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Shawn H
Mar 13, 2024 10:41 AM
OR Team Member Joined Aug, 2021 257 posts

Hello all! We have some exciting news (that happens to coincide with Vacation Rental Week 2024). Google Vacation Rentals is now self-service for all users! We wanted to get the word out as soon as possible, but more details are coming in a Product Update blog post later this week. In the meantime, you can read on for a few details and use the links to the current support articles for more information.

We thank those who participated in the Private Beta to help us make it a robust integration!

Please note:

1. Once you turn on Google Vacation Rentals, it's a 2-3 week wait on the Google side before your listing(s) start showing up.

2. Users are no longer required to have an OwnerRez Hosted Website (premium feature) to use Google Vacation Rentals. If you turned on a Hosted Website just for GVR, you no longer need it, unless you want to keep it. Instead, we have released a "The OwnerRez global landing page" option under the Google Vacation Rentals API settings. Prospective guests will be sent to this new landing page where they can see the quote details of the dates they've selected; they can change any of those selections before they click "Book Now," which will send them to the current guest quote acceptance booking form. It will also show any branding you have set up under Theming. Here's a screenshot below of what it looks like, generally.

3. If you have a hosted website and want to use it, you can. You are not required to use the global landing page option.

Support article links:

Google Vacation Rentals Overview

Google Vacation Rentals Setup & Connecting

Google Vacation Rentals Common Issues & Questions

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Bobby V
Dec 21, 2022 10:51 PM
Joined May, 2022 1 post

I'd like to be included in the beta as well, if possible.

Rex C
Dec 22, 2022 5:06 PM
OR Team Member Joined Aug, 2021 53 posts

We have received enough interest to fill our list at this time. As development finishes and we are ready to begin bringing users into the beta, we will reach out to those on the list!

Dori123
Dec 22, 2022 5:39 PM
Joined Sep, 2020 88 posts

We have received enough interest to fill our list at this time. As development finishes and we are ready to begin bringing users into the beta, we will reach out to those on the list!

by Rex C – Dec 22, 2022 10:06 PM (UTC)

I hope I am included. There was an earlier post that said we would be included if we had upvoted it, which I did. 

Can you clarify if the "upvoters" are included in the beta? 

I did not respond to the thread earlier because it seemed redundant. 

Thanks!

Hostably
Jan 1, 2023 5:32 PM
Joined Apr, 2022 17 posts

⠀

Derek d
Jan 4, 2023 11:01 AM
Joined Jan, 2019 10 posts

How is this not completed yet? Is it just a matter of deelopment resources?

susanne young
Jan 4, 2023 12:18 PM
Joined Jun, 2020 2 posts

How is this not completed yet? Is it just a matter of deelopment resources?

by Derek d – Jan 4, 2023 4:01 PM (UTC)

I am also anxiously awaiting Owner Rez establishing Preferred Connectivity Partner status so I can get exposure on Google Vacation Rentals. Google Vacation Rentals presents one of the few opportunities left for our industry to roadblock an Airbnb monopoly. 

Michael D
Jan 5, 2023 5:41 PM
Joined Oct, 2019 55 posts

Happy to test.

bigDeeOT
Jan 13, 2023 3:57 AM
Joined Mar, 2022 23 posts

Count me in as a beta tester 

Take to the Lake
Jan 13, 2023 11:04 AM
Joined Aug, 2022 23 posts

We would also like to be included. Thank you! This could be a game changer in our area. 

Ben
Jan 18, 2023 4:51 AM
Joined Jan, 2020 45 posts

Please may I be added to the list too, really appreciated.

Rick K
Jan 18, 2023 10:32 AM
Joined Nov, 2018 11 posts

Add me when you are connecting, we can be part of your beta test.

Ben
Jan 19, 2023 4:58 PM
Joined Jan, 2020 45 posts

Same here, I was one of the first to upvote this, so I hope I’ve been included, as I didn’t know you had to comment too! 👍 

Mike Mc
Jan 19, 2023 5:32 PM
Joined Feb, 2019 8 posts

I upvoted as well. I am not sure if I made it before they shut down any more volunteers. I would be interested in Beta testing Hopper when that is ready as well. 

Shoreline Rental
Jan 19, 2023 6:01 PM
Joined Sep, 2022 11 posts

Same here :(

Serge K
Jan 19, 2023 6:14 PM
Joined Jan, 2021 5 posts

Did we have to comment also?  I did not see that as part of the instructions.   I thought the instructions were strictly to upvote it as we did that immediately when it was posted.  

Alin S
Jan 19, 2023 6:21 PM
Joined Aug, 2022 44 posts

That is what I'm hoping is going to happen. I upvoted, so I hope I will be added to the beta test list

Jim F
Jan 21, 2023 5:19 PM
Joined Feb, 2018 4 posts

Beta me.  :)

Shawn H
Jan 24, 2023 1:38 PM
OR Team Member Joined Aug, 2021 257 posts

I upvoted as well. I am not sure if I made it before they shut down any more volunteers. I would be interested in Beta testing Hopper when that is ready as well. 

by Mike Mc – Jan 19, 2023 10:32 PM (UTC)

Just a quick note about Hopper - we learned today that Hopper integration is delayed indefinitely. They are re-evaluating their direction on vacation rentals.

Linda S
Jan 24, 2023 1:39 PM
Joined Jul, 2022 5 posts

Interested in Beta

Sue & Brian J
Jan 26, 2023 12:55 PM
Joined Aug, 2021 1 post

Ken T :

We are interested in Google Vacation Rentals !