Rich S

Joined December 2018
301 posts
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Blog » Integration with PriceLabs

Hey folks - a bit off topic, but still relevant for diy pricing . I made a screen recording below that shows how to grab a full calendar of nightly rates from a vrbo listing. I retrieved nightly r…

(Posted Jul 19, 2019 10:51 AM)

General Help and Questions » Export listing to VRBO?

Interesting idea ... But could be risky if the folks at VRBO detect the duplicate listings as such. I wonder how they would view it if it comes to that.

(Posted Jul 18, 2019 7:20 PM)

General Help and Questions » How to import daily rates with minimum nights - can this be done?

I just emailed the spreadsheet for you to inspect. You'll see that I compare two other rate sets, plus my own (adjusted) from previous year, and then I adjust each day's rate according to whatever se…

(Posted Jul 16, 2019 7:07 PM)

General Help and Questions » Nights per booking average should ignore months with zero bookings

https://app.ownerrez.com/reports/bookingstats?ExportFormat=&DownloadTrackId=&StartDate=2018-09-01&EndDate=2019-08-31&AsOfDate=&GroupBy=1&PivotBy=4&IncludeBlockedOffTime=false&PivotSummaryField=10&Dat…

(Posted Jul 16, 2019 6:42 PM)

General Help and Questions » How to regenerate a rental agreement

That's what it was. I wasn't able to edit the security deposit amount in the booking, but there was a button to 'reset to property' which did the trick. In my situation the sec dep is held by VRBO,…

(Posted Jul 16, 2019 6:41 PM)

General Help and Questions » How to regenerate a rental agreement

I had tried that but it still gave me the same result. Stale data ($200 sec dep instead of $100). I have update my properties security deposit settings, so was expecting the refreshed legal docum…

(Posted Jul 16, 2019 6:19 PM)

General Help and Questions » How to import daily rates with minimum nights - can this be done?

Thanks Paul ... My period of interest is the upcoming ski season - mid November 2019 until mid April 2020 I want the ability to set each day in that period to it's own rate, and hopefully req'd min…

(Posted Jul 16, 2019 6:16 PM)

General Help and Questions » How to regenerate a rental agreement

I found an error in a security deposit amount (I had $200 in OR, should have been $100) but can't see a way to generate a new agreement for the guest to sign.

(Posted Jul 16, 2019 2:09 PM)

General Help and Questions » Nights per booking average should ignore months with zero bookings

In my first year I have months with zero bookings. The Booking Statistics report showing cumulatives (ie: annual) nights per booking clearly includes months with zero bookings. The report shows my …

(Posted Jul 16, 2019 8:54 AM)

General Help and Questions » Spot Rates vs Seasonal Rates

from what I've read, it seems that Spot Rates are used to update Seasonal Rates. In the sense that the base rate is set using Seasonal Rates and then a Spot Rate will affect just the given date. Bu…

(Posted Jul 15, 2019 5:28 PM)

General Help and Questions » How to import daily rates with minimum nights - can this be done?

From reviewing the import rates template (rate-import.xlsx) I think I could set individual dates like this: Season Name = On Season Start Date = 11/1/2019 End Date = 11/2/2019 Type = Night Amount = …

(Posted Jul 15, 2019 4:59 PM)

General Help and Questions » Use of {BCHECKIN} and {BCHECKOUT}

That worked - makes sense, and thanks for the quick response !!

(Posted Jul 13, 2019 6:39 PM)

General Help and Questions » Use of {BCHECKIN} and {BCHECKOUT}

I've seen various results using this custom field, sometimes with the at xx:yy PM and sometimes without. Am I using the wrong field? I would like the actual time to always be presented in the email…

(Posted Jul 13, 2019 4:27 PM)

General Help and Questions » Best way to verify guest identity?

I'm looking for a way to verify a guest's identity that doesn't require me to physically (or electronically) maintain a copy of their credit card or driver's license. I'm uncomfortable maintaining s…

(Posted Jul 13, 2019 1:46 PM)

Template/Design Share » Cloning Templates?

fingers crossed that the big overhaul will include the ability to have scheduled email reports. Most important to me would be a weekly automated email listing the checkin/out and duration for all up…

(Posted Jun 7, 2019 5:39 PM)

Feature Requests » Allow for true owner signature of rental agreements

My rental agreement states the RA isn't binding until both guest and owner sign and guest makes initial payment. How can I as owner sign the document? Would like to have a method as the owner to ele…

(Posted Jun 7, 2019 5:31 PM)

Feature Requests » Quickbooks Desktop

I'm curious how anyone would choose to use QB online. When I've looked at pricing it's $30/month for a year, then $60/month afterwards, and those prices are per entity. I use quickbooks desktop for…

(Posted Jun 7, 2019 5:30 PM)

General Help and Questions » rental agreement - how does owner sign?

Electronic signatures typically indicate the IP address used for signature ... I'd rather that the owner signature would appear same as the guest signature. I'll add this as a feature request, but …

(Posted Jun 7, 2019 5:27 PM)

General Help and Questions » Adding guest-supplied fields to rental agreement

Chris emailed me back and said they tweaked the box to make it multi-line, so hopefully having a larger box will encourage folks to list all names. I agree, don't want it to cumbersome ...

(Posted Jun 7, 2019 5:24 PM)

General Help and Questions » Adding guest-supplied fields to rental agreement

I emailed y'all at help@ownerreservations.com but figured I'd post here so you can answer once. I would like to capture the names of all expected guests into the rental agreement. I created a custo…

(Posted Jun 6, 2019 1:58 PM)