reviews, New Forums, SMS Brands, New Airbnb Fee Types

Small feature request...would it be possible to support field codes, or at least a very small subset of them, in the automatic reviews? I'd like to do something like "We loved welcoming {FNAME} to ou…

(Posted Jan 2, 2022 2:42 PM)

General Help and Questions » Security Deposits (CC holds) outside of Airbnb - Airbnb telling guest they are not allowed

If I get any pushback on my SecDeps, I send guests this Airbnb article: https://www.airbnb.com/help/article/2827/collecting-fees-outside-of-airbnb https://www.airbnb.com/help/article/2827/collect…

(Posted Jan 2, 2022 2:34 PM)

Feature Requests » Better mobile experience

I have. It does not seem to work in the PWA on iOS.

(Posted Nov 12, 2021 9:41 AM)

Feature Requests » Better mobile experience

The other thing that causes issues is the lack of a "refresh" option in the PWA. Sometimes (especially in areas with bad cell service or wifi), the page won't load, but there's no way to easily trigg…

(Posted Nov 9, 2021 3:52 PM)