...er in a new "Booking Window & Duration" section. We hope this clarifies which time options are available for Airbnb.
Learn more by reading the Request to Book (/support/articles/air-inquiries-and-stuff#rtb) section of the Airbnb inquiries, quotes, special offers, booking requests, pre-approvals (/support/articles/air-inquiries-and-stuff) support article. Full Legal Cancellation Policy Added to G...
...lines, in order to successfully pass data back and forth. In the world of cloud technology, where software is almost always hosted online, APIs have become very common and necessary. More technical stuff about APIs can be read here (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_programming_interface) .
APIs in the vacation rental industry are no different. When a channel (eg. Vrbo or Airbnb) has an A...
...sly accepted, the My Properties counter doesn't update. Also, the counts show the previous status to the requester, and the counts only go up, they never subtract. We hunkered down and cleaned this stuff up.
Pets in inquiries from Cottages in Canada. We support inquiry parsing for a wide variety of small and regional listing sites (/support/articles/regional-listing-sites) . When guests send inq...
...ownerrez-some-end-of-year-presents-automatic-5star-reviews-new-forums-sms-brands-new-airbnb-fee-types#portal-access we updated portal users to be "login-only users" which set the stage for additional stuff coming in the future. Now you get to see why that update mattered.
Previously, if someone else's OwnerRez account had already granted access to a person you want to grant access to, the person had...
...s... The star rating will only show on Google search results that are these pages on your website:
* Your home page
* Your reviews pages (if you have one showing)
* Specific property pages
So stuff like your FAQ or Availability page won't have a star rating on them when they come up in Google search results.
Another important thing is to understand how the star rating and review count are cal...
...remains the same. If you do happen to be the lucky European merchant that needs this, your guests will see something like this when they're confirming their booking:
For most of you, this new 3DS2 stuff will never be used because you're not a European merchant. However, this work lays the foundation for other security enhancements that might affect you in the future.
We're proud to be one of the...
...al charges, upsells, etc. for guests during checkout. We've gotten a lot of feedback since then. Based on that we designed enhancements that smooth some of the rough spots and add new capabilities.
Stuff that's new:
* Season and booking criteria are now evaluated when showing Add-Ons to guests during checkout. Previously only property criteria was used. Now, all Add-Ons matching the season or seaso...
Happy Hump day, everyone! 🐫 We have 37 updates to discuss with some exciting new features to start it off. While our focus continues to hover around the PM module, we knocked out some other stuff this week that will fortify the ongoing 2021 roadmap. Here we go.
* New Features
* Enhancements & Tweaks
* Bug Fixes New Features
For years, OwnerRez has tried to guess what your fees types are so th...
...article sidebar to auto-shrink except for the current category.
Now let's talk messaging!
Most OwnerRez clients have not yet seen or experienced the new SMS feature, so I apologize for mentioning stuff you may not be able to see yet! 😇 But oh well, here I go anyway...
If you have more than one SMS number on your account, it was previously picking the default number. You can now see, and select...
...k.
Last week, we put out a chunky 26 update release with a new video feature and a long-awaited update to our cancellation screen. Let's run through it quickly before you fall asleep from wine and stuffing!
* New Features
* Enhancements & Tweaks
* Bug Fixes New Features
If you use our Hosted Website or WordPress Plugin, you can now show videos in the photo carousel for each property. This ha...
It's Wednesday, so let's talk updates!
This past week, we released a small part of the "long term stuff" I referenced last Wednesday. But what long term stuff, you say??! Think messaging. Think hosted sites. Think texting. Yeah okay, texting is kind of part of messaging.
In the next few weeks and months, you'll see that area grow more and more. There are some exciting things going on with Host...
...le night/weekend rate for a single season and property. You'll define the season and property by name or ID and then put in the nightly and weekend night rate. Simple!
That's it for the shiny new stuff, but there's a lot more to go through as we move into enhancements and bug fixes... Enhancements & Tweaks
Let's cover the channel stuff first, and we'll start with Airbnb.
We added an option wher...
...ests happy; keep them coming back; make them want to refer you to their friends and family. They are far less likely to do these things after an awkward confrontation over damages.
Make sure broken stuff is actually acknowledged and addressed.
Let's face it - knobs and dishes break, walls get dented and scratched, towels and sheets get stained. And even worse than having to fix these things is not...
...ture of the Internet. I was told that blog posts should be persistent and reflect the time in which they were written, even if they now seem obsolete. So, as much as it pains me, I'll leave the old stuff alone.
We've also added comment capability to the update history so you can let us know what you think when stuff happens. As with the blog, the comment capability is available via the forums under...
I am just pointing out that the amenities are often illogical, unclear, not standardized, favoring rare stuff (raclette, lobster pot) and leaving out common stuff (porch, fire pit) , etc.
Allow customization also (horseshoe pit/quaits)
start perhaps with amenities/real estate features from hotel/real estate/camping sites that are fairly standard (at least for USA/Canada).
...Fire sticks (even if I had streaming internet). I practice KISS method... which may not be cheapest per-month, BUT saves me money in time and aggravation - everyone knows how to operate simple DISH stuff and they have channels that they expect. I had to add Hallmark package around Christmas because I didn't have it (go figure) and 2 separate families in 2 separate cabins were requesting it.
I am su...
Yep! We'll be adding a cleaning date as part of our next update to PM and the portal stuff. Fear not, the cleaning date itself on the booking will be part of the base package.
The PM/housekeeping package will get an additional workflow around the cleaning date where a cleaner can be assigned to a booking, the owner or cleaner can set the date, and then the cleaner can accept the cleaning and mark it...
Yep! We'll be adding a cleaning date as part of our next update to PM and the portal stuff. Fear not, the cleaning date itself on the booking will be part of the base package.
The PM/housekeeping package will get an additional workflow around the cleaning date where a cleaner can be assigned to a booking, the owner or cleaner can set the date, and then the cleaner can accept the cleaning and mark it...