Leaving Hostaway because of their booking fee?

Ventura County V

Joined March 2022
122 posts
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Feature Requests » Door Lock Automation and Guest Status

I have had my own issues with Lynx and the way their support and billing works.  They bill without any warning and refuse to give any refunds.  Not happy at all.  For anyone considering them, I would…

(Posted Sep 8, 2024 6:11 PM)

General Chat » Recommendation: Do not use Lynx for door lock automation

I have been a user of Lynx for four years now.  I have started transitioning my properties to a model where Lynx is not needed.  I went to cancel the first property earlier this week and was informed…

(Posted Sep 5, 2024 5:51 PM)

Blog » June Product Update - Push Notifications, Mark Inquiries as Spam, Search Widget Amenity Filters, Airbnb Amenities, Design Update

Lots of quality updates, thank you!  With regards to the structured data for the hosted sites, will this also apply to those using the property information widgets on their own sites?   Thank…

(Posted Jul 15, 2024 2:47 PM)

Feature Requests » Auto reply to booking inquiries from channel partners

Hello, The inquiry triggers work great and I'm loving them.  However, when a booking request comes in there is no trigger to send the message in the system and the inquiry triggers do not send.  …

(Posted Apr 15, 2024 6:05 PM)

Feature Requests » Edit U.S. Holiday List

Agreed.  I've done much the same with seasons.

(Posted Apr 4, 2024 10:49 PM)

Feature Requests » App for Guest

I have this through Lynx.  Guests get a portal link emailed and texted to them with the codes, the ability to lock and unlock the door remotely and even the ability to control connected devices like …

(Posted Apr 4, 2024 10:46 PM)

Feature Requests » Feature Request: Request to book for Go Go Deals

Go Go Deals allows for guests to only be able to contact the host to inquire about a stay, however the owner rez API configuration says it can only to instant book.  Having the ability to publish our…

(Posted Apr 4, 2024 10:42 PM)

Feature Requests » ChatGPt integration

I'd love to get ChatGPT installed ONLY if it responded to simple questions like "how many bedrooms" with "read the frickin' description.  The bedroom count is CFB at the top and there's a freaking fl…

(Posted Mar 7, 2024 2:46 PM)

Feature Requests » Autoresponder for Airbnb or Vrbo messaging (including after hours coverage)

I've used them a few times now and they've fired without a hitch.  Thanks for making this happen OR!

(Posted Mar 7, 2024 2:42 PM)

General Help and Questions » Any way to use Owner Rez for one-off charges?

It is possible, at least for the payments.  For the communication, you might be better off with a Groups.IO for this as I think there is a very low limit of the number of emails you can have per book…

(Posted Jan 25, 2024 9:36 PM)

Blog » Celebrating 10 Years of OwnerRez!

Congratulations on your first 10 years and here's to the next! Love having you as a key technical partner for my organization. Ryan, Ventura County Vacation Rentals

(Posted Jan 23, 2024 8:22 PM)

Feature Requests » Ability to delete a channel integration completely

Hello, I have several API channels that I've connected and decided the platform was not a proper fit for my company.  Right now they are disabled, but I would like to delete them fully.  No sense…

(Posted Jan 8, 2024 12:50 PM)

General Help and Questions » What Domain Registrar Are you Using?

Namecheap is who I use.  I have around 20 domains with them, very happy.  Inexpensive and they don't work against you like GoDaddy does.

(Posted Jan 8, 2024 12:46 PM)

Blog » Unveiling Schlage Door Locks Powered by OwnerRez, Accompanied by Some Creepy Crawly Fixes!

Thank you for doing this.  I know this has been something people have been asking for for quite some time.   Currently, I use Lynx for my lock management with Schlage and Yale Z-Wave locks ma…

(Posted Oct 27, 2023 8:41 PM)

Feature Requests » Google Vacation Rentals Connectivity Partner

It’s unfortunate that those of us that turned on notifications for official updates for this request are all being forced to turn off notifications bc people want to have back and forth conversations…

(Posted Oct 22, 2023 12:25 PM)

Feature Requests » Google Vacation Rentals Connectivity Partner

Personally, I don’t feel that Google VR is the answer to decreasing bookings. If people are counting on a significant increase in bookings, that would be a disappointment.  by RentGrandLake (/forums…

(Posted Oct 20, 2023 11:28 AM)

Blog » Integration With Whimstay

Thank you for increasing the number of channel providers.  In the future, would it be possible to list on these announcements (and in the channel description) if they are "instant book only" or allow…

(Posted Oct 12, 2023 2:37 PM)

Feature Requests » Google My Business - Add to where guests posted their review.

Does GMB still require a google account in order to leave a review?  Might not be possible if they still do to have a review left on OR to publish there, but maybe with the upcoming integration thing…

(Posted Oct 11, 2023 5:08 PM)

Blog » Redesigned Guest Review Form, Improved Changeover Rules, and New Airbnb Bulk Recalculate Charges Tool

These are some great updates!  I noticed the Expedia link on one of my listings yesterday, it's great to know which ones have been picked up by them. While the original review form was nice and f…

(Posted Oct 10, 2023 1:40 PM)

Feature Requests » Make the Inbox feature similar to other messaging apps and inboxes

This is very well laid out and thought out!  Thanks for putting this together.  I second the comments you made.

(Posted Sep 13, 2023 9:27 AM)