Leaving Hostaway because of their booking fee?

Adria

Joined January 2018
19 posts
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General Help and Questions » How does the pricing between Stripe and Lynbrook compare?

I see I posted here in late 2019. I checked several choices and part of who is the best processor depends on your volume and frequency of charges. For me, a mid-range volume, under $100k, Elavon was …

(Posted Aug 18, 2022 4:43 PM)

General Help and Questions » Booking.com Integration

Hey Randy Did BDC ever authorize you to collect payments?  I set up one property a few months ago and finally got a completed booking and can see I am collecting the CCs, in adding my second one, the…

(Posted Aug 17, 2022 4:41 PM)

General Help and Questions » Booking vs Blocking on calendar

Can you go into each property and choose a different color? Go to property and change calendar color.

(Posted Aug 12, 2022 2:43 PM)

General Help and Questions » Booking vs Blocking on calendar

On the ribbon calendar? My houses are different colors and the blocks are gray.

(Posted Aug 12, 2022 2:26 PM)

General Help and Questions » Booking.com Integration

Chris, I see you were really testing BDC a few years ago. What has been your final take on them?

(Posted Aug 12, 2022 1:43 PM)

Feature Requests » VRBO Native Messaging in OwnerRez via API integration

I do the same as Brandon, for a variety of reasons, I prefer to have all communication. be direct via email & when a booking happens, I message guests to check their email with. an explanation.

(Posted Jun 5, 2022 11:11 AM)

Blog » Growing Pains! Our size has changed, but our commitment and values have not.

I agree with the others, thanks for the transparency and thanks for not selling out! Great products are never the same once they are sold to the big guys and that would be a sad day indeed if OR sold.

(Posted Mar 16, 2022 10:50 AM)

Feature Requests » Bookings list page- ability to select a default that does not show blocks

I do it, every time, and then, if I don't open a booking in a new tab, I have to filter it again upon going back to that page. I'd love to have the option to default to not showing blocks

(Posted Jan 6, 2021 2:41 AM)

Feature Requests » Search for key words in property descriptions

It could be great to be able to search for a particular word, for example if you remove a feature you could search for that feature, like sauna, kayak, etc., and make sure you catch all the places it…

(Posted Jan 6, 2021 2:38 AM)

Feature Requests » Blocking-Mutual Blocking- ability to overlap

I have several homes for which I also have listings of groups of them together. I find I am frequently doing manual blocks, whether for a repair or project or, for example, for a new house with the c…

(Posted Dec 28, 2020 4:18 PM)

Feature Requests » Bookings list page- ability to select a default that does not show blocks

I end up doing a lot of manual blocking and would love to see the booking list page allow me to select a default that pops up without the blocks showing.

(Posted Dec 28, 2020 4:12 PM)

Feature Requests » "Not yet available" rather than "unavailable" for future dates outside of OR booking window

I appreciate comment #2 with the workaround, but I do like Tom's idea and his way, having OR do all the work, sounds a lot easier ;)

(Posted Dec 28, 2020 4:10 PM)

Blog » Vrbo Bans 1 Night Stays In Arizona, Toronto Registration System, Travel Industry Layoffs, Booking.com Weekly & Monthly Rates

As with ABB changes, this seems like an idea meant for PR, not for helping owners. Each local community has it's own idiosyncrasies. In my area, we, normally, get vanloads of foreign tourists who arr…

(Posted Sep 22, 2020 3:25 PM)

General Help and Questions » Problem viewing bookings

Yep, fixed

(Posted Sep 17, 2020 6:29 PM)

General Help and Questions » Problem viewing bookings

Me, too.

(Posted Sep 17, 2020 6:25 PM)

General Chat » I'm lost and I am not sure figuring this all out is worth it? (please don't flame me)

It is a steep learning curve. I definitely could not evaluate the value after the two week trial, there is just a lot to set up. But I love it now. I am going on two years and perpetually learning mo…

(Posted Dec 13, 2019 11:38 PM)

General Help and Questions » How does the pricing between Stripe and Lynbrook compare?

Has anyone had any experience with Lynnbrook or Costco handling chargebacks? In talking to Costco, the pricing is as follows: 1.99% + $0.25/transaction Application fee ($25) and monthly stmt fee ($5…

(Posted Dec 13, 2019 7:44 PM)

General Help and Questions » Using API and want to block certain check in/out dates

Anyone using API and has a way to block people from checking in/out on certain dates? For instance, I am fine with my house being booked over Christmas, but don't want to have people checking in or o…

(Posted Dec 12, 2019 9:33 PM)

General Help and Questions » Airbnb sync issues

Pedro, you can just manually enter the name and contact details to get initial emails sent, like we have to do with VRBO. Talk about a dumb step backwards on ABB!

(Posted Apr 21, 2019 7:36 PM)